Author: Brad Dunn
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Standing Room Only at Marijuana Job Fair in Pennsylvania
A standing room only crowd of more than 400 job seekers packed a ballroom in Danville, Pa., where resumes were collected and one-on-one interviews conducted for what will eventually be 100 hires in a medical marijuana facility due to begin operation in December. There was barely enough standing room in the ballroom, located at 239…
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Want to Invest in Cannabis? Here’s Where to Start
For much of the past year, and even beyond, marijuana-related stocks have been practically unstoppable, according to The Motley Fool. U.S. legal pot sales are expected to grow by approximately 30% in 2017, and by an estimated 300% between 2016 and 2021 to around $17 billion. Investors clearly want in on this growth, which is…
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Marijuana and ‘Spice’ Could Trigger Seizures, Study Says
While a number of studies have suggested that marijuana may be effective for reducing seizures, new research cautions that potent and synthetic forms of the drug have the opposite effect. Researchers from the University of Tsukuba in Japan found that both natural tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) — the psychoactive chemical in marijuana — and the synthetic cannabinoid…