Lead photo via Wikimedia Commons President Trump announced this week that his nominee for the country’s “drug czar” was withdrawing from consideration from the position after a recent media investigation questioned his ties to the pharmaceutical industry. Rep. Tom Marino, …
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With California’s Fires Close to Contained, Cannabis Experts Predict Little Damage to Total Harvest – News
Lead photo via U.S. Department of Agriculture After a week of uncontrollable fire, smoke and uncertainty, the largest set of mass wildfires in Northern California’s recorded history finally appear to be, at least somewhat, under control. And as the communities of Sonoma, …
Read More »Over 40% of Canna-Businesses Are Planning to Expand Into New Markets, According to Survey – News
Lead image via Wikimedia Creative Commons The cannabis industry is one of the fastest-growing new markets in the country, and while hundreds of start-ups scramble to get in on the green rush, many existing canna-businesses are also looking to expand …
Read More »California Releases a Comprehensive Checklist for Cannabis Growers Ahead of Licensing – News
With summer already a distant memory and winter quickly approaching, California’s cannabis growers are preparing for a monumental shift. After more than two decades under Proposition 215’s loosely regulated medical program, recreational legalization is bringing a new set of rules …
Read More »Vermont Medical Society Wants to Restrict Medical Marijuana & Delay Full Legalization – News
Lead photo via Flickr user Ken Lund Vermont — home to the hippie hub of Burlington, Senator Bernie Sanders, and a thriving medical marijuana industry — is generally at the top of the list when it comes to states on the precipice of fully …
Read More »Michigan Regulators Brace Themselves for Rush of Medical Marijuana Applications – News
Michigan regulators are bracing themselves for a flood of applications from entrepreneurs hoping to become a part of the state’s fledgling medical cannabis industry. The state licensing department will begin offering applications to dispensaries, cultivation facilities, processors, testing facilities, and …
Read More »Former Mexican President Imagines a Future Where Legal Weed Is an Internationally Traded Cash Crop – News
Lead photo via Flickr user Taylor Spaulding Vincente Fox has never been shy about his ideas. The ex-Coca-Cola executive and former President of Mexico has been out of office since 2006, but has never stepped away from the popular discourse, …
Read More »Israeli Company Creates the World’s First Metered-Dose Medical Cannabis Inhaler – News
Above, an image of a generic inhaler (not the Syqe technology) via iStockPhoto An Israeli canna-business is bringing the world’s first metered-dose cannabis inhaler to market, allowing doctors to provide patients with exact doses of medical marijuana in a controlled setting. …
Read More »Denver’s Public Libraries are Fully Embracing Cannabis Education – News
Colorado was the first state in the country to pass comprehensive recreational cannabis legalization legislation, with legal weed sales starting over three years ago on the first day of 2014. Since then, the Centennial State has become America’s most cannabis-friendly …
Read More »Florida Medical Marijuana Patients Face up to Three Month Delay for State-Issued ID Cards – News
After Florida lawmakers finally came to an agreement on the voter-approved medical cannabis expansion earlier this year, patients in the Sunshine State started lining up en masse to gain access to legal medicinal pot. In fact, the number of medical …
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