Some people have argued that cannabis shops attract crime to the surrounding neighborhood. I’m not really sure how this came to be an argument. If it was “opium dens attract crime,” I might agree. But—and this is an important distinction that some prohibitionists don’t make, bless their hearts—pot shops are …
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Lebanon’s cannabis farmers hope legalisation may bring amnesty
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Read More »Fears of being ‘outed’ as a cannabis user linger as cybersecurity concerns hang over legalization
VANCOUVER—Questions around how consumer data will be protected by cannabis retailers continue to loom large for some Canadians. And those questions are becoming more complicated as legalization approaches and a number of key concerns remain unanswered. “Peter,” a web specialist living in Victoria, B.C., who asked his name be withheld …
Read More »Cannabis accelerates brain ageing, major study reveals – The Christian Institute
Smoking cannabis ages the brain by an average of 2.8 years – almost five times as much as excessive alcohol consumption – a major new study has revealed. In the largest study of its kind – which is to be published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease – researchers analysed …
Read More »Beverage giants eye Canadian cannabis players
The large investment by Constellation Brands (STZ +1.1%) in Canopy Growth Corp. (CGC +3.8%) is still reverberating around the beverage industry as some of the larger names scramble to keep up. Execs from Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD), Pernod Ricard SA (OTC:PRRDF), Heineken (OTCQX:HEINY +0.1%), Coca-Cola (KO -0.2%) and Diageo (DEO +0.3%) …
Read More »Namaste Technologies inks deal with Kief Cannabis for artisan-crafted cannabis
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Read More »Brain scans show how cannabis extract may help people with psychosis
Brain scans have revealed for the first time how a substance found in cannabis plants may help people with psychotic disorders by dampening down abnormal brain activity that arises in the patients. A single dose of cannabidiol, an non-intoxicating extract of the plant, reduced unusual patterns of neural behaviour linked …
Read More »Watch: Raid on cannabis farm
Weeks of operational activity around an indoor hydroponic cannabis farm in the new neighborhood of Karmei Gat in the city of Kiryat Gat ended Monday with a police raid on the facility. Border Police officers ambushed three suspects who came to the apartment to tend the crop. Police positively identified …
Read More »Oregon Cannabis Sales Are Skyrocketing. But Who’s Buying All That Weed?
The latest statistics on Oregon cannabis show the market is exceeding expectations—and drawing the suspicion of prosecutors. Oregon has a generous supply of weed, thanks to bumper harvests that have driven down prices to record lows (“Too Much Weed,” WW, April 18, 2018). That oversupply has glutted Oregon’s market and …
Read More »Scientists discover worrying link between cannabis and schizophrenia
New figures have revealed cannabis is the West Midlands’ favourite drug, with a spike in the amount seized by police last year. Cocaine is a close second, but cannabis remains the most popular illegal drug in the region, and across the whole of the UK. But many people have no …
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