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Prominent Brexiter refuses to back decriminalisation or legalisation of cannabis in UK Jacob Rees-Mogg’s investment firm is advising one of the highest-profile investors in Canada’s marijuana market. Somerset Capital Management, co-founded by the prominent Brexiter MP, is an adviser to an emerging markets fund established by Purpose Investments. Purpose Investments has emerged this year as one

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From the outside, Good Chemistry — Worcester’s first medical and possibly first recreational cannabis dispensary — is a nearly-anonymous storefront tucked between a few thrift stores on Harrison Street, part of the wider Crompton Collective network of mill buildings. The only detail suggesting what lies inside is the tastefully-decorative fog on the windows and a

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Sooner or later, the medical use of marijuana is certain to be approved in New Zealand. In little over a year, with a change in the political landscape, the debate on legalising medicinal marijuana has shifted, at least among MPs, from maintaining a ban to clearing the way for its introduction. For the moment it

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THE Philippine National Health Research System (PNHRS) may look into the possibility of conducting a research on the use of marijuana for medical purposes. In the weekly Kapihan sa Baguio, Merlita Opena, chief research information, communication, and utilization division, said a study on medical marijuana maybe possible. “That could be an avenue for another research.

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YAMMOUNE, Lebanon (AP) — In the fields of this quiet village surrounded by mountains, men and women work clearing dirt and dry leaves from around cannabis plants, a major source of livelihoods in this impoverished corner of Lebanon, The fertile Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon has long been notorious as one of the world’s major

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This is shaping up to be a truly incredible year for the legal cannabis industry. Just over a month ago, Canada made history by passing the Cannabis Act. In doing so, it becomes the first industrialized nation in the world (and only the second country overall, behind Uruguay) to have passed legislation allowing adults to purchase

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Thailand could be the first Asian country to legalize medical cannabis, a move it hopes will re-establish its position in the economy it dominated four decades ago. The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO), which works under the Ministry of Public Health, is now hoping for approval from the military government to study the drug and sell

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