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Article by Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post Medical marijuana could finally become a reality next year in Maryland, one of the states slowest to make the drug available for purchase after legalizing sales. In 2016, regulators awarded long-awaited licenses to grow, process and sell cannabis while grappling with fallout from those shut out of the potentially lucrative industry. Now selected businesses ...

Article by Ahmed Sagan, Lightllife Thousands of medical marijuana agent applications for people looking to run a dispensary were exposed online, according to a statement from the Nevada Division of Public Behavioral Health. . In a statement sent Wednesday evening, the state said it was investigating a “cyber-attack” on its Medical Marijuana Program database that affected medical marijuana agent cards, ...

Article by Paul Ausick, 24/7 Wall St. The November election wound up with eight states added to the number of them where either medical or recreational marijuana (or both) are or will be legally for sale. Medical marijuana is now legal in Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota, and Montanans voted to eliminate legislatively imposed restrictions on access to medical marijuana. California, ...

Article by Cheyenne MacDonald, Daily Mail Scientists may soon be able to achieve ‘unthinkable’ strains of marijuana thanks to new efforts in DNA sequencing. Spearheaded by former HIV researcher Mowgli Holmes, Phylos Bioscience is attempting to map the genetic data for every strain in the world. The team has so far sequenced over a thousand different kinds, and they’ve plotted ...

Article by Ronnie Cohen, Reuters Legalization of medical marijuana is not linked with increased traffic fatalities, a new study finds. In some states, in fact, the number of people killed in traffic accidents dropped after medical marijuana laws were enacted. “Instead of seeing an increase in fatalities, we saw a reduction, which was totally unexpected,” said Julian Santaella-Tenorio, the study’s ...

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Article by Zoe Wilder, Merry Jane For some time now, high-THC potency cultivars have been the most revered form of cannabis for recreational consumption; and they often win major competitions, leading to increased demand in the marketplace and higher prices on dispensaryshelves. But breeding cannabis solely for its supercharged THC content and trichome frostiness overlooks the synergistic properties of all ...

Article by Ephrat Livini, Quartz California is at the forefront of the US medical marijuana industry, and weed’s positive impact on the state’s economy has been huge, generating $2.8 billion in 2015, with $6.5 billion annually expected by 2020. The state’s largest grow facility was announced in June 2016 by GFarms, and is slated to be built in the town ...

Article by TG Branfalt Jr., Ganjapreneur According to data from ArcView Market Research and New Frontier Data, Washington’s legal cannabis industry could be worth $2.4 billion by 2020; however, those sales remain at the expense of patients after the state folded the medical program into the adult-use infrastructure. The multi-billion dollar estimate would represent a doubling of the current $1.2 billion ...

Article by Steve Birr, The Libertarian Republic Marijuana could soon be ordered to your door like delivery food in Portland, Ore. after lawmakers eased regulations prohibiting businesses from conducting the practice. Portland city commissioners relaxed the rules governing how marijuana dispensaries can distribute their products. It opens the door legally for marijuana businesses to start home delivery services, much in ...