TG Branfalt

 
Oklahoma’s House has unanimously approved an industrial hemp pilot program bill which would allow the state’s farmers to obtain a license to grow the crop, KOKH reports. The measure is sponsored by Democratic Rep. Mickey Collens and Majority Floor Leader Jon Echols, a Republican.

“The potential provided in this bill is limitless. In the long term, industrial hemp could become a source of steady, recurring revenue for Oklahoma. Once we analyze results from this pilot program, our state can be on track to commercialize the product and strengthen our economic portfolio.” Dollens to KOKH
 

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https://www.ganjapreneur.com/oklahoma-house-unanimously-approves-bi-partisan-industrial-hemp-bill-moves-senate/

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http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/4909647/hemp-sweet-home/#slide=2

Steffi Victorioso

A MODEL POSES WITH A WEDDING ARCH BY FLOWERS ON FLOWERS. YUP. THAT’S WEED. STEFFI VICTORIOSO
On Saturday at a Studio City event center, wedding vendor Doreen Sullivan cheerfully greeted brides-to-be as they stopped by her booth to peruse the chic, one-of-a-kind vintage vases she sells under the moniker My Bud Vase. With the right floral accompaniment, the delicate vessels—which come in colors from understated pastel pink to bold iridescent purple—make ideal centerpieces for rehearsal dinners or receptions, but still Sullivan says, “I didn’t realize they would register so strongly with weddings.” That’s because Sullivan’s vases have been retrofitted to double as bongs. “I’m so elated to be able to network and create products for the cannabis space,” she adds.
 
Full Article: 
http://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/cannabis-wedding-expo/

DAVID HODES

American Legion National Commander Denise Rohan: The group’s members are driving the Legion’s interest in medical cannabis. “Our membership numbers are so important,” she said. “They have got to mean something in this fight against the opioid crisis. Let’s get marijuana tested to find out if it is one of the answers.” (Photo courtesy of The American Legion)
 
 
Denise Rohan, the national commander of the American Legion, is scheduled to testify before a joint session of the House and Senate Committees on Veterans Affairs today to discuss what Congress and the Trump administration can do to improve veterans’ benefits. Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is also expected to testify.
Last week, as a prelude to that testimony, Rohan met the media at a National Press Club discussion about better ways to deliver benefits to the country’s more than 20 million veterans. In a question and answer session following the formal presentation, Leafly asked Rohan about the stance of the American Legion on medical cannabis.
“The American Legion is all about making sure that veterans are taken care of,” she said. “We have to find replacements for the opioid epidemic that we have in this nation.”
With that, she deferred to Louis Celli, the American Legion’s National Director of Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation. Celli talked about the results of a nationwide survey of veterans and caregivers conducted in Oct. 2017. The survey found that 82 percent of all veterans and caregivers want to have cannabis available as a federally legal treatment. 92 percent support research into medical cannabis, and 1 in 5 veterans report using cannabis to treat their medical or physical conditions.
 
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https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/how-the-american-legion-became-a-medical-cannabis-advocate

 
I am a medical Cannabis refugee from Missouri.  Based in Colorado, I provide education to patients and caregivers.
As an educator, I have spent the last ten years traveling this nation, interviewing patients who have used Cannabis to effectively treat their chronic or terminal illness.  I have also been a Cannabis patient for the last 20 years.  I require Cannabis to function.  To live.
I began making Cannabis oil, primarily so that I could teach others how to do so.  I knew all too well that Cannabis was medicine, not just in the amazing way it has helped me, but in so many others that I have met.
Prior to my present odyssey, I followed a Missouri man with terminal melanoma for three years, Brian Chitwood. I photographed Cannabis oil applied topically, killing the tumors. My interviews with him are available from my YouTube channel, www.cannabispatientnetwork.org.
 
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http://medicalcannabisjournal.net/2018/02/24/my-life-as-a-colorado-cannabis-caregiver/
 

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JOSH KAPLAN

(Savushkin/iStock)
 
We hear a lot about the effects of cannabis on the brain and body, but rarely do we consider its effects when used in combination with other drugs, like alcohol. Studying the health impacts of both alcohol and cannabis on their own is valuable, but it doesn’t always reflect the public’s use patterns. Therefore, it’s important to understand the impact that the combination of alcohol and cannabis has on health outcomes. A recent study took up this challenge by investigating the effect of cannabis consumption on alcoholic liver disease.
 
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https://www.leafly.com/news/health/cannabis-and-alcoholic-liver-disease
 

By  Jelena Darijević

Spa Resort Sveti Martin
 
As from the beginning of this April, Croatia will become the home to the first cannabis treatment centre in Europe.
The well-known Croatian wellness resort Terme Sveti Martin (Spa Resort Sveti Martin) in the Međimurje County will be the first destination to introduce the first European Canabio centre, where preparations of medicinal cannabis will be used for regenerative purposes.
Even the most sophisticated European countries did not succeed in this venture, however, this small tourist destination in the continental part of Croatia did.
Preparations for the opening the first European Canabio centre are in full swing, a medicinal team is being teamed up and will be ready to provide scientific-holistic recovery services.
 
Full Article: 
http://www.thedubrovniktimes.com/news/croatia/item/4035-first-european-cannabis-treatment-centre-is-in-croatia