Even before California dispensaries opened their doors to adult-use sales earlier this month, the Golden State has for years lead the way in legal weed technology and trends, setting the green standard for America’s rapidly growing cannabis industry. Melding that …
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Could Sessions’ Cancellation of the Cole Memo Actually Solve Marijuana’s Money Problem? – News
Image via Israel_Patterson Since U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ latest announcement to rescind the Cole memorandum — Obama-era guidance directing federal attorneys to lay off state-compliant canna-businesses — the industry is once again dealing with a renewed degree of uncertainty. While at …
Read More »Denmark’s “Tomato King” Wants to Be Europe’s Biggest Cultivator of Medical Marijuana – News
Only two weeks into 2018, the new year has already brought big news for the cannabis industry, from adult-use sales in California and legal weed legislation in Vermont, to the persistent threats of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. And that’s only …
Read More »Colorado Senators Want to Add a Chemical to Cannabis for Tracking
The measure would also direct the Department of Revenue to grant the contract to the company who made the tracking system, upsetting competitors. One of the competitors, Source Certain International, tracks plants and minerals without adding any chemical agents or …
Read More »Pre-roll tech: A top marijuana CTO explains how to roll over 5 million joints in a year
(Mitchell Wagner, co-founder and CTO of Wagner Dimas Inc.) As cannabis smoking accessories become more advanced and hi-tech, there’s nothing that beats a well-rolled joint. The success of Wagner Dimas, Inc. is living proof. The company, co-founded by CTO Mitchell …
Read More »Canadian Nurses Want $48 Million in Funding for Cannabis Education Campaign – News
Cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/nurses-cannabis-public-education-ontario-1.4492226″>asked the province of Ontario to fund a public education program targeted at reducing potential harms of recreational cannabis consumption. At a recent meeting with the province’s finance committee, Carolyn Pullen, chief of programs and policy for the CNA, argued …
Read More »Re-criminalizing cannabis is worse than 1930s ‘reefer madness’
A still from the 1936 propaganda film ‘Reefer Madness.’ Credit: Wikimedia Commons In the 1930s, parents across the U.S. were panicked. A new documentary, “Reefer Madness,” suggested that evil marijuana dealers lurked in public schools, waiting to entice their children …
Read More »Bipartisan Group of State Attorney Generals Demand Bank Protection Law
With the Cole Memo, which provided marijuana states protection from federal interference or prosecution, banks felt secure following guidelines originated by the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network in 2014. The guidelines outline how banks“>banks should handle marijuana business dealings. …
Read More »The Marijuana Show Launches 2018 Canna-Profit Summit
The summit has brought together some of the top respected and experienced cannabis professionals in the country, including Wendy Robbins and Karen Paull, co-creators and producers of the Marijuana Show, Lisa Snyder & Samantha Montanaro, Co-Creators of Tokeativity, Leah Heise, …
Read More »Hip-hop and legal pot: Q&A with DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill
(via Wikimedia Commons) After several decades of recording music inspired by a federally illegal substance, DJ Muggs believes marijuana legalization is a beautiful thing. Serving as the DJ and main producer of the legendary Los Angeles hip-hop group Cypress Hill, …
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