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Italian Court Strikes Down Meloni’s Hemp Crackdown, Affirms EU Cannabis Legality A major Italian court victory has dealt Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s controversial hemp ban a crushing blow, potentially saving Italy’s €2 billion cannabis industry from complete destruction. The Parma court fully acquitted hemp entrepreneur Luca Marola, inventor of EasyJoint, after six years of prosecution…

Bigfoot Sighting Sparks Cannabis Shop’s Creative Marketing A sighting of Bigfoot near Monroe, Michigan, has prompted some creative marketing on the part of a local cannabis dispensary. Edward, 47, was bow fishing with his 12-year-old son on May 18 when the pair spotted what they described as a tall primate around six feet high with…

Cannabis Industry Fights Back Against Decades of ‘Reefer Madness’ Misinformation The cannabis industry is still battling a century of prohibitionist disinformation according to business executives advocating three key approaches to change public perception. The first campaign against weed was motivated by cash, a plan of Federal Bureau of Narcotics director Harry Anslinger and press mogul…

Federal Study Reveals Gender-Based Cannabis Consumption Trends Detailed national data from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health provides fascinating information on Americans’ preference for cannabis, with pronounced gender disparities that speak to the sophistication of today’s cannabis market. Men prefer smoking cannabis (19.8% compared to 14.3% of women), while women prefer edibles, drinks,…

Swiss Legal Cannabis Program Helps Reduce Misuse Among Multi-Drug Users A six-month pilot project in Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, experimented with whether allowing adults to buy regulated cannabis from pharmacies would decrease problematic use compared to continuing to rely on illegal sources. The approximately 370 participants were divided into two groups: one of them legally purchased cannabis…

The Glaring Omission of the Endocannabinoid System From Medicine While it is a major regulator of human physiology, the endocannabinoid system (ECS) is still excluded from the traditional medical school curriculum. Dr. Stefan Broselid, a medical pharmacologist, attributes the blame for misunderstandings and suboptimal utilization of medical cannabis on a lack of knowledge among doctors.…

Cannabis Relief in Tough Epilepsy Cases A six-month observational study of UK-resident adults in the UK Medical Cannabis Registry assessed the impact of medical cannabis products in 134 adults with a background of drug-resistant epilepsy. Subjects received detailed questionnaires when beginning treatment and after one month, three months, and six months and the frequency of…