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Canadian Pot Grower to Make Marijuana-Infused Dog Munchies to Help Pets Chill Out

Turns out, this bud isn't just for you. True Leaf Medicine International Ltd., a small Canadian company operating in the country's fast-emerging marijuana industry, plans to sell dog chews containing cannabis extracts. True Leaf already makes hemp-seed infused products for dogs to ease joint pain, anxiety and inflammation. It intends to raise $7.8 million through an equity crowdfunding in the U.S. to build a marijuana production facility in British Columbia, eventually allowing it to extract… from Cannabis Culture http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2017/11/30/canadian-pot-grower-make-marijuana-infused-dog-munchies-help-pets-chill

Taming the Black Dog : Using Cannabis to Treat Depression

CANNABIS CULTURE - Could medical marijuana be one of the answers in treating depression? Before we go into why and how, it is best to understand how depression arises and how it is treated at the moment. Another thing important to remember is that there are two main types of depression: unipolar and bipolar depression/disorder. Depression is one of the most common mental health conditions affecting the people of the US, with around 26% (and… from Cannabis Culture http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2017/11/30/taming-black-dog-using-cannabis-treat-depression

Cannabis Could Be Boost for State Farmers

There may be a future for cannabis on Virginia’s farms, though navigating its legal status and crafting regulations are hurdles to contend with before the plant can provide any sort of economic boost. That was the message marijuana industry officials had for a full house of farmers and other attendees Tuesday at the Williamsburg Lodge during the Virginia Farm Bureau’s annual convention. The three-day event continues through Thursday. Though illegal in Virginia, medical marijuana is… from Cannabis Culture http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2017/11/29/cannabis-boost-state-farmers

Elizabeth Warren Wants Marijuana Answers From Trump Health Nominee

The Trump administration should carefully consider how legalizing marijuana can help reduce opioid addiction and overdose deaths, Sen. Elizabeth Warren says. "Medical marijuana has the potential to mitigate the effects of the opioid crisis," she wrote in a letter to Alex Azar, President Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Warren cited a recent American Journal of Public Health study that found legalization of cannabis in Colorado was associated… from Cannabis Culture http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2017/11/29/elizabeth-warren-wants-marijuana-answers-trump-health-nominee

Johann Hari: The Lessons of a Failed War on Drugs

The 2015 book Chasing The Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, is a New York Times bestseller. It's also a scathing account of the trillion dollar, global drug war's many policy failures. The book’s author, Scottish-born journalist Johann Hari, has traveled to over 18 countries to investigate drug criminalization. What he realized on that 30,000 mile journey is that almost everything he thought he knew about addiction was wrong. "Drugs are… from Cannabis Culture http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2017/11/29/johann-hari-lessons-failed-war-drugs

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Medicinal cannabis: Health Minister signs licence for Ava Barry

Medicinal cannabis: Health Minister signs licence for Ava Barry The Irish minister for health has signed a licence for a seven-year old from County Cork to access medicinal cannabis.Ava Barry suffers from a severe form of epilepsy known as Dravet syndrome. On Tuesday, Simon Harris told the Dáil (Irish Parliament) he could not comment on individual cases, but had signed the third application for a licence.In a video message her mother Vera Twomey said she had "good news"."Ava has been granted the licence for the medical cannabis and we're coming home. We'll be home for Christmas and she's doing really well" she said."I just want to thank everybody for the support and everything. "We just can't wait to get her home to Aghabullogue and she'll be even better there. We're going to be home as soon as we can," she added.Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin told the Dáil that Ava was now accessing a programme through a Dutch neurologist

Joint Agreement: Delta 9 to Grow Pot for Canada’s Largest Marijuana Producer

Ontario-based Canopy Growth and Winnipeg's Delta 9 working on plan to serve Manitoba market. Winnipeg's Delta 9 has teamed up with Canada's largest publicly traded marijuana producer as the country gets closer to legalizing marijuana. Canopy Growth Corp., based out of Ontario, has entered into a distribution agreement with Delta 9 to sell cannabis products online. "Our company is excited to further our growing partnership with Canopy Growth," Delta 9 CEO John Arbuthnot said in… from Cannabis Culture http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2017/11/28/joint-agreement-delta-9-grow-pot-canadas-largest-marijuana-producer

House Passes Marijuana Legislation, Bill Moves to Senate

The federal government's plan to legalize marijuana by next summer is a step closer. Bill C-45 received final approval Monday in the House of Commons, passing by a vote of 200-82. It now moves to the Senate, where Conservative senators are threatening to hold up passage of the bill. That could yet derail the government's plan to have a legalized pot regime up and running by July. - Read the entire article at CTV News. from Cannabis Culture http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2017/11/28/house-passes-marijuana-legislation-bill-moves-senate

Study Explores Chemical Links Of Cannabis, Exercise, And Sexual Bliss

Study Explores Chemical Links Of Cannabis, Exercise, And Sexual Bliss ShutterstockScientists are homing in on biological reasons for the age-old "cannabis makes sex better" theory, though there'll need to be plenty of further research to come.A new study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine has seemingly uncovered a chemical link between human orgasm and the cannabis plant, the latter of which has long enjoyed a reputation for enhancing or enabling the former. Being aware of the association between weed and good sex, researchers sought to determine whether our brains showed similar behavior along a certain set of neurochemical pathways we all have, known as the "cannabinoid system," in response to chemicals called cannabinoids.These can either be introduced to our systems from outside the body as phytocannabinoids, found in plants like cannabis, or activated naturally from within the b

Study Explores Chemical Links of Cannabis, Sexual Bliss, and ‘Runner’s High’

Scientists are homing in on biological reasons for the age-old "cannabis makes sex better" theory, though there'll need to be plenty of further research to come. A new study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine has seemingly uncovered a chemical link between human orgasm and the cannabis plant, the latter of which has long enjoyed a reputation for enhancing or enabling the former. Being aware of the association between weed and good sex, researchers sought… from Cannabis Culture http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2017/11/27/study-explores-chemical-links-cannabis-sexual-bliss-runners-high

The “Other” Cannabinoids: Evolab Releasing CBG, CBN Products

While THC and CBD product sales continue to grow as more states legalize cannabis, some infused-product manufacturers are already looking ahead. Thanks to improved research on other, lesser-known cannabinoids, new medical and recreational products will soon hit the market – and Evolab wants to be one of the first to take advantage of the opportunity. The Denver-based cannabinoid extractor has announced a new line of cannabidiol (CBD), cannabinol (CBN) and cannabigerol (CBG) products. The body… from Cannabis Culture http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2017/11/27/cannabinoids-evolab-releasing-cbg-cbn-products

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Cannabis plants destroyed

Cannabis plants destroyed A special team of forest department officials unearthed nearly 1,000 cannabis plants cultivated clandestinely inside the reserved forest at Kurumalai region and subsequently destroyed them. District Forest Officer Muhammed Shabab, who headed the special operation on Saturday and Sunday, told The Hindu that the cannabis plants were seen grown with other plants in few specific areas of the forest at Kurumalai belt where the normal access was extremely difficult. Difficult terrain“The special team, comprising nearly 100 forest department employees, have to travel through difficult terrains by a combination of vehicle journey and trekking for 10 hours from Udumalpet before reaching the locality where the cannabis plants were grown, after a tip-off was received”, pointed out Mr. Shabab. The plants at varying stages of growth were found in different spots over a total expanse of 10 sq m. Detailed inquirySources added that the forest officials had commenced a detai

California Weed Entrepreneurs Will Make $5.2B in 2018 With Almost No Banks to Put it in

California cannabis entrepreneurs will earn $5.2B in revenue in 2018 as recreational use becomes legal there. The state of California will collect about one billion dollars in accompanying marijuana taxes. These numbers, estimated by Matt Karnes, industry analyst and managing partner of New York's GreenWave Advisors, point to the giant need for banking and financial services in the nascent legal cannabis industry. These services however are generally not available says Karnes, and are federally illegal.… from Cannabis Culture http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2017/11/26/california-weed-entrepreneurs-will-make-5-2b-2018-almost-no-banks-put

Durham College Offers Class on Cannabis Business as Legalization Looms

'It's a new frontier. The rush is happening whether we like it or not,' says instructor. An Ontario college is offering a new class in response to the growing demand for skilled professionals to support Canada's expanding medical marijuana industry as legalization looms. And it's not exactly reading, writing and arithmetic. The two-day class, offered this weekend by Durham College in Oshawa, Ont., is said to be the first-of-its kind offered by an Ontario college.… from Cannabis Culture http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2017/11/26/durham-college-offers-class-cannabis-business-legalization-looms

El Cerrito sets rules for recreational cannabis dispensaries

El Cerrito sets rules for recreational cannabis dispensaries EL CERRITO –– Though the effort is being described as “a work in progress,” El Cerrito has set the ground rules for a pair of cannabis dispensaries that will be allowed after recreational marijuana use becomes legal in California next year.The action taken by the City Council Tuesday marks an end to the lengthy process of repealing a 2006 ordinance prohibiting medical marijuana dispensaries and allowing cannabis sales within the city.El Cerrito will issue permits to two dispensary operators who will be allowed to sell cannabis and cannabis-related products as well as deliver the cannabis to customers within the city.The operators will undergo background checks, provide a business plan and a security plan, and offer community benefits as part of the application process.Cannabis smoking and consumption will be banned within the dispensaries and measures to protect cannabis supplies and limit the amount of cash stored on the p

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Who has been in court for cannabis offences in Notts?

Who has been in court for cannabis offences in Notts? Defendant Mickey Dobbyn left court with a fine of £110 for possessing cannabis.The 30-year-old, of Plowman Court, Stapleford, pleaded guilty to having the Class B drug at his address on September 22.As well as the fine, he was ordered to pay £30 towards victim services and costs of £85.Elsewhere, Sean James Ryan, 41, of Blue Bell Hill Road, St Ann's, was conditionally discharged for six months.Magistrates in Nottingham fined him £50 after he pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis at his address on October 24.He was ordered to pay £20 towards victim services.Read MoreNews from the courtsAnother person to face prosecution for possessing the drug was Steven James Mee, 25, of Lorne Grove, Radcliffe-on-Trent, who had cannabis in Lorne Grove.Magistrates heard he had four small wraps of the drug on October 5.He pleaded guilty and was conditionally discharged for six months. JPs ordered he pay £20 to fund victim services and costs of £

Cannabis Dispensaries Raided by Halifax Police

Search warrants conducted at Coastal Cannapy on Agricola Street and Green Light on Barrington result in multiple charges. Bad news for your weekend plans. Members of the Special Enforcement Section of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division raided two different Halifax cannabis dispensaries on Friday morning. In the first series of raids, officers with the SES along with RCMP and Halifax Regional Police executed four separate search warrants related to the Green Light dispensary on Barrington… from Cannabis Culture http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2017/11/25/cannabis-dispensaries-raided-halifax-police

Inside Paraguay's illegal cannabis plantations

Inside Paraguay's illegal cannabis plantations Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay - Cowboy hats and flasks adorned with imitation jaguar and snakeskin prints dot the market of the Paraguayan border town of Pedro Juan Caballero.Cross the two-lane avenue outside and one will have entered Brazil.Not far away, one will find casinos, motels and brothels typical of a crime-ridden frontier.The town is on a key trafficking route into Brazil, with two major gangs - the First Command of the Capital (PCC) from Sao Paulo and the Red Command (CV) from Rio de Janeiro - competing to import Bolivian cocaine, firearms and other contraband.In June 2016, a ceasefire between the factions came to an end when lead gangster Jorge Rafaat, allied with the CV and known as the "king of the frontier" was executed in his armoured Hummer. His death has been attributed to the PCC.Pedro Juan Caballero is just the start of a journey into a more tranquil, hidden - but no less illegal - world just a few kilo