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FridayFeb 05, 2021 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Democratic Senate Leaders Publicize Plan to Legalize Cannabis Federally in 2021

Earlier this week, three leading advocates of cannabis reform stated that reform would be a priority in the new Democratic Senate in 2021, adding that they planned to release draft bills in the coming weeks to start a conversation about what federal policy changes would be made. In a joint statement, Sen. Cory Booker, Senate Committee Chairman Ron Wyden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer stated that putting an end to marijuana prohibition was necessary in order to end years of harm inflicted on people and communities of color across the nation as well as right the wrongs of the…

ThursdayFeb 04, 2021 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Colorado Premium Cannabis Flower Causes Prices to Soar to Record Highs

For Colorado’s cannabis industry, 2020 was a boom year. While other sectors saw their operations severely cut down amid lockdown and self-distancing orders, Colorado categorized cannabis as essential, allowing marijuana businesses to continue selling with coronavirus-related measures in place. Even before transactions for November had been tallied, the state had hit $2 billion in medical and recreational cannabis sales. These record-breaking sales can partly be attributed to record high, wholesale, cannabis-bud (flower) prices that in 2020 increased to levels unseen since 2016. According to the Colorado Department of Revenue, the average market price by wholesalers for a pound of marijuana…

ThursdayFeb 04, 2021 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Schumer Says Cannabis Legalization Will Be Senate Priority

Late last year, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a historic bill that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and expunge nonviolent, cannabis-related convictions. Although the legislation was applauded by drug reform activists, it was almost certainly doomed in the then Republican-controlled Senate, with GOP leaders dubbing cannabis legalization a superficial distraction from COVID relief. However, now that the Democrats control both the Senate and the House, cannabis legalization may be a reality. In a recent interview with former NBA player Al Harrington who owns cannabis company Viola Brands, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer discussed his support for ending…

WednesdayFeb 03, 2021 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — France to Dispense Free Medical Marijuana to Patients in New Pilot Project

Despite the fact that France’s program to supply medical marijuana to patients was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, the country recently released a list of firms that had won bids to supply this free cannabis. The program is scheduled to run for approximately six months, and the marijuana products to be distributed would be in form of oil and dry flower. The companies include Emmac Life Sciences, Panaxia, Tilray, Aurora Cannabis, Little Green Pharma and Althea. While the companies that were selected are not based in France, they will be working with companies that are based in France. This…

WednesdayFeb 03, 2021 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Locations with Cannabis Dispensaries Recorded Fewer Opioid Fatalities, New Research Says

A new study has shown that a significant decline in deaths related to opioids is linked to improved access to cannabis dispensaries. The study, which was reported in the “British Medical Association” journal, concluded that higher counts of recreational and medical dispensary stores were connected with decreased opioid-related mortality rates, particularly deaths linked to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. The study adds that the discovery holds for both recreational and medical dispensaries. The researchers examined the prevalence of marijuana dispensaries and opioid death rates in 23 states between the years of 2014 and 2018. The researchers discovered that, in general,…

TuesdayFeb 02, 2021 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Could Canna-Tourism Trigger Economic Recovery?

Just as the global economy was finally recovering from the 2007–2008 financial crisis, the coronavirus pandemic struck, effectively plunging the world into the worst recession since World War 2. International travel came to a near-total standstill as countries tried to prevent the virus from entering their borders, disrupting global supply chains. The resultant lockdown and self-distancing orders were devastating for most industries; one of the hardest hit was the hospitality sector, which shouldered millions of lost jobs. The cannabis industry fared relatively well, on the other hand, with cannabis companies reporting month-over-month sales records even as the pandemic ravaged the…

TuesdayFeb 02, 2021 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Study Shows Medical Marijuana Beneficial to Parkinson’s Patients

The health and medical field is seeing an increased interest in the use of medical marijuana to reduce symptoms of various ailments such as Parkinson’s disease, now that the herb has been legalized in many regions across the globe. Results from a survey of Parkinson’s disease patients from Germany show that more than 8% of patients with the disease admitted to using marijuana products and more than half of those users, who made up roughly 54%, revealed that the products had been clinically beneficial. Marijuana products that contain THC, which is the primary psychoactive compound in marijuana, are allowed to…

MondayFeb 01, 2021 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Utah Begins Medical Marijuana Home Deliveries

When the coronavirus pandemic struck, the cannabis industry was left in a precarious position. Although most states that have legal cannabis markets declared the young industry essential, medical cannabis patients were at great risk every time they headed out to get their medicine. Plenty of them are either elderly, immunocompromised, or both, putting them at an even greater risk of infection and suffering severe symptoms. To help keep both patients and staff safe, some states began allowing cannabis home deliveries. In Utah, medical marijuana couriers have started making deliveries of medical cannabis orders to patients’ homes. The state first allowed…

MondayFeb 01, 2021 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Minnesota Governor Asks Legislators to Consider Cannabis Legalization

Governor Tim Waltz of Minnesota urged state legislators earlier this week to consider legalizing marijuana so that racial justice can be attained in addition to boosting the economy. He made those comments during a briefing at which he was talking about his 2022–2023 budget proposals. During that briefing, the governor was asked if he is willing to authorize sports betting as a way of boosting tax collection in the state. In his reply, Gov. Waltz said that while he wasn’t opposed to sports betting, his attention was more centered on cannabis legalization since the taxes collected from a regulated marijuana…

FridayJan 29, 2021 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — French Cannabis Legalization Consultation Gathers More Than 200,000 Responses

A survey on marijuana legalization that was launched on Jan. 13, 2021, has already amassed 200,354 responses. The numbers from the survey will be used to validate the content of a marijuana adult-use report that the French Parliament is currently developing before introducing various legalization measures. Augur Associates CEO Benjamin-Alexandre Jeanroy stated that President Macron’s Party was leading the survey, which would make it easy for it to be included in the 2022 presidential program. The questionnaire was set in motion by 33 members of parliament. One of the members of the National Assembly and Macron’s political party, Caroline Janvier…