Published: Aug 21, 2017, 7:55 am • Updated: Aug 21, 2017, 8:11 am By Leonardo Haberkorn, The Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — The legal sale of marijuana in Uruguayan pharmacies is facing challenges as banks refuse to deal with companies …
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Recreational Pot Shops Brace for Hordes of Solar Eclipse Tourists Set to Smoke Out Oregon – News
Tomorrow, people across the United States will be treated to a rare and spectacular total solar eclipse. In anticipation for this highly touted event, many Americans will be traveling across the country to catch an optimal view of the moon’s …
Read More »Bank boycott snuffs Uruguay’s legal marijuana sales
Uruguay’s unique new marijuana industry has run into a hurdle as international anti-money laundering rules are forcing banks to close the accounts of pharmacies legally selling the drug. Uruguayan pharmacies started selling marijuana last month under a 2013 law that …
Read More »10 surprising spaces in California being converted into cannabis businesses
Published: Aug 15, 2017, 3:40 pm • Updated: Aug 15, 2017, 3:41 pm By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian As California’s legal marijuana industry booms, property owners and entrepreneurs are seizing the chance to transform spaces across the state into …
Read More »Canna-Legal States Fight Pot Smuggling to Ward Off Feds – News
Canna-legal states are organizing efforts to stop the smuggling of legally-grown weed to states where it is legal, in hopes to stave off a federal crackdown on legal cannabis. Cannabis growers in Oregon produce between 132 and 900 tons more …
Read More »Legal marijuana states try to curb interstate smuggling to fend off feds
Published: Aug 14, 2017, 8:44 am • Updated: Aug 14, 2017, 10:03 am By Andrew Selsky, The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Well before Oregon legalized marijuana, its verdant, wet forests made it an ideal place for growing the drug, …
Read More »Donald Trump Declares Opioid Epidemic a National Emergency – News
Donald Trump has officially declared the country’s opioid epidemic a national emergency, a standing usually reserved for natural disasters, to free up more federal funds to help combat the use and sale of drugs such as fentanyl and heroin. In his …
Read More »Hispanic State Lawmakers Across U.S. Stand Up for Cannabis Legalization – News
The National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) just released a resolution condemning the racist origins of marijuana prohibition and calling for the nationwide legalization of cannabis. In the resolution, “the NHCSL advises state legislators to enact legislation to decriminalize …
Read More »The Future of Cannabis in India
At the beginning of this month, Marijuana.com reported that India’s Minister of Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi, called for the legalization of medical marijuana in order to curb drug use in her country. Along with Gandhi, there are a …
Read More »Two Hawaiian Dispensaries Finally Open, More to Follow Soon
And it only took 17 years… Maui Grown Therapies executed its first sale of medical marijuana on Tuesday as Oahu-based Aloha Green announced they would begin selling the medicinal herb on Wednesday. The state of Hawaii was among the first …
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