If the Tracy Planning Commission’s recommendation is accepted, there will be very few places where cannabis businesses can set up shop. The commission met Wednesday to consider the question of where marijuana entrepreneurs could open the one type of business the City Council will allow. On Dec. 5, the council members unanimously approved a plan
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.
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
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
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
Ending the prohibition of marijuana and other currently illegal drugs and instead taxing and regulating their sales would supplement federal and state government budgets to the tune of up to $106.7 billion a year, according to a new analysis from a Harvard University researcher. “At both the federal and state levels, government budgets would benefit enormously
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Some of the local growers along the coast here see it as an act of medical compassion: Donating part of their crop of high-potency medical marijuana to ailing veterans, who line up by the dozens each month in the echoing auditorium of the city’s old veterans’ hall to get a ticket
PORTLAND, Ore. – Green Thumb Industries had a business plan, expertise and plenty of ambition to grow its marijuana business. What the Chicago-based company didn’t have was access to enough capital to make it all happen. So last month, the company with $20 million in revenue from pot shops in seven states turned its gaze
PORTLAND, Oregon — Green Thumb Industries had a business plan, expertise and plenty of ambition to grow its marijuana business. What the Chicago-based company didn’t have was access to enough capital to make it all happen. So last month, the company with $20 million in revenue from pot shops in seven states turned its gaze