People who died as a result of a mysterious outbreak of vaping-related lung injury often used products exclusively containing THC, the main psychoactive substance in cannabis, according to new numbers released by the CDC.
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Public cannabis companies are having a bear of a time. Stock prices are plunging, lofty valuations are deflating, regulatory landscapes remain in flux, and now deals are coming off the table.
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This was the year when cannabis stocks were supposed to take off. Not so. And a Morrisville-based firm involved in medical marijuana research is among the companies taking a hit.
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US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams has a warning for pregnant women and teens when it comes to weed. “No amount of marijuana use during pregnancy or adolescence is safe,” he says.
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The Drug Enforcement Administration is moving forward on a 2016 policy change to allow more entities to grow cannabis for federally approved research. Industry advocates claim such a move would be a boon to not only science but also national legalization efforts — if, that is, the DEA is really going to follow through on what it’s saying.
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Jay-Z joins Joe Montana, Snoop Dogg, Whoopi Goldberg, Willie Nelson, Martha Stewart as part of a growing list of celebrities who have jumped into the cannabis business in recent years as a number of states have legalized marijuana in some form.
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William “Beau” Wrigley Jr. believes he can emulate the success of his family’s old chewing gum empire in the cannabis industry.
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Cannabis-related products have flooded the market, making health claims about pain relief, immune function and anxiety and depression. On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration is holding its first hearing to assess the safety and efficacy of these CBD products.
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Cannabidiol, or CBD, is the compound from part of a hemp leaf, and it makes some major claims to help with anxiety, stress or muscle aches and pains.
CBD businesses are popping up all over the Triangle and the number of hemp farmers here in North Carolina has more than tripled in the past year.
