Author: Brad Dunn
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U.S. Patent Expert: Legal Battles Loom for Cannabis Industry
How can someone a patent a living substance that grows in the wild and has been known for about 5,000 years? Professor Craig Nard says private companies are quietly securing federal patents on all manner of cannabis-based products, even though marijuana remains illegal at the federal level. An even richer irony is that the government…
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What Las Vegas Poker Players Think of Legal Cannabis
Nevada legalized recreational cannabis on July 1st for all adults over 21 years old. One of the largest demographics that frequents Nevada casinos are poker players. What impact is it having on the game? “Recreational marijuana is fantastic,” said Evan Jarvis, but other players expressed different viewpoints. [Watch the video at the Oregon Cannabis Connecton.] There’s…
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Thin, Fit and Active? Now That’s More Like It
Science continues to shred the stereotype of marijuana users as lazy, fat couch potatoes. Thanks to some new research at Oregon Health and Science University, we now know that “heavy users of cannabis have a lower mean BMI compared to that of never users.” Even better: The study also proved that those who consume marijuana…