As we all know, cannabis is a plant. But many cannabis products aren’t. That might sound obvious, but if you walk into most dispensaries today, you might start to wonder if the industry remembers that. Because the reality is that most cannabis consumers today are not actually getting products that resemble the whole plant. What…
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The Louisiana Senate has passed a bill to let patients with terminal and irreversible conditions use medical marijuana in hospitals. The body approved the legislation, SB 270 from Sen. Katrina Jackson-Andrews (D), in a vote of 33-2 on Wednesday. It now heads to the House of Representatives for consideration. “This bill does exactly what the…
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By Michael Krawitz with the assistance of the Veterans Action Council. For many decades, those of us working at the intersection of Veteran healthcare, medical cannabis advocacy, and international drug policy have encountered the same response from the DEA that the international treaties allow the DEA, up until now, to block medical access to cannabis.…
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A cannabis biopharma company is seeking to join the federal lawsuit challenging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) new hemp and CBD pilot program, adding a pharmaceutical voice to a government-sanctioned program allowing untested and unregulated hemp products into the marketplace. MMJ International Holdings and its subsidiaries, MMJ BioPharma Labs and MMJ BioPharma…
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Missouri’s governor says the state needs to take steps to restrict the availability of intoxicating hemp-derived THC products in line with legislation that lawmakers recently sent to his desk. “At a high level, I’m very much in favor of taking these illegal drugs in the form of the candies and stuff off of the shelves…
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The Idaho House of Representatives has joined the Senate in approving a resolution urging voters to “reject” an effort to place an initiative to legalize medical marijuana on the state’s November ballot. The measure, sponsored by the Senate State Affairs Committee, claims that cannabis legalization in other states has led to a host of harms,…
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Congressional lawmakers were recently presented with a unique argument in favor of expanding therapeutic access to cannabis and rescheduling marijuana under federal law: Doing so could mitigate threats associated with Chinese Community Party (CCP) operatives. At a hearing before the House Small Business Committee last month, members took expert testimony on a variety of challenges…
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A Louisiana Senate panel has advanced a bill to allow patients with terminal and irreversible conditions to use medical marijuana in hospitals. The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved the legislation, SB 270 from Sen. Katrina Jackson-Andrews (D), with amendments, in a voice vote on Wednesday. “This bill was brought at the request of constituents…
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A limited federal hemp CBD and THC reimbursement program just launched, and anti-marijuana groups are already in court trying to block it. The fight is about access, federal authority and who gets to decide whether cannabinoids belong in patient care. For all the noise around cannabis in Washington, this is one of the more interesting…
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