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Super Bowl Champ's Fight for Cannabis: 'Opioids Are Killing Athletes'
Sunday, February 16, 2025 - 4:20pm | 1206"Cannabis is medicine and a viable, safe alternative to opioids." Marvin Washington knows pain. Not the kind that comes and goes. The kind that lingers. The kind that burrows deep into your body and settles in for the long haul. The kind that every former NFL player knows far too well. For 11...
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Cannabis Dispensary Roundup: SLOCAL Roots, The Botanist, Columbia Care, Ethos Cannabis
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 - 11:57am | 857SLOCAL Roots Opens Shop In San Luis Obispo, Plans To Launch Another California Retail Location This Fall SLOCAL Roots, a family of vertically integrated cannabis companies on California's Central Coast, announced the grand opening of their first licensed retail storefront in San Luis Obispo...
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Ex-NFL Star Marvin Washington Calls Psilocybin The 'Next Big Moon Shot' For Athletes And Society
Tuesday, December 28, 2021 - 12:51pm | 399Marvin Washington, who played eleven seasons in the NFL and led the Denver Broncos to beat the Packers in the 1998 Super Bowl, has long been outspoken about medical marijuana for athletes. In 2017, Washinton took part in a lawsuit against former Attorney General Jeff...
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Isodiol Executives Discuss Company Shift Towards CBD Consumer Markets
Friday, October 9, 2020 - 2:51pm | 837Isodiol International Inc. (CSE: ISOL) (OTCQB: ISOLF) launched in 2009 as a cannabinoid researcher and grew to become a globally-known bulk seller of CBD products. It embarked on a new goal one year ago, with the introduction of Andrew Alvis as president. Alvis was brought on board to oversee ...
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Detroit Sports Icons Isiah Thomas, Darren McCarty And Others Discuss The Benefits Of Cannabis, CBD
Friday, August 21, 2020 - 8:36am | 625A quartet of sports legends-turned-cannabis entrepreneurs joined the virtual Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference this week: ex-Detroit Piston Isiah Thomas, ex-Detroit Red Wing Darren McCarty, NBA vet Al Harrington and NFL vet Marvin Washington. Benzinga CEO Jason Raznick hosted the panel...
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Tuesday 3:05 PM ET: Isiah Thomas, Al Harrington, Marvin Washington, Darren McCarty To Talk Cannabis At Benzinga Event
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 11:00am | 1462Benzinga, a financial news and data company, announced the final line up for its panel on athletes and cannabis, in the context of its August 18th Virtual Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference. Chatting with Benzinga CEO and founder Jason Raznick will be: Basketball legend Isiah Thomas, CEO of One...
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Podcast: The Evolution Of Cannabis Legalization With Benzinga's Javier Hasse
Monday, September 16, 2019 - 2:32pm | 660Podcast via Kannaboomers. “This is a social movement that is moving forward faster than any other social movement in the world and probably in history.“ — Javier Hasse History is being made, day by day, as we move closer to the post-prohibition era for cannabis. Most of us are on...
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Out Of Luck: NFL Champs Are Leaving The Game In Droves – And Getting Into Cannabis
Friday, August 30, 2019 - 2:41pm | 2794By Aaron Silverman, President of MediaJel. Will early retirements get the NFL to change its tune on cannabis? On a Saturday evening, about two weeks before the beginning of the 2019 NFL season, 29-year-old Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck stood in front of the press as he often did. This...
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Pot Stocks, ETFs, Top News And Data From The Cannabis Industry This Week
Friday, July 13, 2018 - 4:41pm | 3341This week, Tilray and Sproutly Canada went public, Sunniva announced plans to spin off its Canadian assets, Zynerba Pharmaceuticals posted positive data for its Phase 2 trial for ZYN002 in Fragile X syndrome, and Zogenix released positive top-line results from its second pivotal Phase 3 study...
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Pot Stocks, ETFs, Top News And Data From The Cannabis Industry This Week
Friday, July 6, 2018 - 5:37pm | 2797A shortened week brought less cannabis news than usual, providing the people in the industry with a chance to exhale and look back at the convoluted weeks leading up to the Fourth of July holiday. We did witness some relevant action. Zynerba Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ZYNE) reported...
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Football And Weed: Former NFL Players Weigh In On Why Many Are Getting Involved With CBD Companies
Friday, February 2, 2018 - 11:32am | 1107The discussion about cannabis and sports isn't new. The conversation gained more relevance than ever late last year after the World Anti-Doping Agency, in charge of drug testing among Olympic athletes and usually sets the criteria for anti-doping in most sports across the globe, removed CBD...
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Super Bowl Champ Marvin Washington Talks Cannabis-Derived Therapeutics For Athletes, Isodiol's Leadership In CBD
Sunday, October 29, 2017 - 1:22pm | 1245From famed rapper The Game to TV’s Montel Williams, Bob Marley’s son Julian Marley to Snoop Dogg, celebrities across the board are increasingly getting involved in the cannabis industry. One of the forefathers of this movement is Super Bowl champion Marvin Washington. The former...
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This Weekend, The SECC Expo Brings Cannabis Education To Florida
Friday, June 9, 2017 - 1:47pm | 581The Southeast Cannabis Conference & Expo has just kicked off in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and will go on until Sunday afternoon. This non-consumption event is aimed at educating, engaging and empowering “the cannabis industry of tomorrow,” Executive Operations Director Danielle...