World Marijuana News

April, 2019

• 2 April

  Pro-Marijuana Laws Not Linked to Higher Use Among Youth

  

  Changes to pro-marijuana laws are not connected to an increased use by adolescents, according to a study’s recently published data in ...

March, 2019

• 31 March

  Walgreens and CVS Stores to Sell CBD Products

  

  Just days after CVS announced it would be selling CBD products in 800 of its stores, Walgreens makes a similar announcement. ...
• 30 March

  2 New Studies Discover that CBD Has Anti-Cancer Properties

  

  A pair of new studies are reporting that cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive substance in cannabis, has anti-cancer responses in humans. The ...
• 29 March

  Federal Marijuana Banking Bill Advances in Congress

  

  By a vote of 45-15, the House Financial Services Committee approved a bipartisan bill March 28 aimed at ensuring state-legal cannabis ...
• 28 March

  Actor Seth Rogan Partners with a Canadian Cannabis Company

  

  The publicly-traded Canadian marijuana company Canopy Growth Corporation has partnered with the marijuana company Houseplant, which is co-owned by actor Seth ...
• 26 March

  Newscaster Tom Brokaw Is Using Medical Marijuana for Cancer

  

  America’s long-time newscaster, Tom Brokaw, has been in remission for multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that comes with excruciating pain ...
• 24 March

  Jelly Belly Creator Launches New CBD-Infused Jelly Beans

  

  The Jelly Belly jelly beans creator, David Klein, just launched a line of CBD-infused jelly beans under the brand name Spectrum ...
• 23 March

  Cannabis Can Help Brain Heal After a Traumatic Brain Injury

  

  A recently published study shows that marijuana helps protect and heal the brain when it has suffered a traumatic brain injury ...
• 21 March

  Cannabis Tax Revenue in 2018 Larger than Beer and Wine

  

  The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) has reported that state and local excise taxes collected from U.S. recreational marijuana ...
• 18 March

  Alaska’s New Law Allows On-Site Marijuana Use at Dispensaries

  

  Lt Governor Kevin Meyer signed Alaska’s new on-site marijuana consumption bill into law allowing for up to one gram of marijuana ...