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ThursdayMar 02, 2023 1:33 pm

420 with CNW — SAMHSA Advisory Warns Users About CBD, Suggests Dispensary-Sourced Products Could Be Safer

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has released a new advisory warning about the possible side effects, harms, and unknowns of CBD. The federal agency also makes the implication that cannabis dispensaries may sell safer products than gas stations and other stores. The cannabinoid product has been available on store shelves since Congress approved the use of hemp in the 2018 Farm Act, and SAMHSA reports that demand for it is still rising. According to SAMHSA's advisory, a variety of form factors, such as CBD-infused foods,…

ThursdayMar 02, 2023 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Research Finds Cannabis Users Have Lower Blood Pressure

Over the past decade or so, a growing body of research has revealed that cannabis has significant therapeutic potential. Studies have found that cannabis can be effective against a host of medical conditions, including chronic pain, insomnia and anxiety, with none of the side effects typically observed with pharmaceutical use. Even as dozens of American states and overseas territories now allow their residents to purchase and use cannabis for medical purposes, researchers across the world are still trying to understand the plant’s full therapeutic potential. A recent study published in “NatureScientific Reports” journal has provided evidence linking cannabis usage to…

WednesdayMar 01, 2023 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Connecticut Lawmakers Consider Adding Marijuana DUI to Driving Curriculum

According to a recent bill discussed by the House’s Transportation Committee, Connecticut driver education courses would include information warning against the risks of driving while under the influence of marijuana. House Majority Leader Jason Rojas put forth the bill last month, and it had a public hearing last week. The proposed legislation would mandate that lessons on the risks of driving under the influence be included in private driver instruction courses as well as those provided at high schools and secondary schools. The current law mandates that instruction on driving while impaired by drugs and alcohol be included in driver…

WednesdayMar 01, 2023 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Association Launched to Teach Australian Nurses About Medical Marijuana

Last week saw the launch of the Australian Cannabis Nurses Association (ACNA), a newly formed organization to provide nurses with peer support, education and advocacy regarding medicinal marijuana. Simone O'Brien, a nurse practitioner and licensed medical marijuana practitioner, founded the group alongside Jodie Davis and Deb Ranson. The organization desires that nursing programs at the undergraduate level cover the endocannabinoid system. O'Brien developed an interest in medicinal marijuana after suffering a severe leg injury during a leave from work, which pushed her to research the potential benefits of the medication. Australia legalized medical marijuana seven years ago through the Federal…

TuesdayFeb 28, 2023 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Study Finds Marijuana Vaping Among Youth Is Higher in Medical-Use States

New research has found that seniors in high school within states where the medical use of marijuana is allowed had a higher likelihood of vaping marijuana, in comparison to seniors within states where the drug’s use is legal for recreational use or is prohibited. Washington State University PhD student Christian Maynard and Professor Jennifer Schwartz of the sociology department at the institution carried out the study. For their research, the investigators conducted an analysis obtained from the Monitoring the Future survey, which was comprised of responses on marijuana consumption from more than 3,700 seniors in high school. Of those students…

TuesdayFeb 28, 2023 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Canadian Industry Groups Want Federal Fees on Marijuana Reduced to Relieve Operator Burden

A group of Canadian cannabis executives has shined a light on what it says are unsustainable federal fees on the nascent industry. The executives are asking the federal government to offer the industry some relief from the federal tax fees amid widespread financial losses and increasing job losses. During a news conference last week, the executives argued that job losses would continue to pile up if the federal government did not make any meaningful reform. Even though cannabis is legal across dozens of states in the United States and in Canada as well, industry players have been forced to contend…

MondayFeb 27, 2023 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Twitter’s Decision Gives US Marijuana Companies Advertising Boost

Industry insiders say that Twitter's recent policy change allowing state-legal marijuana businesses to advertise and market on the platform is a positive development for the sector and may prompt other digital advertising platforms to reconsider their bans on cannabis promotion. Twitter is simultaneously enhancing its entry into American marijuana advertising through a promotional incentive for the sector. However, there are still some uncertainties regarding the specifics of what Twitter's new marijuana advertising policy allows and prohibits. In the opinion of Lisa Buffo, CEO and founder of the Cannabis Marketing Association, the move is a definite sign that marijuana is becoming…

MondayFeb 27, 2023 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Wisconsin Governor Releases Budget Request That Features Cannabis Legalization

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (D) recently unveiled the state's biennial budget proposal, which once more includes language supporting the legalization of both medical and recreational cannabis. The governor made it known that he intended to include the adult-use proposal in his request, despite a top Republican lawmaker's warning that doing so might jeopardize talks on more moderate medical marijuana legislation. He also stated that he would not be persuaded to drop the proposal owing to the fact that he promised to work for comprehensive legalization during the campaign and a majority of state voters support the change in law. However,…

FridayFeb 24, 2023 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — President Biden Issues Executive Order on Cannabis Equity

Reform activists have long concluded that the drug war of the 1980s and 1990s is an unmitigated failure. Although the war on drugs was ostensibly launched to cut financial outflows to criminal organizations and address drug addiction in the United States, it has resulted in the incarceration of significant numbers of people on minor drug charges, decimated families in Black and Brown communities and contributed to already entrenched racial disparities. Now that cannabis drug reform is sweeping across the country, most states have included social justice provisions in their cannabis laws to try and alleviate the disproportionate damage caused by…

FridayFeb 24, 2023 4:20 am

420 with CNW — NJ Supreme Court Clears Confusion on Cannabis Expungement Law

The Supreme Court of New Jersey recently ruled that first-time offenders who avoided conviction for minor drug offenses by enrolling in a diversionary program before legislators in the state decriminalized cannabis two years ago could still be enrolled to another program for any new offenses. The unanimous ruling was an effort to analyze the intent of the Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance and Marketplace Modernization Act. While this law decriminalized the simple possession of marijuana in the state of New Jersey and directed that previous cannabis convictions be expunged automatically from an individual’s criminal record, it did not look into how…