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Marijuana use is on the rise among baby boomers in the United States, especially men, according to a study published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

The findings appear to reflect changing attitudes toward cannabis across the country, study co-author Bill Jesdale, an assistant professor of population and quantitative health science at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worchester, suggested.

The House will vote on legalizing marijuana next month.

States would still have to vote to legalize the drug. Marijuana is already legal in 11 states.

The MORE Act would remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act and erase some cannabis criminal records. The vote will come during the September work period, according to an email Majority Whip Jim Clyburn’s (D-S.C.) office that was sent to members Friday.

The United States spent $1.49 billion on cannabis research between 2000 and 2018. Most of the funds were directed at understanding the potential harms of cannabis use.

The United States spent $1.49 billion on cannabis funding from 2000-2018, according to a Science report. The majority of the funds were spent on understanding potential harms from cannabis use.

Canopy Growth (CGC) on Friday said it would open 10 physical retail locations next week in Alberta, the first of its stores to appear in a province that already has far more pot shops than any other. Canopy Growth stock and other marijuana stocks rose.

The company, which is the biggest marijuana stock by market cap, said it would open both its Tweed and Tokyo Smoke shops in the province, with most appearing in Calgary. Canopy said it was hiring 100 people in Alberta connection with the openings.

For one, CDPH rule 40175(c) bans the use of hemp or CBD in cannabis products even though there is no real reason to continue to prohibit the use of hemp-derived cannabinoids.

The marijuana measure towards the legalization and sale of medical marijuana is popular amongst Nebraska voters, but faces pushback from well-connected Republican leaders.

New emergency rules in Florida allow for the manufacturing and sale of medical cannabis-infused edibles. The rules take effect immediately.

The Florida Department of Health quietly approved emergency rules on Wednesday night that establish a regulatory framework for the manufacturing and distribution of medical cannabis-infused edibles, the Miami Herald reports.

A new analysis of cannabis research funding in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom has found that $1.56 billion was directed to the topic between 2000 and 2018—with about half of the money spent on understanding the potential harms of the recreational drug. Just over $1 billion came from the biggest funder, the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), which doled out far more money to research cannabis misuse and its negative effects than on using cannabis and cannabis-derived chemicals as a therapeutic drug.

Although Aurora Cannabis (ACB.TO) (ACB) does not have the best track record with maintaining business relationships, the new management team has help keep things under control…until now.

Yesterday, CTT Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc., (CTTH), an innovative life sciences company with a portfolio of intellectual property (IP) in novel drug delivery systems, reported to have filed a statement of claim with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against Aurora Cannabis.

Through boom and burst of the cannabis equity cycle, two things became abundantly clear: multi-state operators (MSOs) often outperformed their Canadian rivals and accessing MSOs through most New York-listed marijuana exchange-traded funds was difficult.

What Happened: Accessing cannabis MSOs via the ETF wrapper will soon get easier because AdvisorShares is launching the AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF NYSEMSOS on Sept. 2.