World Cannabis News

July, 2018

• 23 July

  Willie Nelson’s Cannabis Empire Grows with New CBD Products

  

  Willie Nelson’s marijuana company, Willie’s Reserve, will be rolling out its first CBD product in September. The line will be called ...
• 21 July

  Major U.S. Alcohol Assoc. Announces Support for Adult-Use Marijuana

  

  Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) announced an official policy position in favor of a state’s right to establish a ...
• 19 July

  Mexico’s New President Is Decriminalizing CBD

  

  Mexico is working to implement a federal medical marijuana program, and lawmakers are also seeking to have CBD regulated like a ...
• 18 July

  Lebanese Official Says Country’s (Illegal) Marijuana Is Some “of the Best in the World”

  

  The Minister of Economy and Trade in Lebanon, Raed Khoury, has been discussing how much legal marijuana could boost the country’s ...
• 16 July

  New Study Finds Medical Marijuana Reduces Opioid Prescriptions

  

  A new study conducted by Weill Cornell Medical College and the University of California San Diego and published in the journal ...
• 15 July

  Luxembourg Joins EU Nations by Legalizing Medical Marijuana

  

  Lawmakers in Luxembourg – the tiny European country surrounded by Belgium, France and Germany – voted unanimously to pass medical marijuana ...
• 13 July

  DEA’s 2018 List of Slang Terms and Code Words for Marijuana

  

  Every year the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) releases a Slang Terms and Code Words report for drugs. And there are some ...
• 12 July

  FDA Rejects Group’s Petition to Further Restrict Marijuana

  

  Drug Watch International filed a petition with the FDA to request a nationwide crackdown on marijuana. That request was denied. The ...
• 10 July

  Church Can’t Use Marijuana as a “Holy Sacrament,” Judge Rules

  

  The religious freedom law isn’t going to suffice for the First Church of Cannabis in Indiana. The church was attempting to ...
• 7 July

  U.S. College Launches Nation’s Only Cannabis Science Graduate Program

  

  The legal marijuana industry is projected to be one of the fastest-growing sectors of the U.S. economy in the next decade, ...