Blog – Page 63 – World Cannabis

Cannabis giant Canopy Growth posts $2B quarterly loss

Social Sharing Most of the profit plunge came from a writedown but sales were down, too The Canadian Press · Posted: Aug 05, 2022 Canopy Growth Corp. executives argued the company is advancing toward...

Brittney Griner: US Basketball Star Jailed For Nine Years On Drug Charges

By BBC News – August 4, 2022 A Russian court has sentenced US basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison on drug charges. As Griner, 31, was being led out of the courtroom...

Switzerland Fully Legalizes Medical Cannabis And Allows Export

By Dario Sabaghi, Forbes – July 27, 2022 Switzerland Fully Legalizes Medical Cannabis And Allows Export By Dario Sabaghi, Forbes on July 27, 2022 FacebookTwitterRedditPinterestShare Switzerland is to join other European countries that have legalized cannabis for medical...

A Few Modest Corrections

Rex Brocki – August 9, 2016 After reading Dana Larsen’s impassioned screed on Facebook lately, detailing the “high crimes” of one Mr. Robert Moore, an astute observer might wonder why Mr. Moore...

Meet The Two Radical Scientists Using TikTok To Make Cannabis Education Accessible

By Amanda Siebert, Forbes – July 26, 2022 Love it or hate it, social media can be a powerful tool for education and data collection. While the subject of cannabis often triggers the removal of content...

Man executed in Singapore for trafficking cannabis

Angela Stelmakowich – Jul 27, 2022 A 49-year-old man in a Singapore prison since 2015 for trafficking cannabis was put to death this week. Media reports indicate the Malay man was hanged...

How Thailand Is Blazing Trails on Gay Rights, Legalizing Cannabis

By The Washington Post – July 20, 2022 Thailand is largely regarded as a conservative, deeply religious country, with a military prone to intervening in politics and a king for whom “revered worship” is stipulated in...

History of cannabis

The medicinal properties of the cannabis plant have been known for millennia. As far back as 2800 BC, cannabis was used to treat a vast array of health problems and was listed...

Colorado Schools Still Ban Medical Cannabis for Student Patients Despite State Mandate

By Jessica Gibbs, Westword on July 18, 2022 Melissa Durham moved to Cascade, Colorado, from Texas in 2016 in hopes of finding medical marijuana treatments for her son, Austin, whose conditions include cerebral palsy and...

CBN Explained: Here’s What to Know About the Cannabinoid Sleep Aid

By Mercey Livingston, CNET – July 17, 2022 We’ll break down how CBN works and how it differs from CBD. Cannabidol, mostly known as CBD, has become mainstream over the last several years. CBD has...