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Texans Can Now Buy Willie Nelson’s Cannabis Coffee
Willie’s Remedy debuted with a CBD-infused coffee, which was first made available in Colorado in September. Now folks in the Lone Star State can get a taste. “It’s two of my favorites, together in the perfect combination,” said Nelson in a statement. “Like coffee, cannabis is a plant that works for me.”

Unionizing Weed Workers Are Reigniting the Labor Movement
In an industry with a long history of sexual harassment, workers getting paid with drugs, and other rough conditions, labor organizations like the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW)—which represents 1.3 million people across multiple fields, from grocery store workers to meatpackers—are seizing on the nascent industry.

New Harvard Study Suggests Smoking Weed is Associated with Higher Sperm Count
According to a new study by Harvard medical researchers published in Reproductive Health, people who had ever smoked marijuana had higher sperm concentration and overall count than those who never smoked weed. The conclusion flies in the face of what people have said and thought about cannabis and fertility for years.

Joe Montana Makes Blockbuster Investment In California Cannabis Company
Four-time Super Bowl winner, Joe Montana would be among a group of investors, along with former Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz, investing an aggregate of $75 million into Caliva, a San Francisco, Calif.-based dispensary chain.

Scientists Racing to Develop Drinkable Marijuana
Alcohol is water-soluble and cannabis is not, meaning alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream quickly whereas pot edibles and beverages are metabolized much later in the digestive process. Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev has formed a research partnership with Tilray, with each company investing up to $50 million in the venture, and Molson Coors Brewing Co. has teamed up with Quebec-based Hexo Corp, all trying to find the solution.

In Canada, Number of Cannabis Users Has Remained Steady Since Legalization
Figures released Thursday morning from Statistics Canada show about 4.6 million people, or 15 percent of Canadians over age 15, reported using cannabis in the last three months. That number has not changed much since legalization.

Most Strains of Weed Are More Alike Than People Think
According to this article, there isn’t much difference between Sativa and Indica strains. Intensive inbreeding has generally been in pursuit of high-THC strains, at the expense of other cannabinoids and terpenes, which means most of the weed at today’s dispensaries are identical in terms of chemical content.