MONTEVIDEO – The Uruguayan government wants to spur research on medical marijuana under the 2013 legislation that decriminalized cannabis in the country, Milton Romani, secretary-general of the National Drugs Board, told EFE.

After a videoconference with Israeli experts, Romani said that Uruguay’s legal framework on marijuana “provides a comparative advantage” over other countries in developing medical uses of cannabis.

Dr. Itai Gur-Arie, head of Sheba Pain Clinic, said research on medicinal marijuana faces obstacles in Israel, where the substance is still banned.

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- DigiPath Labs, a subsidiary of DigiPath, Inc. (OTCQB: DIGP), has partnered with yet another Nevada medicinal cannabis grower. Green Life Productions, based in Pahrump, will rely on DigiPath Labs' cutting-edge testing equipment and methodologies to test its products for safety and potency.

"We are gratified to be chosen by Green Life Productions for cannabis testing," says DigiPath CEO Todd Denkin. "We know that the team behind Green Life is as dedicated as we are to meeting the stringent safety standards set by the State of Nevada, and we look forward to a long and fruitful partnership."

Scientists at CAMH are getting people high, and then putting them behind the wheel -- of a driving simulator.

If Justin Trudeau's Liberal government legalizes marijuana in Canada, research by drug experts at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto may play a role in how it's enforced.

For the last two years, scientists Robert Mann and Gina Stoduto have been giving test subjects a joint, putting them behind the wheel of a driving simulator, and recording what happens under controlled conditions.

"The number one drug found in dead and injured drivers after alcohol is cannabis," Mann said. "Teenage drivers in high school are now more likely to drive after cannabis use than they are after drinking."

Keith McCarty surveyed the sharing economy before he conceived his mobile-app startup last year. Uber and Lyft covered rides. GrubHub, GRUB 3.01 % Munchery, and other apps handled food, and Postmates delivered everything else. So Mr. McCarty looked for something just as consumable, deliverable, and profitable but not already taken.

He settled on pot.

Technology in the trade generally stops at Microsoft MSFT -0.81 % Excel for planning and record-keeping. Now it is joining the data revolution.

The use of pesticides in cannabis cultivation is a web of unregulated, high-risk confusion. What’s next?

State health inspectors entered New Jersey’s largest marijuana dispensary in August. Tucked away inside a cabinet, they found a sealed container of pesticide.

Unused as it was, the container landed the dispensary in trouble, and highlighted an issue that is creating legal and regulatory waves across the industry, including a first-of-its-kind class action lawsuit in Colorado over the use of chemical substances to improve the quality and yield of the cannabis plant.

Introducing the CannaCloud, not to be confused with your coffee thermos.

A year-old startup called CannaKorp announced last week it's developing the world's first single-serve, pod-based marijuana vaporizer system. Dubbed the CannaCloud, it's essentially the Keurig of cannabis.

The CannaCloud could bring a level of precision and ease to marijuana consumption that could help elevate pot above its crunchy, hippie stigma, if the device finds mainstream success. 

Big Ideas

In 2014, Kyle Sherman made a significant career decision: to delve into the world of cannabis. Leaving behind a successful advertising career in Los Angeles, the long-time entrepreneur relocated his family to Denver, Colorado, the spot to eat, sleep, and breathe the real-time culture of the industry he was passionate to learn more about.

During his time at a commercial grow-op, Sherman realized the technology used to manage cannabis grow-ops and dispensaries was lagging behind. Compliance issues in daily operations were costing time, energy, and dollars, which he found stifling.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Jean Kennedy has a BS in biology and a master’s in special education. Now, she’s trying to decide what to do with her third degree: a certificate of achievement from Oaksterdam University, the Harvard Business School of marijuana.

“I’m Italian,” said Kennedy, 56, a retired high school biology teacher with graying hair and a heavy New York accent. “You know Italians, we grow tomatoes. Maybe I’ll grow some plants.”

Horticulture 102 is one of the many subjects Kennedy studies at Oaksterdam, whose storefront campus is set amid the hip cafes, restaurants and cannabis dispensaries of downtown Oakland. Founded in 2007, the school sees itself as a training ground for citizen advocates in the fight to legalize marijuana.

Portable, Canned Oxygen Helps Pot-Lovers Replenish and Recover

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Cannabis Market in the US to grow at a CAGR of 41.8% during 2014 - 2019; Finds New Report

Market Research Reports, Inc. has announced the addition of "Cannabis Market in the US 2015-2019" research report to their website www.MarketResearchReports.com

Report forecast the cannabis market in the US to grow at a CAGR of 41.8% over the period 2014-2019.

Cannabis is popularly known as marijuana. It is prepared from cannabis plant for medical purpose. THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) is the major psychoactive part in cannabis. Its consumption is generally through chewing or smoking, and it contain at least 85 cannabinoids.