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FridayJul 24, 2020 4:20 am

420 with CNW – Activists Put Pressure on Mexican Lawmakers to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

The past few years have been great for cannabis. Advanced research into its effects on the body that has found it has plenty of medical benefits, coupled with changing attitudes towards the plant, have pushed it more into the mainstream. As a result, plenty of territories have passed legislation allowing either recreational or medical marijuana within their borders. Many more jurisdictions have cannabis legalization on the books or they are at least considering it. In Mexico, activists have demanded that the Senate include the legalization of recreational cannabis in the next special session that starts on July 29. This comes…

ThursdayJul 23, 2020 4:20 pm

420 with CNW – Third-Party Presidential Nominees Push for Marijuana Legalization

With everything that’s been going on for the past six months, from a global pandemic that’s crippled the economy to the protests against police brutality raging across the country, it’s easy to forget that the November ballot is fast approaching. The ballot may very well be a turning point for the cannabis industry. For starters, the Democratic Party made it clear that if it clinches Congress and the White House this coming November, it will make decriminalizing marijuana one of its top priorities, despite presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s views on the matter. The presidential nominees for both the…

ThursdayJul 23, 2020 4:20 am

420 with CNW – What Current Research Says About Marijuana and Memory

We all know the stereotype of the bumbling, forgetful stoner. Cannabis has for long been associated with memory loss, and that has been one of the main arguments against legalizing. However, most of these claims lacked any scientific backing but over the past few years, researchers have been steadily learning more about cannabis and its effect on the human body, especially the brain. To understand how cannabis affects memory, we’ll first have to discuss short and long term memory. Your short term memory stores immediate events temporarily, for instance, to remember a phone number that has just been recited. It…

WednesdayJul 22, 2020 4:20 pm

420 with CNW – You Don’t Need Lots of Capital to Be Big in the Marijuana Industry

For many young entrepreneurs, launching a startup is pretty straightforward. Make a snazzy business plan, secure as much funding as you can from investors and hit the ground running. However, acquiring startup capital is no easy task and if you do, you and your business are often at the mercy of your investors and advisory boards. More often than not, these entrepreneurs find themselves running businesses that while successful and profitable, have strayed far from their original visions. But who said that’s the only way to go? It’s certainly the quicker way, you’ll have funds to make all the appropriate…

WednesdayJul 22, 2020 4:20 am

420 with CNW – Meta Study Finds CBD Could Treat Cocaine Addiction

For the past couple of years, there has been mounting interest in the medical abilities of cannabidiol (“CBD”), a cannabinoid produced by the cannabis plant. This was compounded by the 2018 Farm Bill which legalized industrial hemp and its derivatives and pushed CBD even more into the mainstream. The cannabinoid is said to be effective against a wide range of medical conditions, ranging from certain forms of epilepsy, chronic pain, anxiety, and depression. A growing body of research has also found that cannabidiol can help treat cocaine addiction. In a new meta-study, scientists analyzed 14 studies from the past five…

TuesdayJul 21, 2020 4:20 pm

420 with CNW – Montana Activists Say Cannabis Reform Measures Will Be on November Ballot

When the coronavirus pandemic struck, there were tens of marijuana legalization initiatives in states across the country. However, social distancing and self-isolation orders made signature collection virtually impossible and as a result, states such as New York and Idaho have had to postpone their legalization efforts until next year and beyond. Montana, on the other hand, is on track to putting marijuana reform on the ballot this November. On Friday, marijuana activists in the state that based on both county-level signature validation as well as their own verification process, said they were surer they had collected enough signatures to qualify…

TuesdayJul 21, 2020 4:20 am

420 with CNW – BLM Protests Give Marijuana Legalization Efforts Added Impetus

It's a known fact that people of color have been unfairly targeted in the War on Drugs. Although folks of all races are likely to buy and consume marijuana, people of color ("POC") are policed more aggressively and are more likely to have more punitive measures taken against them. And as protests against police brutality rage on countrywide, it’s become very clear that for POC, routine police stops are a matter of life and death. In Georgia, for instance, strict drug laws encourage police officers to search for drugs during otherwise routine interactions such as traffic stops. According to Georgia…

MondayJul 20, 2020 4:20 pm

420 with CNW – New Jersey Governor Convinced Marijuana Legalization Key to Coronavirus Economic Recovery

The coronavirus crisis has dealt the economy a blow it will take years to recover from. Industries that were especially hit by shut down orders like airlines, restaurants, and tourism are looking at a long, tough road before they can get back to pre-pandemic levels. With all but the most essential businesses shut down and commerce brought to an almost complete standstill, states have lost millions in tax revenues over the past few months. However, proponents for marijuana legalization have argued that marijuana sales could help stimulate the economy as it recovers. In the weeks before the shutdowns began, cannabis…

FridayJul 17, 2020 4:20 pm

420 with CNW – Congress Asks Federal Agencies to Reconsider Firing Employees Who Use Marijuana

Although several states have legalized either medical or recreational marijuana, it remains illegal at the federal level. This duality in legislation means that sometimes, individuals who work with or consume state-legal cannabis face federal repercussions. However, a series of reports for spending bills released by a key House committee contain a wide range of marijuana-related provisions seeking to change this. The directives from the House Appropriations Committee were attached to spending bills containing legislative reform provisions including previously tabled proposals that would protect state marijuana laws from federal interference as well as protect banks who work with cannabis businesses from…

FridayJul 17, 2020 4:20 am

420 with CNW – VA States Marijuana Industry Employed Veterans Aren’t Barred from Receiving Home Loans

The state legal cannabis industry has made great strides in the past couple of years, but there’s still a long way to go. The industry was valued at $13.6 billion in 2019 and experts expect it to grow in leaps and bounds over the years but the ongoing federal prohibition is severely holding it back. Unfortunately, this trickles down and negatively affects the tax paying folk who work in state legal cannabis establishments. One such instance of discrimination, according to Rep. Katherine Clark and other lawmakers, is against veterans seeking home loans. For the past year, she’s been pressing the…