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Cannabis businesses face unique risks and challenges, and insurance slowly gaining its footing on how to properly insure this budding industry.

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Most medical cannabis users have operated vehicles under the influence, study finds

One in five said they had driven while 'very high' in the past six months, University of Michigan researchers reported.

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Driver smoking medical cannabis. When people drive under the influence of marijuana their reaction time and coordination may be slowed down and they could have a harder time reacting to the unexpected. (Photo: iStock)

More than half of people who take medical cannabis for chronic pain say they have driven under the influence of cannabis within two hours of using it at least once in the last six months, according to a new study.

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