Tag: medicinal cannabis
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Charlotte Figi’s Death and The Importance of CBD and Medicinal Cannabis For Minors
Charlotte Figi, who had become a poster child for CBD, died at age 13 due to a seizure on April 7. Born in 2006, Figi began having seizures at the age of three months and by age five, she was often having hundreds of seizures each week. In 2011, when Figi was five years old,…
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The Aboveground and Underground Cannabis Economy in Maryland Amid COVID-19
COVID-19 has provided Maryland’s medicinal cannabis dispensaries with increased sales and left them with a problem to solve: How to make those sales amid social distancing and state-ordered “stay at home” policies. Morgan Eichensehr of the Baltimore Business Journal, spoke to Christopher Jensen of Mana Supply in Edgewater, MD who said his store’s sales have…
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The Lance Lucas Guilty Plea: Beyond the Slimy Details
After reading news coverage of Lance Lucas pleading guilty in federal court to bribing former Delegate Cheryl Glenn for among other things, medicinal cannabis licenses, you would be forgiven for reveling in the ridiculous details. Lucas meeting Glenn in his Porsche and handing her envelopes full of cash. Lucas boasting that bribing a legislator is…
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Analysis Shows Medicinal Cannabis’ ‘Dramatic Effect’ on Maryland Economy
The Maryland Cannabis Wholesale Association recently released an economic impact analysis conducted by California-based independent research firm Beacon Economics that shows the wide-ranging economic impact of medicinal cannabis. According to the report, the industry has added 4,000 jobs to the state and generated 21.7 million dollars in tax revenue and overall, “contributed over $580 million…
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‘Connor’s Courage’ Hearing Makes Case for Medicinal Cannabis in Schools
Last week, at a hearing for House Bill 331, which would allow medicinal cannabis to be provided to people in public school with legitimate medicinal needs, 15 year-old Connor Sheffield told his devastating story before a room of sympathetic legislators one more time. “My intestines don’t move or absorb properly,” Sheffield, who has the autoimmune…