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Hempcrete Approved for Residential Construction in the United States

Veriheal

The decision to approve hempcrete for residential construction was overseen by the International Code Council (ICC) — which is “the leading global source of model codes and standards and building safety solutions that include product evaluation, accreditation, technology, training, and certification.” .

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NORML Chapters Are Leading The Way All Around The Country

NORML

In addition to fighting to defend the privacy of medical marijuana patients, advocates are also educating lawmakers about the discriminatory nature of drug testing and the benefits of impairment detection to address workplace safety. “A drug test for marijuana does not detect active THC.

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Downstream Effects: April 2023

Project CBD

” Several states have launched investigations into Curaleaf’s business practices that were highlighted in our article, including product safety and labor violations. He was ordered him to pay a fine of 250,000 Czech crowns (more than $10,000) and he was banned from publishing his magazine. we want to stop the war on drugs.

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Benefits of Cannabis for Alzheimer’s disease

Alchimia

Safety and Efficacy of Medical Cannabis Oil for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: An-Open Label, Add-On, Pilot Study. Published in Frontiers in Pharmacology magazine, March 2014. Published in PIoS ONE magazine, December 2011. Published in the Molecular Pharmaceutics magazine, November 2006.

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Pioneering legal pot states aim to ease rules on industry

Cannabis Chronicles

There’s a saying in the business world: ‘Pioneers get slaughtered, and settlers get fat,’” said Greg James, publisher of industry magazine Marijuana Venture , based near Seattle. Lawmakers in both states have heard the complaints and are moving to ease the rules. These rules have made the entire industry very inefficient.

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Folium Biosciences Colorado: Stock hiking, cutting corners, sidestepping regulatory requirements & strong arm tactics

Cannabis Law Report

The email did promise Folium would work on safety conditions for staff. In 2018 the fines were listed as ‘serious’ and involved problems with chemicals among other safety issues in the processing facility. The warrant listed over a dozen serious concerns that related to employee safety.

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An Australian Study Reinforces That Cannabis Breathalyzers Are Poor Indicators of Intoxication

Veriheal

Thomas Arkell, explains that “individuals are better to wait a minimum length of time, between three and 10 hours, depending on the dose and route of administration, following cannabis use before performing safety-sensitive tasks. Yet impairment may be subjective to each consumer. .