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New Jersey Poll Shows People Support Recreational Marijuana
“Decriminalization alone will not put the corner dealer out of business, it will not help us protect our kids, and it will not end the racial disparities we see. If these are our goals, as they must be, then the …
Read More »San Francisco Embraces Amsterdam-Style Marijuana Lounges
By Pail Elias SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The smoke was thick and business brisk at the Barbary Coast Dispensary’s marijuana smoking lounge, a darkened room that resembles a steakhouse or upscale sports tavern with its red leather seats, deep booths …
Read More »CBD Beauty Products Cannabis Skin Care Trend
Using cannabidiol as a topical ingredient isn’t a novel concept — in fact, it’s quite the opposite. MGC Derma CEO Roby Zomer acknowledges the global and historical use of CBD as a medical substance. “It’s well known that cannabis was …
Read More »Green Crack, Blue Dream, Gorilla Glue: The problem of pricing pot
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In 2014, as Jonathan Rubin and Ian Laird considered investing in the booming U.S. cannabis industry, they hit a problem: How to value pot starts-ups with little verified data on the price of the weed itself? …
Read More »Need to Know: DACA’s Future, Sessions vs. the Sanctuary State, and Why It’s High Time to Abolish ICE – News
In September 2017, Trump unilaterally announced he would end DACA in March, and by January, Democratic legislators were threatening to force a government shutdown if the decision wasn’t reversed with Dreamer protections reinstated. Now, with Trump’s original DACA deadline having …
Read More »Arizona Bill Could Put Medical Marijuana Under Microscope of Scrutiny
Senate Bill 1420 won’t reduce Arizona’s costly medical marijuana card fees, but it will mandate state-regulated testing for medicinal cannabis. Passed by a 7-1 vote by the House Committee on Military, Veterans and Regulatory Affairs Monday, the new primary objective …
Read More »California Bureau of Cannabis Control Issues Cease-and-Desist, Weedmaps Replies
Last week, it was reported that the California Bureau of Cannabis Control issued a cease-and-desist to Weedmaps, Marijuana.com’s parent company, on the grounds that the website and smartphone application advertises cannabis dispensaries and delivery services that are unlicensed by the …
Read More »New Jersey Gov. Murphy Proposes Legalizing Marijuana, Tax Reform Measures
By Michael Catalini TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday proposed raising the state sales tax, hiking income taxes on the wealthy and legalizing recreational marijuana under a budget plan he said represents a sharp break from the …
Read More »More Patients, More Prescriptions, Too Little Cannabis in Germany
According to the Federal Association of German Pharmacist Associations (ABDA), the number of cannabis patients in Germany continued to increase in the last quarter of 2017. The ABDA points to a rapidly growing number of cannabis prescriptions submitted in the …
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