Cannabis data firm New Frontier buys Hemp Business Journal
admin New Frontier Data, a market-analysis firm that caters to the marijuana industry, is expanding its focus to hemp with the purchase of Hemp Business Journal. Terms of the deal weren’t…
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Oregon audit: Cannabis tracking system vulnerable to compromise
An audit of Oregon’s top marijuana regulatory agency found that the state’s marijuana tracking system lacked proper safeguards, making it easier for cannabis businesses to hide violations such as illegal…
Can Magic Mushrooms Fight Authoritarianism?
Dried psilocybe cubensis mushrooms (WikiMedia Commons) Phillip Smith | January 31, 2018 Psychedelic drugs have been associated with anti-authoritarian counter-cultures since the 1960s, but a new studysuggests using psilocybin, the…
Marijuana Smoke Exposure Not Linked to Poor Lung Health, Study Finds
Paul Armentano | January 30, 2018 Long-term exposure to cannabis smoke is not associated with adverse effects on pulmonary function, according to clinical data published in the journal Chronic Obstructive…
Get ready for weed yoga: The first legal cannabis spa may be on its way
Weed and yoga might just be a match made in heaven. But despite pot’s legal status in Denver, “ganja yoga” isn’t permitted. Well, unless you get stoned yourself and then…
Jeff Sessions: marijuana a path toward opioid addiction, patients should take aspirin for pain
Published: Feb 8, 2018, 12:24 pm • Updated: Feb 8, 2018, 12:47 pm By Denis Slattery , New York Daily News Take two aspirin and call him in the morning.…
Seattle clears marijuana convictions, following San Francisco lead
Published: Feb 8, 2018, 1:55 pm • Updated: Feb 8, 2018, 2:22 pm By Gene Johnson, The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Five years after Washington state legalized marijuana, Seattle…