Portfolio Tag: cannabis industry

Medicinal Cannabis: Side Effects May Include Relief From Additional Ailments

Within months of my 18th birthday, two things happened that continue to impact my life 34 years later. While taking a shower in the Manhattan apartment I shared with a roommate, I slipped and landed on my lower back and tailbone. To put the impact I experienced into context, the bathtubs back then were made…

An image of Uruguay's flag with a caption reading: "Progress Made, Progress Still to Come: Uruguay’s Historic Cannabis Legalization, Five Years Later"

Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalize recreational cannabis in 2013. But it wasn’t until July 2017 that cannabis products officially went on sale to the public. In the US, when state voter referendums first began legalizing cannabis, most territories moved quickly to create legal and regulatory structures to get their cannabis…