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The Need For Non-Opiate Painkillers In The NFL Pushes Cannabis Into The Spotlight

Feb 15, 2017

By Leigh Steinberg Every week, NFL players experience a wide array of injuries that cause them to suffer severe pain. Players equate the impact of play on the field to getting into multiple car accidents in one afternoon. Currently, the most commonly prescribed...

Manitoba Harvest Announces Broad Spectrum Hemp Extract Self-Affirmed GRAS Status

Oct 7, 2019 | articles, Economics & Investing

News provided by Manitoba Harvest MINNEAPOLIS, May 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Manitoba Harvest, the global leader in hemp foods and its partner ingredient supplier, Hemp Oil Canada, announces the completion of its safety assessment and self-affirmation that its Broad...

Oregon grows to top of new global hemp industry

Jul 23, 2019 | articles, Economics & Investing

By High School Journalism Institute & By Molly Harbarger Alexzandria Passow/The Pride Oregon grows to top of new global hemp industry Seth Crawford of Oregon CBD holds thousands of dollars worth of hemp seeds in his hands. Alexzandria Passow/The Pride Oregon grows...

Diabetes Can Make You Go Blind. Could Cannabis Help?

Jul 5, 2019 | articles, Health & Well-being

By Anna Wilcox and our friends at Green Flower Media Every diabetic, whether autoimmune or type 2 diabetes, can tell you that having high levels of blood sugar is dangerous. When blood sugar isn’t properly managed by the body, rogue glucose courses through the...

U.S. Postal Service Issues Advisory On Mailing Hemp-Derived CBD

Mar 20, 2019 | articles, Legal & Political

By Kyle Jaeger of Marijuana Moment The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) quietly issued an advisory earlier this month clarifying rules around mailing cannabis preparations, saying that “some CBD products derived from industrial hemp can be mailable under specific...