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Pain relief without the high

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New study underscores need for more research on CBD and pain.

In case you’ve missed it, CNN and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, its Chief Medical Correspondent, have been running a series on medical marijuana.  After a recent episode on the benefits of using marijuana over opioids, Dr. Gupta published an open letter to U.S. Attorney Jeff Sessions.

“Before I started this worldwide, in-depth investigation, I was not particularly impressed by the results of medical marijuana research,” Gupta wrote.  “But a few years later, as I started to dedicate time with patients and scientists in various countries, I came to a different conclusion. Not only can cannabis work for a variety of conditions such as epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and pain, sometimes, it is the only thing that works.”

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Hickenlooper comments renew debate over role of marijuana in crime 

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Gov. John Hickenlooper, intentionally or not, stepped into the contentious debate over whether legal marijuana is behind rising crime rates when he said he would consider recriminalizing recreational marijuana if it were indeed proven to be a driving factor. Beyond the sensational headlines, however, the governor said the connection seems unlikely. And Denver Police Commander James Henning says he doubts that the rise in crime stems from cannabis reform, noting the data is inconclusive.

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LEADership

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Sen. Gardner wins major concessions from Trump on legal cannabis

Thanks to the leadership and tireless efforts of Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., President Donald Trump has walked back his administration’s talk of repealing an Obama-era policy against enforcing federal marijuana laws in states where cannabis has been legalized by voters.

Through conversations with President Trump, Gardner was assured that Colorado’s marijuana industry won’t be targeted by the federal government and that the President will support a legislative solution that makes clear the federal government cannot interfere with states that have legalized marijuana.

Colorado Leads Board President Chuck Smith, quoted in The Denver Post,  says the change clears a huge hurdle for the industry – which employs thousands of people and contributes millions of dollars to the state and local economies – and enables it to now focus on banking and 280E reform.

Food for thought? 

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I’ll take some cannabis with that run

Some runners say cannabis and cannabis products make their long runs more enjoyable.

Under the Domes

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Cannabis-related bills are keeping Colorado lawmakers busy this session. Still in the mix are bills that would authorize marijuana as a treatment for autistic children, another that would let pharmacies sell CBD oil and one to let nurses administer medical marijuana to students.

In Washington, Congress rejected attempts by Colorado’s senators lawmakers to include protections for the recreational marijuana industry in the recently passed $1.3 trillion plan to fund the federal government through the end of September.

But anything is far from final.

CBD could be in the fast lane to Colorado pharmacies »

Colorado could allow people — including kids — with autism to use medical marijuana »

Diversity is coming to Colorado’s marijuana industry, business leaders and social justice crusaders say »

Colorado lawmakers fail in bid to shield recreational marijuana from feds »

From the files of wait, WHAT?? 

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The Republican former Speaker of the House has joined the advisory board of Acreage Holdings, a company that cultivates, processes and dispenses cannabis in 11 U.S. states. Boehner’s endorsement, after saying nine years ago he was “unalterably opposed” to legalization, could be considered a watershed event: Marijuana has gone mainstream.

“Over the last 10 or 15 years, the American people’s attitudes have changed dramatically,” he said in an interview. “I find myself in that same position.”

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Quotable

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“Greatness can come from anywhere,”

“Just think about that. You don’t have to have a certain background, a certain nationality, a certain sexual orientation. Greatness can come from anywhere.

“If you believe that. If you can believe you can be great. You can achieve anything you want to achieve.

NFL Hall of Fame running back-turned-entrepreneur Terrell Davis told the Minority Cannabis Business Association’s first Opportunity Summit.

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Upcoming events

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420 evolution

Denver is preparing for its annual 420 event. But with legal marijuana now a mainstay, organizers are trying to steer the focus away from smoking and politics to a festival celebrating cannabis culture.

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Quotable

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“Medical marijuana has changed my son’s life for the better. He’s able to live like a ‘normal’ kid again. He’s happy, he’s sleeping better, he smiles, he’s made friends, he doesn’t feel like an outcast, he doesn’t feel sick, his motor tics and seizures have improved, and he’s able to show the world who Q really is now. If Quintin’s Amendment can make even one more kid feel this way, it’s all worth it. That’s why we are doing this.”

– Hannah Lovato, mother of the third-grader behind efforts to allow schools to provide prescribed marijuana.

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Quotable

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“I do see where the money’s flowing right now, and it’s not to Colorado,”

Entrepreneur and Medicine Man Technologies co-founder Andy Williams
Said in support of legislative attempts to ease cannabis industry ownership restrictions.