The U.S. government is growing the largest crop of research marijuana in five years, responding to interest in varieties with high levels of THC and CBD. The government is the only source of pot for nearly all research in the U.S., while it still considers it illegal and dangerous. Scientists have asked for weed that […]
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Israel’s Global Cannabis Dominance Will Help the U.S.
By Hilary Bricken Researchers here in the U.S. are eager to run trials with high quality Israeli cannabis strains they cannot get anywhere else. The strongest, most influential medical cannabis economy in the world is not where most would think. Cue Israel, which is an agricultural superpower already and has a great green thumb for […]
Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America (Part Two, 1972-1976)
Part of a year-long series, longtime cannabis law reform advocate and historian Allen St. Pierre examines monthly for Cannabis Business Executive (CBE) the last fifty years of cannabis prohibition and the public advocacy efforts in America to bring about the ongoing and inescapable socio-political changes underway first at the state, and soon, federal level regarding cannabis […]