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WednesdayAug 03, 2022 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Senate Approves VA Nominee Who Supported Medical Marijuana in NJ

The U.S. Departments of Veterans Affairs recently confirmed that a key position in the department had been filled after the Senate voted to confirm President Joseph Biden’s nominee: Shereef Elnahal. In the past, Elnahal has served as the state health commissioner in New Jersey. He helped expand the medical cannabis program in the state while also advocating for the federal legalization of cannabis. Elnahal, who has been appointed as the Undersecretary of Health at the VA, will be in charge of leading a central division of the VA that has, up until now, prevented doctors from issuing medical marijuana recommendations…

TuesdayAug 02, 2022 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Illinois Governor Raves Over Cannabis Taxes While Announcing Social Equity Licensees

Cannabis has proven to be extremely lucrative for states with legal markets. In 2021 alone, states collected more than $3.7 billion in recreational cannabis taxes, a 34% jump from the taxes legal states received the previous year. Illinois, which launched recreational cannabis sales in January 2020, has seen impressive sales in recent months. For FY 2022, the state has recorded around $1.5 billion in cannabis sales compared to $1 billion last year. Illinois collected a total of $445.3 million in taxes from cannabis sales, a nearly 50% increase in revenue compared to the 2021 fiscal year when it collected $297…

TuesdayAug 02, 2022 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Colorado Firm Set to Conduct Marijuana Research for Alzheimer’s Patients

Over the past decade or so, plenty of studies have found marijuana to be effective at treating the symptoms of a variety of medical conditions. However, most of this research is in its infancy, and experts unanimously agree that we need a lot more clinical trials to definitively prove marijuana’s medical potential. In Colorado, MedPharma Research, a leading research company in the medical cannabis field, recently announced that it had been granted funding to research the efficacy of marijuana in Alzheimer’s patients. The company submitted a proposal to the Colorado State University Institute of Cannabis Research’s (ICR) FY23 Cannabis Research…

MondayAug 01, 2022 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Study Finds CBD May Help Manage Post-surgery Pain

New research has found that CBD can be used to relieve the postop pain patients experience after undergoing rotator cuff surgeries. CBD works like any other anti-inflammatory drug, without inducing any of those side effects that other medications cause such as stomach irritation. The substance t has multiple mechanisms of action, including reducing inflammation contributing to the pain. The research findings were recently presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine, which was held in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The study was led by sports orthopedic specialist, Dr. Michael J. Alaia, of NYU Langone Health. It…

MondayAug 01, 2022 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Michigan Disburses $20m in Grants for Studies on Cannabis for Veterans

In 2021 alone, states with legal cannabis markets collected more than $3.7 billion in recreational cannabis taxes. Michigan, which legalized adult-use cannabis in 2018, collected almost $175 million from a 10% excise tax on all recreational cannabis sales in the same year. Regulators from the state recently announced that a portion of these funds would be funneled to institutions researching the potential medical benefits of cannabis for veterans. This will be the second round of funding provided by the Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (MRA) as part of the state’s Veteran Marijuana Research (VMR) Grant Program. This time, the agency will…

FridayJul 29, 2022 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Congressional Legislators to Hold Hearing Focused on Hemp

House Agriculture Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture and Research members are scheduled to meet this week to discuss expanding hemp regulations in the 2023 farm bill package. Hemp was federally legalized under the 2018 farm bill, which opened up a marijuana market that expanded rapidly. Stakeholders and advocates involved in the industry are now focused on ways to build upon the current hemp regulations through the next large-scale agriculture measure. Representative David Scott, the full committee’s chair, earlier stated that he felt that the farm bill’s next edition needed to extend beyond hemp and include provisions that dealt with cannabis-specific policies,…

FridayJul 29, 2022 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Another Leading Democratic Senator Signs onto Schumer’s Cannabis Bill

After several delays and much anticipation, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer formally filed his long-awaited cannabis legalization bill alongside Senate Finance Committee chair, Senator Ron Wyden, and Senator Cory Booker. This bill will legalize cannabis at the federal level and contains social equity provisions that would attempt to address the harms caused by the war on drugs. Just a day after Schumer filed the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA), the bill gained two cosponsors, one of them a leading Democratic Senator who praised the legislation but said there was still an urgent need to work on cannabis banking. With…

ThursdayJul 28, 2022 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — New Section on Marijuana Potency, Packaging, Labeling to Be Added to Federal Standards Handbook

During the National Conference on Weights and Measures’ annual meeting, a number of marijuana proposals were considered by members. One of these proposals would have developed a policy for the waster activity range for cannabis while a second would have established a uniform definition for marijuana and marijuana-containing products. However, both were rejected by the bicameral conference’s House of Delegates and House of Representatives, after failing to garner at least 27 votes in both chambers. However, one proposal was approved. That approval would require that a new section on marijuana packaging, labeling, measurement of potency and other issues related to…

ThursdayJul 28, 2022 4:20 am

420 with CNW — The Frequency, Implications of Cannabis Use by Millennials

Millions of Americans who grew up during the prohibition era were taught that cannabis is an inherently dangerous drug that encourages drug abuse and criminal activity. To them, cannabis was as dangerous as narcotics such as heroin or cocaine, perhaps even more dangerous because a large focus of the failed war on drugs was on cannabis. The millennial generation, however, generally holds a different view on cannabis compared to older generations. Nearly 20 states have now passed adult-use cannabis legislation, and in most of these regions, millennials played a significant role in enacting cannabis reform. Sometimes referred to as generation…

WednesdayJul 27, 2022 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Researchers Find Marijuana May Be Effective Against Parkinson’s Disease

Researchers have uncovered definite proof that cannabis can be effective at alleviating the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. The neurodegenerative disorder, which was first identified in 1872 by James Parkinson, affects nearly one million Americans. Figures show that at least 6,000 individuals are diagnosed with the disorder every year. The disease causes certain parts of the brain to degenerate, causing symptoms such as impaired coordination and balance, slow movements, muscle stiffness and tremors in the legs, hands, arms and jaws. More than a century after the disease was first identified, we still haven’t found an effective cure, relying instead on treatments…