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60 percent of Americans support marijuana legalization — times are changing

According to a poll released last week by Gallup, there appears to be no buyer’s remorse on the part of the American people when it comes to their support for the legalization of marijuana. In fact, as more states move to end cannabis criminalization, Americans’ support for legalizing and regulating marijuana has only grown stronger.  

One World Pharma to Launch Cannabis Futures Commoditization Program in Colombia

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 31, 2019  -- One World Pharma Inc. (OWPC), “OWP,” a fully licensed pure-play cannabis and hemp ingredient producer in Colombia, today announced the upcoming launch of the cannabis industry’s first ‘Cannabis Futures’ program at their growing operations in Colombia.

The Next-Gen Weed Cafe Making Cannabis Cuisine Classy

At first blush, Lowell Cafe looks like any other trendy West Hollywood restaurant. It has the aspirational California aesthetic down pat: exposed brick walls and neon signs; a verdant living plant wall and a lush thicket of ferns; gnarled olives trees imported from Italy in the sprawling patio. But focus in, and Lowell Cafe starts to look a little different. Industrial-sized air purifiers line the courtyard.

Cannabis beer: grant to study and develop innovative yeasts

Province Brands of Canada, developers of the world’s first and only beers brewed from the cannabis plant, will join with Western University (WU) to study and develop innovative yeasts.

The yeast being developed in this collaboration is expected to be a revolutionary and time-saving technology which can be used in crafting beers made from hemp and cannabis, as well as in many other applications.

Cannabis incubator, US firm seek to bring Israel weed-tech to California

iCAN: Israel-Cannabis, an Israeli cannabis incubator, and Los Angeles-based Headquarters (HQ), a cannabis license holder and product accelerator with distribution and manufacturing facilities, have formed a strategic partnership to identify the most innovative Israeli cannabis companies and products and give them access to the Californian market.

The two firms will work together to provide distribution, sales and marketing support to the relevant companies, iCAN said in a statement on Thursday.

Bernie Sanders' Marijuana Legalization Plan: What's He Smoking?

In terms of sales, the marijuana industry has been budding before our eyes. Global revenue more than tripled between 2014 and 2018 to $10.9 billion, and forecasts suggest that legal weed sales will grow many times over in the years that lie ahead.

Yet -- and this may seem strange – marijuana remains illegal in what can easily be called the most lucrative market in the world, the United States.

Quebec raises legal age for cannabis to 21; critics say it will only drive illegal sales

TORONTO -- After a year of being able to purchase cannabis legally from age 18, Quebecers will now have to wait until they turn 21. The provincial government has passed a bill changing the legal age to use marijuana, a move critics say will only drive the black market.

The Coalition Avenir Quebec government adopted Bill 2, which raises the legal age for cannabis consumption from 18 to 21 as of Jan. 1, 2020. It will become the highest legal age for cannabis use in the country.