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While attempts to legalize cannabis by a ballot measure last year and by legislative means this month were met with defeat, marijuana advocates in the state aren’t giving up, and they are already planning to have another shot at a ballot measure in 2020. Dave Owen, a leading cannabis advocate in the state who played … Continue reading “420 with CNW – North Dakota Cannabis Activists Consider 2020 Ballot Measure”

New research has revealed that men who smoke or have ever smoked cannabis have a higher concentration of sperm when compared to those who have never smoked marijuana. This study was conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital. The team of researchers, led by a group based at Harvard Chan School of Public Health, based their work … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Marijuana Linked to Higher Sperm Concentrations”

Many people may feel rather squeamish about sticking a cannabis suppository up their backside, but this method of administration is beginning to attract widespread attention as a way to administer medical cannabis. Several reasons can explain their growing popularity. Better Absorption Rates The most common ways to take medical cannabis are by eating or smoking … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Why Suppositories will be Big in the Medical Marijuana Industry”

The new Governor of Wisconsin, Tony Evers, has announced that he intends to take the first step towards legalizing marijuana in the state during the first two years of his term of office. Evers revealed that he will include medical marijuana legalization during his budget proposals for this year. The Governor made those statements during … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Wisconsin Governor Reveals Plans to Legalize Marijuana”

The Danish Ministry of Health has revealed that an executive order allowing local companies to export medical cannabis in bulk took effect on the first day of this year. This puts Denmark in pole position around the continent since many other countries are still staggering in their efforts to get medical cannabis programs running. For … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Denmark Approves Bulk Medical Cannabis Exports”

The Department of Health in Rhode Island has scheduled a public hearing early next month to collect views about a petition that calls for cannabis to be used to help people wean off prescription opioids. Prescription opioid overdoses were found to be responsible for the death of 336 people in 2016 while the number of … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Rhode Island Considers Using Medical Cannabis to Stop Opioid Dependency”

The authority in charge of overseeing cannabis in Oregon (the Oregon Liquor Control Commission) has released new rules that will make it easier for patients to access medical marijuana. The new rules that are set to take effect tomorrow (December 28) will allow marijuana to be delivered to those areas where the local authorities have … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Oregon Eases Access to Medical Marijuana”

A recent study whose findings were published in the Contemporary Policy journal shows that prices of new homes jump by up to 7.7 percent in case a cannabis dispensary opens close to those homes. The researchers compared the data for new homes in Denver, Colorado that were within quarter a mile, half a mile and … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Study Finds Proximity to Cannabis Dispensaries Increases New Home Prices”

Researchers from the University of Bonn in Germany and Hebrew University in Jerusalem (Israel) have done a study to investigate whether cannabis can improve brain function once endocannabinoid system (ECS) activity is increased by administering cannabis. Lead researcher Andreas Zimmer and his team got three categories of mice for this study. The first group of … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Marijuana Could Improve the Memory of Older People, Study Finds”