America’s first cafe that allows customers to legally buy cannabis has opened in Hollywood. The Lowell Cafe offers the choice of joints or cannabis that can be vaped. This in the midst of a spike in lung damage cases and deaths linked to vaping.
David Elias co founder of the Los Angeles-based Lowell Herb Co, was a former stock market trader. The company began in 2017 with five employees, and now boosts Miley Cyrus as one of its investors. Elias says, “Cannabis consumers have always been relegated to getting their cannabis in a plastic bag while you can go to a dinner party with a beautiful bottle of wine…. People want to smoke a joint with their friends in a cafe like they can over a beer — not in the alley or in their car.”
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California has the largest cannabis market in the world. However a recent audit of the industry found users are three times more likely to buy illegally than from licensed sellers.
The United Cannabis Business Association (UCBA) which commissioned the audit has rebuked government officials for failing to shut down illegal pot houses. They blame online sites where users post the locations of places to buy cannabis of high potency for driving the illegal sales.
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The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act (SAFE) has this week been approved by The House Finance Committee and will now pass to Congress for approval. It is believed that congress will pass the bill as it has bipartisan support.
SAFE will allow Cannabis companies to gain access to loans and help them deal with larger cash transactions. Up until now this has been difficult: financial institutions face prohibition laws at a federal level doing business with cannabis companies in States where Cannabis is legalized. The bill will allow financial institutions safety from federal laws if they do business with companies in the cannabis industry.
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The recent brutal rape and murder of a 6 year old girl in the UK by a teenage boy, has been linked to Cannabis use. Campaigners have said this is the latest in over 200 suicides and violent crimes committed by teenagers, where they believe cannabis use to have been a factor.
There is growing evidence linking cannabis use in teens to negative psychological behaviours.
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Advocates of cannabis use as a recreational drug have long argued that it is safe. However, a new study has shown that smoking weed has a negative effect on brain function.
The main active constituent in canabis is Delta(9)-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The study looked at the effect of increasing the dose of Delta(9)-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), combined with tobacco, on users compared with the control group who did not smoke cannabis. Before now no one had studied the effects of increased levels of Delta(9)-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on behaviour.
As the strength of weed increases, and as some states have now legalised recreational cannabis use the study is very timely.
The results showed that users showed worsening motor skills and processing times. The study warned that consequently recreational cannabis use poses a public health and safety issue.
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