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Article by Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Orange County Register It’s official: Come Nov. 8, Californians will be voting on whether to legalize recreational marijuana. An initiative that would allow adults to consume cannabis became eligible for the ballot Tuesday, after election officials verified it had received more than the required 365,880 valid signatures. If it’s approved by voters, the Adult ...

Article by Kali Holloway, AlterNet One company claims its THC-infused product could help millions of women every month. Period cramps suck and can turn some women’s menstruation into a monthly encounter with severe and intense pain. According to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, at least half of all women who get their periods experience one or two days ...

Article by Huffington Post Canopy Growth Corp., the largest of Canada’s publicly traded marijuana companies, is preparing to export its expertise through a new Brazilian partnership. Canopy’s Bedrocan subsidiary and its Brazilian partners have created a new company to import proprietary varieties of cannabis into Brazil — a country with a population of 200 million. Initially, Bedrocan Brazil will import cannabis products ...

Article by Junnelle Hogen, Statesman Journal , KGW Manufacturers of marijuana infused chocolate bars and gummy bears are ramping up production after an encouraging start to sales for recreational use. The Oregon Legislative Revenue office expects a 10 to 15 percent increase in collected taxes for June recreational sales, following the rollout of edibles to recreational markets on June 2. ...

Article by Robert Benzie, The Toronto Star As the provincial government hashes out where marijuana should be sold, a new poll suggests Ontarians are deeply divided. While Premier Kathleen Wynne has suggested the LCBO may be the best place to sell recreational cannabis, the Forum Research survey indicates otherwise. More than a third of those polled — 35 per cent ...

Article by Mike Adams, High Times The Democratic National Committee, which is led by embattled anti-pot proponent Debbie Wasserman Schultz, has officially made the decision to include marijuana reform in the party’s 2016 platform. Over the weekend, the DNC announced the party was taking sides with the issue of taming the pot laws in the United States, a position that ...

Article by Keegan Hamilton, Vice News The attorney general and DEA have the final say on rescheduling, but the FDA offered its official stance on the issue at least eight months ago, according to the agencies’ joint letter to members Congress, which said the DEA received the FDA’s input sometime prior to September 30, 2015. Neither agency, however, is currently ...

Article by Ed Huddon, Cannabis Now Dan, the president of Humboldt Integrated Cannabis, explained how this facility became reality. A year ago, Dan got together with Steve Gieder of Humboldt Green and Ari Seamans of iGrow with the idea of bringing cannabis cultivation to the next level. After a series of meetings the group decided to collaborate on a “showroom” ...

Article by American Pain Society via Science Daily Clinical practice recommendations include: • Know the federal and state laws governing use of medical cannabis • Be clear with patients about goals for therapeutic cannabis • Counsel patients about routes of administration and potential benefits and risks, based on scientific evidence and individual symptoms, conditions and comorbidities • Advise patients on ...

Article by Phillip Smith, AlterNet Pot farmers in one of California’s Emerald Triangle marijuana-growing counties are about to follow their brethren in the wine industry by seeking to capitalize on its reputation as a pioneer and still cutting-edge presence in American cannabis cultivation. As with Bordeaux in France or the Napa Valley nearby, the Mendocino Appellations Project wants the county’s ...