Stories By Bill Weinberg
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Politics
Turkey’s Authoritarian President Comes Out in Favor of Cannabis Cultivation
January 17, 2019Turkey's President Erdogan announced that he wants to expand legal cannabis cultivation in the country with...
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Legal
Slowly but Surely, Efforts Mount to Expunge Old Cannabis Convictions
January 16, 2019With cannabis now legal in 10 U.S. states as well as Canada, demands are growing to...
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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...
