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Article by Steven Nelson, US News An embattled pharmaceutical company that sells the powerful painkiller fentanyl has donated $500,000 toward defeating a ballot initiative that would make recreational use of marijuana legal under Arizona law. It’s hard to imagine a more sinister donor than Insys Therapeutics Inc. in the eyes of pot legalization proponents, who long have claimed drug companies ...

Article by Darren Campbell, The Globe and Mail Kevin Coft and his medical marijuana startup are benefiting in a big way as the New Brunswick government embraces the job opportunities this budding industry could bring to the province. On Aug. 23, the government invested $4-million in Zenabis, a company Mr. Coft launched to build a proposed medical marijuana facility in ...

Article by Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post Arizona is one of five states with marijuana legalization on the ballot this fall, and the state’s Republican governor, Doug Ducey, is not happy about it. Ducey urged voters last week to reject legalization, saying it would exacerbate the state’s existing opioid problem. “If we want to expand this universe of people that are addicted ...

Article by Matt Ferner, Huffington Post The abuse of marijuana by American youth has declined in recent years, even as adults’ embrace of the plant has continued to grow, according to a recent federal study. The findings also suggest that the movement toward legalization and decriminalization of the plant in multiple states hasn’t necessarily increased young people’s access to marijuana. ...

Article by German Lopez, Vox “The secret history of the heroin crisis,” Don Winslow writes at Esquire, is rooted in marijuana legalization. … The evidence actually suggests the opposite of Winslow’s claim: If laxer laws around marijuana had any effect, it was to weaken the opioid epidemic — and therefore cut down on the number of overdose deaths. The idea: ...

Article by Daniel Oberhaus, Vice If Irvin Rosenfeld had to guess, he’d say he’s smoked about 135,000 joints since 1982—roughly ten a day, every day, for 34 years. Despite a cannabis habit that would probably kill Snoop Dogg, the 63-year-old Floridian leads a fairly normal life: He’s a senior stockbroker at a large securities firm, who spends every Saturday volunteering ...

Article by Tyler Koslow, Merry Jane After a long and steady fight to legalize the use of medical marijuana across the state, the Senate committee has made some major regulatory strides in their cannabis system, aiming to provide their citizens with better regulations through a new package of freshly passed bills. On Thursday, members of the Michigan Senate voted with ...

Article by Emily Gray, Extract Given its diverse pool of user effects ranging from “the munchies” to pain relief and seizure reduction, it’s safe to say cannabis does many things. But one of the somewhat lesser-known benefits of cannabis is its effect on bone health. Studies show cannabinoids help prevent bone loss and regenerate new bone growth. That should come as welcome news ...

Article by Chris Roberts, The Guardian Anyone with a medical marijuana recommendation from a physician can browse Harvest on Geary’s minimalist dispensary – but entry into their private lounge will be only for those San Franciscans who can afford it. Billed as the city’s first high-end pot “boutique”, Harvest will soon be home to “California’s only private cannabis consumption lounge,” ...

Article by Mark Thiessen, The Associated Press via News 1130 The owners of Frozen Budz have high hopes now that they’ve received Alaska’s first retail marijuana license. Destiny Neade, co-owner of the Fairbanks business, received a round of applause from the audience after she won unanimous approval for the inaugural permit from the five-man Alaska Marijuana Control Board. She clapped ...