Dec 27 2024
Via the introduction of Senate Bill 3007, which was filed this week and read yesterday in the House of Representatives, Governor Healey announced pardons for the following individuals:
Dec 27 2024
Assemblymember John Zaccaro has filed Assembly 36 in New York, alongside a bipartisan coalition of 33 cosponsors. The measure, prefiled for the legislative session beginning January 8, has been referred to the Assembly Health Committee.
If enacted, Assembly 36 would amend New York’s Public Health Law to expand existing restrictions on tobacco and nicotine-related advertising near schools to include cannabis-related advertisements and paraphernalia. Specifically, it would prohibit the display of cannabis advertisements or smoking paraphernalia—such as pipes, vaporizers, and rolling papers—within 1,500 feet of schools statewide and 500 feet in New York City. The bill seeks to mirror current regulations on tobacco advertising by extending similar limitations to cannabis products.
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Dec 27 2024
Researchers from the Federal University of Ouro Preto and the Laboratory of Neurobiology and Biomaterials found that CBD offered significant antidepressant and neuroprotective effects in male mice subjected to chronic isolation. The study was published by the journal Behavioural Brain Research, and was published online by the US Natrional Library of Medicine.
“This study investigates the effects of chronic CBD administration on depressive and cognitive alterations induced by social isolation in male C57BL/6 mice”, states the study’s abstract. “The experimental design involved adult mice subjected to either group housing or 12 weeks of social isolation. Behavioral assessments, including the sucrose preference test, open field test, light/dark box, novel object recognition, and tail suspension test, were performed to evaluate the impact of CBD on emotional and cognitive alterations.”
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Dec 27 2024
The proposed regulations include the sale of both raw and infused pre-rolls, as well as flavored pre-prerolls. The process for approval requires multiple steps. First, the lieutenant governor must sign off on the proposed changes, which. Afterward, a panel of state legislators will review and decide on the rules. While no deadline has been set for this process, stakeholders in the state’s marijuana industry, as well as marijuana consumers, are eager to see these changes implemented.
The Division of Cannabis Control stated that the proposed rules are modeled after regulations in other states and reflect feedback from the public. These changes are viewed as a way to enhance Ohio’s competitiveness in the marijuana market, particularly against neighboring Michigan, where pre-rolled products are already permitted. Of the 23 states that allow licensed marijuana sales, nearly all of them allow the sale of pre-rolls.
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Dec 26 2024
Published by Journal of Hand Surgery, the study is titled The Use of Cannabinoids in the Treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy and Neuropathic Pain: A Systematic Review. It was conducted by researchers from University of Virginia
“Peripheral neuropathies are commonly occurring conditions that are chronic and debilitating for patients”, states the study’s abstract. “Established nonsurgical treatments have yielded mixed and patient-dependent results. Although cannabinoids have demonstrated efficacy as a treatment for central neuropathic pain, the therapeutic potential of cannabis-based medications for the management of peripheral neuropathic pain caused by nerve injury, trauma, and other noncompressive etiologies has yet to be definitively established.”
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Dec 26 2024
(Photo credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg).
Found in 1970, NORML is the oldest marijuana reform group in the nation. Today, they released their list of the most important and impact marijuana-related studies of 2024. Below is that list.
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Dec 26 2024
Planet 13 Panama City is located at 309 E, 23rd Street, Panama City, Florida and will be open Monday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The 1,600-square-foot facility will serve as a key access point for patients in the growing Panama City market, furthering Planet 13’s mission to provide safe, high-quality cannabis products throughout the state.
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Dec 26 2024
“Toker’s Guide is a rapidly growing cannabis start-up helping people find the best weed in their area by utilizing reviews from local connoisseurs”, states the company’s job listing on Indeed. “We are looking for cannabis connoisseurs who think they have what it takes to join our ranks as a reviewer of marijuana dispensary products.”
In total, the company is offering seven jobs in Florida, 17 in Maryland, four in Virginia, one in New York and six in Maryland. These roles are “mostly remote” but do require the ability to travel to pick-up or receive deliveries. Although compensation isn’t listed for several of the postings, Toker’s Guide says they will pay $1,000 to $1,500 a week for the D.C. position, and $650 to $1,200 per week for the position in Maryland.
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Dec 26 2024
Durban Poison.
Below is a curated list of the most popular sativa and sativa-dominant strains of 2024. The strains’ popularity was determined by a combination of factors, including data from state regulatory agencies, opinions provided by our readers, and data provided by Leafly (for a list of the overall most popular strains, click here).
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Dec 26 2024
House Bill 53 would establish specific guidelines for home marijuana cultivation. Under the bill, qualifying patients and caregivers who register their cultivation location with the state would be permitted to grow up to three mature cannabis plants, three immature plants, and 12 seedlings. Cultivation must occur at the patient or caregiver’s residence, in a locked and enclosed space, and out of public view.
This effort to expand patient access comes alongside House Bill 75, a broader legalization measure prefiled this week by State Representative Kevin Verville (R). That bill seeks to legalize recreational marijuana for those 21 and older and includes provisions to annul past marijuana-related convictions and remove marijuana from the state’s controlled substances schedule.
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