East Coast cannabis users booking bus tickets to Boston for July 1st’s expected recreational weed sales start may want to rethink their timing. After more than a year and a half of waiting, and just two weeks from the expected …
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House Committee Shuts Down Cannabis Safe Banking Amendment
The lack of access to banks and financial institutions is one of the largest challenges that American canna-businesses face today, and as the industry continues to expand, a growing number of pro-cannabis lawmakers have stepped up with possible solutions. This …
Read More »Feds Bust Licensed Oregon Pot Retailer for Alleged Credit Card Fraud
Federal authorities raided a state-legal cannabis retail store in Oregon this week, accusing nine people of running a conspiracy to use credit card fraud to finance black market marijuana trafficking. The investigation has been ongoing since December of 2016, when …
Read More »Canada’s Politicians Face Off Over Amendments to Cannabis Legalization Bill
Bill C-45, which would officially legalize and regulate sales and use of recreational cannabis, was approved by the House of Commons last December. However the federal administration “Respectfully disagrees” with 13 of these amendments, most notably one that would allow …
Read More »U.S. Senate Riding High on Hemp and Pushing for Robust Legalization
America’s federal legislators are finally warming up to hemp. On Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry passed the 2018 Farm Bill by a vote of 20-1, advancing a federal hemp legalization measure to the Senate floor. Combined, …
Read More »California Prepares for New Cannabis Regulations, Anticipates Supply Shortages
California cannabis businesses have only two weeks to bring all of their products up to final state compliance and sell off any stock of untested pot. Even after six months of preparation time, a number of Golden State ganjapreneurs are …
Read More »Need to Know: Trump-Kim Summit Chock-Full of Pleasantries, Lacking in Substance
The duo shook hands, smiled, and presented friendly body language throughout the five-hour pow-wow. They shared a lunch of crispy pork, beef short ribs, and prawns as Trump showed Kim a heavily-produced video presentation of what North Korea could be …
Read More »South Carolina Democrats Approve Non-Binding Medical Cannabis Ballot
Former U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles, head of Palmetto Medical Cannabis LLC, asked both major political parties to include the advisory measure on their ballot, but only Democrats agreed. Over 80% of Democrats in the state voted in favor of the …
Read More »California Scraps $14 Million Budget for Black Market Weed Offensive
California Governor Jerry Brown met with state legislators early this week to solidify a state budget. At the Sacramento meeting, both parties agreed to a finance plan pushing hundreds of millions of dollars to prevent homelessness and encourage higher education, …
Read More »California Scrap $14 Million Budget for Black Market Weed Offensive
California Governor Jerry Brown met with state legislators early this week to solidify a state budget. At the Sacramento meeting, both parties agreed to a finance plan pushing hundreds of millions of dollars to prevent homelessness and encourage higher education, …
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