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U.S., September 3, 2019 (GREEN MARKET REPORT)- “Is the United States on the verge of federal marijuana legalization?  Ready or not, marijuana legalization is on the verge of happening nationwide. Or so they say. Although Congress really hasn’t made much progress on the issue of cannabis reform in the past …

U.S., September 12, 2019 (MARIJUANA BUSINESS DAILY)- Cannabis testing labs around the country are adding more specific tests targeting an additive that’s been linked to the string of recent illnesses and deaths health authorities say are related to marijuana and tobacco vaping devices. Although no definitive cause of the vaping-related …

Canada, September 17, 2019 (GREEN MARKET REPORT)- Leading e-commerce platform Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP)(TSX:SHOP) has finally opened its internet doors to hemp-derived Cannabidiol or CBD. The company announced new features on its platform to help U.S. merchants sell these products online or in brick-and-mortar retail locations, as long as that state permits such sales. “Shopify …

Canada, September 18, 2019 (GREEN MARKET REPORT)- Shortages of Canadian marijuana appeared immediately after recreational sales of cannabis starting from October 2018.  Hence, there is a typical Canadian refrain almost lately.  Because of little inventory remaining, many stores are closed three days a week, and provincial distributors are blaming federal …

Phoenix, Arizona–(Newsfile Corp. – September 12, 2019) – The Stock Day Podcast welcomed FSD Pharma (OTCQB: FSDDF) (“the Company”), a company focused on the research and development of novel cannabinoid-based treatments for several central nervous system disorders including chronic pain, fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome, and on the development of …

U.S., September 11, 2019 (HEMP INDUSTRY DAILY)- Louisiana has awarded business licenses to 775 companies that want to sell CBD products. The state’s Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control (ATC) received more than 1,000 permit applications after passage of a law outlining how retailers can sell products containing CBD. The ATC started the process in …

UK, May 30, 2019 (INDEPENDENT)- Zimbabwe‘s government has approved plans for the country’s first cannabis farm and production plant. The project will reportedly begin at the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services’ Buffalo Range prison in Chiredzi, CAJ News reports. Ivory Medical, a Harare-based company, has secured a 10-hectare piece of land at the …

UK, July 29 , 2019 (INDEPENDENT)- A group of cross-party MPs said the UK could completely legalise cannabis use within a decade following a research trip to Canada. Labour’s David Lammy, the Liberal Democrats’ Sir Norman Lamb and Conservative MP Jonathan Djanogly visited the country to study the legal weed market, set up after the drug was decriminalised there last year. The …

U.S., August 21, 2019 (INDEPENDENT)- A cannabis chemical may have a “major impact” in the treatment of pancreatic cancer, according to a new study. Pancreatic cancer has a five-year survival rate of just nine per cent, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS), and is expected to be the second leading cause of cancer deaths …

U.S. September 5, 2019 (GREENENTRENEUR)- If there was an election in cannabis, women would vote for health and wellness products over anything else. They also prefer flower and vape pens to prerolls and capsules. These are just some of the findings in Headset’s Cannabis Data Intelligence, which provides insight into the …