Month: April 2018 (Page 15)

In a move that highlights the power of local governments over the California marijuana industry, the San Bernardino City Council shot down the planned 4/20-centric High Times Cannabis Cup by refusing to license this weekend’s event. The council vote, held less than two days before the biggest cannabis holiday of the year,Continue Reading

British drugmaker GW Pharmaceuticals is seeking permission to sell its purified form of CBD as a medication for seizures in children. The post Cannabis-Based Drug Gets Positive Review From US Agency appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Cannabis-Based Drug Gets Positive Review From US AgencyContinue Reading

Dr. Dabber, one of the nation’s leading concentrate technology companies, is entering the tabletop market with their new SWITCH to celebrate the biggest 420 ever. The folks at Dr. Dabber believe their new dual-purpose SWITCH is the most innovative cannabis device released in the 21st century, and it certainly hadContinue Reading

Even though the iconic singer Sting — front man of the Police — professes to not be a huge consumer of cannabis (“[I] rarely smoke it socially,” he has said), it’s hard to imagine he wasn’t totally blitzed out of his mind when he signed up for this bizarre andContinue Reading

A Toronto-based marijuana company focused on U.S. recreational and medical cannabis markets plans to spend about 23 million Canadian dollars ($18.3 million) in cash, stock and warrants to acquire a small licensed producer in Ontario. MPX Bioceutical agreed to acquire Peterborough-based Canveda for CA$3 million in cash, CA$15 million in stockContinue Reading

A CBD treatment for epilepsy is closer to becoming the first cannabis medicine approved for the U.S. market. A panel of government health advisers gave a unanimous recommendation Thursday to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve Epidiolex, a CBD medicine for rare epilepsy conditions that don’t respond toContinue Reading

“Results indicate that previous studies of cannabis in youth may have overstated the magnitude and persistence of cognitive deficits associated with use.” The post Cognitive Effects of Cannabis on Youths Are Short-Lived, Meta-Analysis Finds appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Cognitive Effects of Cannabis on Youths Are Short-Lived,Continue Reading