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This week, the Minority Cannabis Business Association released the Municipal Ordinance model on how they believe localities should administer new marijuana business licenses. The goal is to have the licenses released in a way that promotes minority entrepreneurs and ensure that the emerging industry will not be dominated by a flood[…]

The American Psychological Association (APA) is urging United States Attorney General William Barr to review more than two-dozen pending applications for federal marijuana grow licenses, reports NORML. In a letter dated Wednesday, February 27, the APA urged the Justice Department to “act immediately” on 26 applications pending before federal officials;[…]

A bill that would make Florida the 11th U.S. state to legalize marijuana has been filed in Florida’s Legislature. House Bill 1117 would legalize the possession and use of up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana for those 21 and older, who would also be allowed to grow up to six[…]

Exposure to marijuana isn’t associated with significant changes in brain morphology in either older or younger subjects, according to a pair of new studies. As reported by NORML, in the first study, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine compared brain scans of occasional (one to two[…]

A ballot initiative that would make medical marijuana legal for everyone 21 and older has been filed in Nebraska. The initiative was filed by State Senators Anna Wishart (D) and Adam Morfeld (D) on behalf of Nebraskans for Sensible Marijuana Laws, a nonprofit political committee. The group is hoping to[…]

The use of marijuana is associated with sustained effects on weight and metabolism, including lower body mass index (BMI) and lower overall cholesterol levels, according to a study published in The Journal of Psychopharmacology. Spanish researchers assessed the relationship between cannabis and weight over a three-year period in a cohort of 510 subjects.[…]

Just-released research shows that the enactment of medical cannabis access laws is associated with moderately lower levels of prescription opioid use, even after controlling for potentially confounding variables, according. This is according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. In this study a team of investigators from the University[…]

Newly elected Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) announced this week that she’s directing her health officials to add opioid dependecy as a qualifying medical cannabis condition. The directive allows those with opioid dependency to legally purchase, possess and use medical cannabis if they receive a recommendation from a physician, and register with[…]

Minor marijuana possession offenses will no longer be criminally prosecuted in St. Louis County, according to a new policy put forth by the elected prosecutor Wesley Bell, who was sworn into office earlier this month. St. Louis County is by far the most populated county in Missouri with nearly a million[…]

Regular consumers of alcohol who also use cannabis are at less risk for either acute or chronic pancreatitis as compared to those who do not use the substance, according to a study published in the journal Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. A team of investigators from the United States and Canada assessed the[…]