La Trobe University: $5 million boost for cannabis research – India Education Diary

Funded by the Australian Government’s Regional Research Collaboration Program, La Trobe will lead the project from its Australian Research Council Industry Transformation Research Hub for Medicinal Agriculture said protected cropping – also known as greenhouse horticulture – is critical to the National Farmers Federation reaching its goal of a $100 billion agricultural industry by 2030.“The […]

Riv Capital Acquires Non-Regulated Portion of New York-based Etain in Initial Closing

As previously announced, the additional investment was undertaken pursuant to rights existing under The Hawthorne Collective’s previous convertible note investment in RIV Capital. BrandCo HoldCo, LLC 21,092,335 Common Shares pursuant to the Initial Closing at a price of C$1.65 per Common Share and approximately C$34.8 million in the aggregate, representing approximately 12.9% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares. […]

How Cannabis Brands Tackle the Environmental Elephant in the Room – Green Entrepreneur

Hemp has been used for centuries as a strong, durable fabric and paper, but until recently it wasn’t fully recognized for its environmental benefits. Botani creates customizable hemp paper products for cannabis businesses, such as rolling and blunt wraps that are derived from natural resources and eco-friendly processes. Canadian cannabis company Mood Ring aims to combat […]

Kentucky Governor Announces Medical Cannabis Plan | High Times

Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear released a plan to make medicinal cannabis available to medical patients, saying that lawmakers have failed to make progress on the issue. In March, the Kentucky House of Representatives passed House Bill 136, a bill that would have legalized the medicinal use of cannabis for certain medical conditions and created […]

South Carolina Lawmaker Files ‘420 Day’ Bill To Require Annual Marijuana Pardons On …

The measure would direct the state Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services to provide relief to at least 20 percent of those who’ve completed their sentence for simple marijuana possession every year on April 20. Smokable products, as well as home cultivation of cannabis by patients or their caretakers, would be prohibited. Moore, the […]

These Parties Start With a Blank Canvas (and a Little Cannabis) – The New York Times

Mr. Joseph, 30, who lives in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, was teaching at Puff, Pass and Paint, a Bring Your Own Cannabis painting class with locations in multiple cities that draws hundreds of people each month in Brooklyn alone. New York State legalized recreational marijuana use last March, and the state’s first […]

Predictors of Medical Students’ Perceptions About Medical Cannabis – Cureus

The goal of this research was thus to assess the perceived knowledge, beliefs, and perceptions of medical students towards MC, and to obtain a better understanding of factors that may influence their attitudes. Quantitative data were collected from 526 medical students via an anonymous, online, 32-item questionnaire to determine if perceived knowledge, concerns about the […]

Cannabis-related challenge to Canada’s impaired driving laws by man who killed mother …

Brady Robertson was behind the wheel of his Infiniti G35 In June 2020 with more than eight-times the legal limit of cannabis in his system when he sped through the intersection of Torbram Road and Countryside Drive in Brampton, slamming into the SUV carrying Karolina Ciasullo and her daughters. He was driving allegedly at about […]

Takeaway chef’s cannabis enterprise earned him over £80,000 in three years – Cornwall Live

A takeaway chef’s cannabis growing enterprise could have earned him more than £80,000 in three years, a court has heard. There was a strong smell of cannabis and officers found a bag containing more than £2,800 in cash and a self-sealed bag. It was estimated that Li could have made £84,000 over the course of […]