Stories By Bill Weinberg
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Politics
HR 420, a Bill to Deschedule Cannabis, Has a Decent Chance of Passing This Year
January 15, 2019A House bill to legalize cannabis, wryly dubbed HR 420, isn't the first such bill in Congress...
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Economics
China’s Cannabis Sector Is Primed to Expand, Amid Harsh Anti-Drug Policies
January 14, 2019A Chinese delegation to Israel is exploring cooperation in the cannabis sector, which points to the...
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Legal
Courts Disagree If Cannabis Smell Justifies Search and Seizure
January 11, 2019In a win both for cannabis freedom and racial justice, Vermont's top court ruled in favor...
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Politics
British Columbia Cracks Down on ‘Gray Market,’ Even Amid Cannabis Shortage
January 10, 2019Vancouver is shutting down its unlicensed cannabis dispensaries, after a high court decision upheld the right...
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Books
In a Tired & Skewed Refrain, ‘Tell Your Children’ Links Cannabis Use to Madness
January 9, 2019Does cannabis make you crazy? One new book is arguing yes, and is ignoring most of...
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Politics
Study Says: Don’t Build a Border Wall, Legalize Cannabis Instead
January 6, 2019A new report suggests that cannabis legalization has actually done more than security measures to reduce...
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Politics
CBD-Only States: A Win for Medical Marijuana?
January 3, 2019What’s next for CBD in the United States after the passage of the Farm Bill? The...
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Politics
The Year in Review: Global Steps Toward Cannabis Liberation in 2018
January 2, 2019This year, 8 countries legalized cannabis for medical or adult use. Here’s a roundup of what...
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Medical
Synthetic Terpenes: Inside the New Industry Shortcut to Flavor
December 31, 2018With the growing popularity of vape pens and concentrates, some vendors now add terpenes into products...
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Economics
Cannabis Stocks Dropped in 2018, But Investors Hope for Rebound
December 29, 2018As the year ends, there is a sense of disappointment over the performance of cannabis stocks,...
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Medical
Study Finds CBD May Actually Worsen Glaucoma
December 28, 2018New research indicates that while THC helps fight glaucoma, CBD has the opposite effect — and...
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Medical
The UK’s Medical Marijuana Program Could Be the Most Expensive in the World
December 22, 2018Sticky buds bring sticker shock as the medical marijuana program unfolds across the pond.
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Economics
What Will the Farm Bill Mean for Hemp-Derived CBD?
December 21, 2018A CBD industry that has been growing fast in a legal grey zone now stands to...
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Legal
The Arbitrary Legal Line That Separates Hemp & Marijuana
December 20, 2018Even the scientist who set forth the 0.3 percent line separating hemp and marijuana thinks it...
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Politics
New Zealand Approves Medical Marijuana, Confirms 2020 Legalization Vote
December 18, 2018Days after legalizing medical marijuana, New Zealand's government has confirmed that a referendum on general cannabis...
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Economics
Canadian Cannabis Shortages Spark Post-Legalization Reckoning
November 19, 2018Nationwide cannabis shortages since Canada went legal last month are causing some provinces to rethink their...
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Politics
Colombia Returns to Hardline Policies Even as Legal Cannabis Booms
November 18, 2018Colombia is facing a strange contradiction — foreign capital is pouring in for the legalized cannabis...
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Concentrates
The Importance of Vacuum Purging
November 15, 2018There's been much controversy in recent years about the growing popularity of butane hash oil products...
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Medical
Oregon’s Medical Marijuana Program May Be On Its Last Legs
November 12, 2018Now that legal cannabis is established in Oregon, the number of people enrolled in the state’s...
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Politics
Growing Acceptance of Medical Cannabis for Veterans, But Many Still in ‘Exile’
November 11, 2018As evidence mounts for the efficacy of cannabis in treating PTSD, medical marijuana is fast being...
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