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Effects of cannabis

Smoke rises above a crowd assembled in front of the Ottawa government building

Move over gummy bears. Soon, you can drink weed in Canada.

Molson Coors has teamed up with a marijuana producer to create non-alcoholic cannabis-infused beverages, which could be for sale in Canada as early as September 2019.

Cannabis close-up

Do alcohol and pot really make you more creative? It depends

Lifestyle & Belief
Cannabis close-up

Do alcohol and pot really make you more creative? It depends

Lifestyle & Belief
Cannabis slogans

Does marijuana need a rebranding to move into the mainstream?

Lifestyle & Belief

Israeli company says its developed medical marijuana strain that won’t get you high

Health & Medicine
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Court OKs Netherlands ban on foreigners using famous marijuana cafes

Global Politics

The Netherlands is moving to ban foreigners from the coffee shops that have become famous for selling legal marijuana. Locals will still be able to visit, but a court on Friday approved a national ban on outsiders being served in the cafes. Some government officials and shopkeepers, however, are upset by the new ban.

Governors ask feds to reclassify marijuana as medicine; government balks

Health & Medicine

Two governors want the federal government to “down-schedule” marijuana as a drug with approved medical uses. But the Health and Human Services administration is resisting. Opponents of down-scheduling say there are marijuana-based medications already on the market that are safe and effective.

America’s Relationship with Marijuana

America has a love-hate relationship with marijuana. Millions of people use the drug but it remains mostly illegal. A journalist and self-professed marijuana enthusiast explores the country’s dysfunctional relationship with cannabis and his own experience with the drug in a new book, “Marijuanamerica.”    Part travelogue, part analysis, author Alfred Ryan Nerz goes inside a […]

Israeli Company Removes THC for New Medicinal Marijuana

Conflict & Justice

Israeli researchers say they have developed a variety of cannabis that can fight disease without inducing the effects associated with smoking a preparation of the plant’s dried leaves known as marijuana.

Foreigners Banned from Marijuana Cafes in the Netherlands

A judge in the Netherlands has approved a government plan to prevent foreigners from entering cannabis cafes. Anna Holligan is a reporter for our partner the BBC.

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