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  • Legalizing Marijuana Boosts Hotel Bookings As Cannabis Tourism Takes Off, Study Shows

    Legalizing Marijuana Boosts Hotel Bookings As Cannabis Tourism Takes Off, Study Shows0

    Colorado hotel room rentals increased considerably after the state began legal marijuana sales, a newly published study reveals. Washington State also saw increases in tourism after legalization, though the effect there was more modest. The two states were the first in the U.S. to allow adult-use cannabis through laws approved by voters in 2012. By

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  • Legal Use of Medicinal Cannabis on the Rise in Australia

    Legal Use of Medicinal Cannabis on the Rise in Australia0

    MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — According to Levin Health, a sports science company focused on researching, developing and commercialising a range of medicinal cannabis products, such as CBD oil Australia–wide, although medical marijuana’s Australia wide was made legal in 2016, the vast majority was obtained via illegal avenues at first. The CAMS-18 study of medical

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  • Legal Cannabis Hemp Oil Effectively Treats Chronic Neuropathic Pain

    Legal Cannabis Hemp Oil Effectively Treats Chronic Neuropathic Pain0

    Researchers at The University of New Mexico in a recent study examined the effectiveness of consuming hemp oil extracted from the whole Cannabis plant using a chronic neuropathic pain animal model. In the study, researchers showed that legal Cannabis hemp oil reduced mechanical pain sensitivity 10-fold for several hours in mice with chronic postoperative neuropathic

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  • Lee’s Summit dispensary hosts medical marijuana training for law enforcement

    Lee’s Summit dispensary hosts medical marijuana training for law enforcement0

    A training session hosted by a Kansas City metro dispensary aimed to help officers better understand how to react when they deal with medical marijuana. Attorneys, police and weed all merged at the training, which dissected parts of Article XIV of Amendment 2, which legalized medical marijuana in Missouri. “We always know a couple things,

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  • Lawsuit Alleges Lack of Transparency in Kentucky’s Medical Marijuana Rollout

    Lawsuit Alleges Lack of Transparency in Kentucky’s Medical Marijuana Rollout0

    Three Louisville-area business owners have filed suit against the state of Kentucky, claiming the process for awarding medical marijuana business licenses was opaque and potentially unlawful. The plaintiffs, represented by attorney Greg Troutman, argue that the state’s use of a lottery—conducted by the Kentucky Lottery in April—was never authorized by lawmakers and lacked proper oversight.

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  • Lawmakers Push to Expand Medical Marijuana Access in Kentucky

    Lawmakers Push to Expand Medical Marijuana Access in Kentucky0

    Kentucky lawmakers are taking steps to broaden access to medical marijuana, following the state’s recent legalization of its use for certain medical conditions. A new bill aims to simplify the process for patients by allowing them to obtain medical cannabis directly from licensed dispensaries without the need for a physician’s certification. Advocates argue this change

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