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HQ TRADE MAGAZINE APRIL 2016 102 weed newscontinued Despite the growing demand of marijuana, its stocks underperformed on the market in 2015. Analysts believe that the discrepancy between federal and state laws contributed to the struggling stocks. UFC fighter kicks marijuana ruling The Nevada Athletic Commission unanimously approved a settlement with UFC fighter Nick Diaz that reduces his original five-year suspension to 18-months with $100,000 in fines, as reported by MMA Junkie. Diaz was suspended after testing positive for marijuana following his Jan. 31, 2015 fight with Anderson Silva at UFC 183. One of the chief issues Diaz’s council took issues with in the case was that Diaz had been tested three times within “a matter of hours,” and two of those tests showed Diaz below the legal limit for marijuana metabolites, but one test showed Diaz at nearly five times the legal limit, as reported by Yahoo News. UFC commentator Joe Rogan Tweeted his support saying, “Unless there's scientific proof that marijuana is a performance enhancing drug that gives an unfair advantage it should not be restricted.” Marijuana scores big during Super Bowl Green Rush, a marijuana-delivery platform in San Francisco, recently reported a huge sales increase for Super Bowl 50 weekend. Forbes reports this sales increase was the highest ever for Green Rush, which means it was even greater than 420 last year. According to Jude Widmann, director of operations at Green Rush, the company saw a 310-percent increase in weed-delivery orders during the weekend of the Super Bowl. Smokin' Spoken “Our culture is progressive about a lot of things, but in some corners, marijuana is still vilified and misunderstood. I believe that marijuana, which many experts agree is less addictive and less prone to overdose than pain meds like OxyContin, must be an integral part of the conversation about how we treat pain in our everyday lives.” -former NBA player Jay Williams who suffered a career-ending motorcycle accident. Facebook unfriends pot pages In recent months, Facebook has deleted pages created by medical marijuana dispensaries because they violate the social media giant's "community standards" policy. Facebook bans "content that promotes the sale or use of marijuana regardless of state or country," according to the policy. Two dispensaries in New Jersey had their pages reactivated after they removed all mentions of specific products and prices. Ironically, Marijuana reform publication “Freedom Leaf” makes the point that social media sites promoting alcohol and pharmaceutical drugs have gained in popularity. The Facebook page for Budweiser has 13 million followers. Pfizer, the maker of Oxycontin, has almost 200,000 likes. “Social media sites need to stop being content police when it comes to cannabis,” writes Freedom Leaf Senior Editor Chris Goldstein. “Restricting information about state-legal marijuana is nothing less than outright discrimination.” v