Author: Brad Dunn
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Texas Cannabis Growers Worried, But Not Too Worried, About Sessions Push-Back on Pot
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' Thursday announcement couldn't have come at a worse time for Texas' nascent medical cannabis industry. After years of detente during the Obama administration, Sessions rescinded the Cole memo, a Department of Justice directive that federal law enforcement not crack down on marijuana-related activity otherwise protected under state law. In Texas,…
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Mom Begs Doctors to Give Severely Epileptic Daughter Cannabis Oil
A desperate mother in Preston, England, has begged doctors to give her 2-year-old daughter cannabis. Jenna Heary hopes that the drug could help cure little Olivia's epileptic seizures, according to The Sun. She hopes to get her daughter onto a trial in the hope that it might make her "just that little bit more comfortable",…
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As Vets Demand Cannabis for PTSD, Science Races to Unlock Its Secrets
Thousands of military veterans have pressured federal and state legislators to legalize medicinal cannabis and ease rules on research into the plant’s apparent therapeutic properties, arguing that it could help reduce suicide rates among former soldiers. Backed by overwhelming public support for broader legalization, their demands are starting to resonate in statehouses across the country, according to…