Trends & Articles Missouri May Have This Many Medical Marijuana Dispensaries By 2020 by Sophia Vida November 09, 2018 The state of Missouri just made history with voters backing Amendment 2 and calling for legal marijuana. Now it's expected that the state will have 192 medical marijuana dispensaries by the year 2020. Backers of the Amendmen...
Trends & Articles A Former News Anchor to Open Marijuana Dispensary by Sophia Vida November 06, 2018 A former FOX 2 news anchor is opening up a marijuana dispensary in Detroit's Corktown. Anqunette Jamison Sarfoh, who left the news industry two years ago for medical reasons related to multiple sclerosis, is now joining the mar...
Trends & Articles Canada’s Largest Pot Producers Say No Mafia Ties by Sophia Vida November 03, 2018 Some of the largest Canadian marijuana companies by market cap have denied to MarketWatch that they have ties to the mob. According to the agency that is in charge of marijuana licenses, there has been "no evidence" seen. Ca...
Trends & Articles Massachusetts Gives Last Marijuana License to This Company by Sophia Vida November 03, 2018 The Cannabis Control Commission has granted the last license to a marijuana retailer in Wareham on Thursday. Pharmacannis Massachusetts has been operating a medical marijuana dispensary in Wareham, and now wants to also start s...
Trends & Articles The First FDA Approved Cannabis Based-Medication Epidiolex Becomes Available in the U.S. by Sophia Vida November 02, 2018 It was just this past summer that the Food and Drug Administration approved GW Pharmaceuticals' Epidiolex, the first cannabis-based drug to treat twot ypes of epileptic syndroms: Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. It ...
Trends & Articles Study Shows Adolescents Abstaining from Marijuana Have Memory Improve by Sophia Vida November 01, 2018 According to a Massachusetts General Hospital study that has been published in the latest issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, adolescents and young adults who abstain from cannabis for a month have improved memory. “...
Trends & Articles Thailand Could be First Asian Nation to Legalize Marijuana by Sophia Vida November 01, 2018 According to Thailand's National Legislative Assembly standing committee of public health chairman, Jet Sirathraanon, "Thailand has the best marijuana in the world." The country could be on its way to becoming the first Asian n...
Trends & Articles Lower Income Students in Top Schools Less Likely to Abuse Marijuana by Sophia Vida October 29, 2018 Going to a top school may have something to do with whether students abuse marijuana or not says a UCLA study which was published Oct. 29 in JAMA Pediatrics. According to UCLA researchers, students from lower-income neighborhoo...
Trends & Articles Michigan Medical Marijuana Residents Now Can Use Online Tools to Get Certified by Sophia Vida October 29, 2018 According to the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs in the state of Michigan, residents who use medicinal marijuana are now offered online tools to register and get required certification from their doctors. The Dep...
Trends & Articles Nevada’s Marijuana Industry Has Flourished According to Report by Sophia Vida October 27, 2018 Nevada Dispensary Association has released a new economic impact report along with the Department of Taxation that shows just how well marijuana has been doing in the first year of sales. “The industry is robust, vibrant, and...