When Oregon lawmakers created the state’s legal marijuana program, they had one goal in mind above all else: to convince illicit pot growers to leave the black market.
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Read MoreGov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday signed House Bill 1295, which formalizes an 11-month-old state policy that applies existing food manufacturing guidelines to products such as hemp oil-infused coffees and hemp-derived extracts rich in the non-psychoactive compound cannabidiol.
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“The status quo for our growing legal cannabis industry is unsustainable,” says SenatorRobert Hertzberg (D), who filed Senate Bill 930. “It’s not only impractical from an accounting perspective, but it also presents a tremendous public safety problem. This bill takes a limited approach to provide all parties with a safe and reliable way to move forward on this urgent issue.”
The measure was approved by the full Senate yesterday in a 29 to 6 vote. The vote sends the bill to the House of Representatives, where passage would send it to the desk of Governor Jerry Brown.
The proposed law would allow for the creation of special state-chartered banks and credit unions that could legally process transactions by licensed marijuana businesses. These “marijuana banks” would be regulated by the Department of Business Oversight.
More specifically, Senate Bill 930:
“establishes the creation of cannabis limited charter banks (CLCBs) and cannabis limited charter credit unions (CLCCUs) to provide limited banking services to the cannabis industry. Under the administration of the Department of Business Oversight (DBO), CLCBs and CLCCUs can accept and maintain cash deposits as well as issue special purpose checks that can only be used for the following:
The full text of Senate Bill 930 can be found by clicking here.
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Cannabis tincture.
According to researchers, “A complex motor disorder is a combination of various types of abnormal movements that are associated with impaired quality of life (QOL).” Given that “Current therapeutic options are limited”, the researchers “studied the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of medical cannabis in children with complex motor disorder.”
For the pilot study, which was approved by the institutional ethics committee, “Two products of cannabidiol (CBD) enriched 5% oil formulation of cannabis were compared: one with 0.25% δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) 20:1 group, the other with 0.83% THC 6:1 group.” Patients aged 1 to 17 years with complex motor disorder were enrolled. The assigned medication was administered for 5 months.
“Significant improvement in spasticity and dystonia, sleep difficulties, pain severity, and QOL was observed in the total study cohort, regardless of treatment assignment”, states the study’s abstract.” Adverse effects “were rare.”
More information on this study can be found by clicking here.
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It’s easy for police to test drivers for alcohol impairment using a breathalyzer. It’s much harder to detect and screen them for drug impairment.
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