Spotlight Stock Cronos Group Shares Are Popping This Week by Sophia Vida October 18, 2019 Shares of marijuana producer Cronos Group were soaring this week despite not having a particular reason for doing so. The stock exploded in after-hours trading on Wednesday for gains as high as 41.5% before retracing to a 33% g...
Legal Related Senator Bernie Sanders Congratulates Canada for 1 Year of Legal Recreational Marijuana by Sophia Vida October 18, 2019 Thursday marked the year anniversary of legal recreational marijuana sales in Canada. Sen. Bernie Sanders took to his Twitter to congratulate the nation. He wrote, "Congratulations to our neighbors to the north on completing th...
Trends & Articles Largest Marijuana Grower in Colorado Loses Millions by Sophia Vida October 18, 2019 Colorado's largest cannabis grower has suffered a huge financial loss due to an early freeze. Pueblo-based Los Sueños Farms, the biggest marijuana farm in the state, has disclosed it lost millions of dollars during an early wi...
Legal Related Group of Northeast Governors Make Plan for Legal Cannabis Programs by Sophia Vida October 18, 2019 It was this week that a group of governors on the Northeast coast got together for a marijuana summit. On Thursday, the governors convened to agree to basic principles for legal cannabis programs they plan to pursue in 2020. ...
Trends & Articles New Studies Find That Marijuana is Being Chosen Over Prescriptions by Sophia Vida October 18, 2019 According to two new studies that came out this month, chronic pain patients are opting for marijuana over prescription medicines. In one study, which was published in the International Journal of Drug Policy, researchers from ...
Science related (Medical) Top Marijuana Expert Says Marijuana Is Not Benign by Sophia Vida October 18, 2019 According to one of the nation’s top experts on marijuana’s effect on the teenage brain, marijuana is not a benign substance. Bertha Madras, a Harvard professor and member of the Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and t...
Legal Related Some Ill Californians Can Get Free Marijuana After New Law is Signed by Sophia Vida October 16, 2019 California Gov. Gavin Newsom has more than likely brought some relief to many ill patients in the state. One bill that Newsom signed includes measures that make it easier for ill people to receive cannabis medication at no cost...
Trends & Articles Marijuana Recall is Issued Over Mold Sold at Over 100 Retail Stores in Colorado by Sophia Vida October 16, 2019 Bonsai Cultivation, which grows marijuana, has recalled marijuana from over 50 stores all over Denver and the state of Colorado due to high yeast and mold counts. The Denver Department of Public Health and Environment announced...
Trends & Articles Former FDA Commissioner Calls for Ban on THC-based Vaping Products by Sophia Vida October 16, 2019 In light of many people dying and several hundred becoming sick over a mysterious lung disease related to vaping, Scott Gottlieb, the former Food & Drug Administration Commissioner, has called for a ban on THC-based vaping pro...
Science related (Medical) Miscarriage Risk for Women Heightens with Men’s Marijuana Use by Sophia Vida October 16, 2019 Women go to great lengths to try and have a healthy pregnancy but many may have no idea that their partner's marijuana use could lead to a miscarriage. According to researchers at Boston University, when men smoke marijuana onc...
