Anthony Martinelli is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Marijuana Herald, a daily marijuana news and information website that launched in 2018. You can reach Anthony at [email protected].
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Dec 13 2022
Activists in Texas City Submit Signatures to Override Council’s Repeal of Marijuana Initiative
Activists in Harker Heights, Texas have submitted enough signatures to put to a vote a referendum that would repeal the city council’s decision to override a recently approved marijuana decriminalization initiative. Last months voters in Harker Heights, a city with a population of around 26,000, overwhelmingly passed an initiative (Proposition A) to decriminalize marijuana on …
Dec 13 2022
Report: 37% of Australians Over 14 Have Tried Marijuana, 77.9% Support Decriminalizing it
37% of Australians over the age of 14 have used cannabis at least once, 7.6 million people in total, and a large majority want it to be decriminalized, according to a new report from the Penington Institute. The Penington Institute developed the Cannabis in Australia 2022 report using published data and interviews with around 100 …
Dec 12 2022
Study: CBD Has an “Antioxidant and Cardioprotective Effect in Several Pathophysiologies”
According to a new analysis “CBD can prevent cardiac oxidative damage in many conditions, such as hypertension, diabetes, or even through the cardiotoxic effects induced by chemotherapy”. This makes CBD “a potential target for future clinical use to minimize the deleterious effects of many pathophysiologies”, states the study which was published in the journal Current …
Dec 12 2022
Report: Global CBD Market to Grow from $5.18 Billion to $22.05 Billion by 2030
The global cannabidiol market was valued at $5.18 billion as of the end of 2021, and it’s expected to grow rapidly over the next 7 to 8 years. This is according to a new report conducted and released by Million Insights. The report found that the global CBD market is expected to grow at an annual …
Dec 12 2022
Herb Pyrolysis: Outperforms both Combustion and Vaporization
By Herb Pyrolysis Seasoned consumers have long known that the ensemble effect from smoking cannabis/hemp flower buds is unbeatable, but health concerns have driven some to try dry herb vaporizers as an alternative. While the best of the commercially available dry herb vaporizers (e.g., Volcano, FireFly, DynaVap, etc.) have seen considerable success and do perform, …
Dec 11 2022
Study: Both THC and CBD Improve Wound Healing, May be Valuable As Skin Rejuvenators
A new study published this week by the journal Cells has found that phytocannabinoids such as THC and CBD may be useful in skin rejuvenation and can significantly improve wound healing. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Lethbridg in Canada, the Universität zu Lübeck in Germany, the Vellore Institute of Technology …
Dec 09 2022
Connecticut: Legal Marijuana Sales Begin January 10th
The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection has notified licensed marijuana retail outlets that they may begin selling cannabis products to all adults 21 and starting Tuesday, January 10, 2023. “I am proud of the hard work our team has done to meet the goal of opening adult-use sales in a safe, well-regulated market,” said DCP Commissioner …
Dec 09 2022
Colombia Senate Votes 56 to 3 to Legalize Marijuana
Colombia’s Senate has voted 56 to 3 to pass a constitutional amendment legalizing marijuana for all adults. “Historic plenary approval of the project to regularize #CannabisDeUsoAdulto in its fourth debate”, said Senator María José Pizarro Rodríguez in a translated Twitter post following the vote. “We made progress in changing the country’s drug policy.” If signed into …
Dec 08 2022
Study: Medical Marijuana Legalization Associated With Reduced Opioid Use and Pain-Related Hospitalization Among Cancer Patients
The legalization of medical marijuana “was associated with a lower rate of opioid dispensing and pain-related hospital events” among some new cancer patients, finds a new study published in the journal JAMA Oncology. According to researchers from Cornell University the objective of the study was to “assess the associations between medical marijuana legalization and opioid-related …
Dec 07 2022
D.C. Council Votes to Expand Medical Marijuana Law
The Washington D.C. Council has passed legislation to significantly expand the district’s medical marijuana program. The Medical Cannabis Amendment Act was passed by the council through its first reading by a vote of 7 to 4. It will now be required to received one final vote by the council before it can be sent to …
