Photo via FatCamera As more states move to open access to medical and recreational cannabis, municipalities around the country are struggling to reconcile the horrific effects of America’s drug war with the new push to license and tax the once-outlawed …
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High tech, high finance and high times for U.S. pot industry
(Reuters) – Two years ago, Alan Gertner was head of Google’s Asia-Pacific sales team in Singapore, handling more than $100 million in business. Pipes are displayed for sale in the cannabis themed cafe chain Tokyo Smoke in Toronto, Ontario, Canada …
Read More »Paraguay Congress legalizes planting of medical marijuana
ASUNCION (Reuters) – Paraguay’s Congress passed a bill on Tuesday creating a state-sponsored system to import marijuana seeds and grow the plant for medical uses, a decision that followed other countries in Latin America. The landlocked South American nation had …
Read More »Israeli Police Leak Indicates Prosecuting Homegrown Pot is No Longer a Priority – News
Israel has a global reputation for being one of the most cannabis-forward countries in the world, having pioneered research in medical marijuana since the 1960s. Yet despite the country’s advancements in cannabis science and medicine, its policy for non-medical marijuana …
Read More »Maryland Dispensaries Are Open for Business But Low on Products
Maryland officially rolled out their first medical marijuana sales last week, but for some dispensary owners and their cash-strapped patients, the euphoric feeling was short-lived. Last Friday, after nearly five years of political infighting and bureaucratic delays, an excited crowd …
Read More »Washington State Finally Considers Allowing Recreational Home-Grows – News
Recreational cannabis has been legal in Washington state since 2012, but while adult recreational users are free to purchase weed from retail stores, they are prohibited from growing their own. That may be about to change now that the Washington …
Read More »Jamaican Cannabis Farmers Are Afraid That Legalization is Leaving Them Behind – News
Cannabis farm in Westmoreland, Jamaica; photo via Cannabis Pictures Although most people consider Jamaica and ganja to be virtually synonymous, the island’s government has actually been slow to embrace a legal cannabis industry. That is finally changing, as the country …
Read More »A Swiss Cannabis Company Is Using Legal Loopholes to Supply CBD to Europe – News
Photo via Bim The medical cannabis industry is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world today, and many entrepreneurs have been willing to risk bending the law to provide medicine to an increasing number of users. Swiss canna-business CBD420 …
Read More »Canadians Asked for More Opinions on Cannabis Regulation by Jan 20
In an announcement Tuesday by Minister of Health Ginette Petitpas Taylor and MP Bill Blair, the Government of Canada has opened up a consultation period for Canadians to provide their input on cannabis regulation by Jan. 20. The feds are …
Read More »Pennsylvania Couple Sues Local Police Department After Cops Mistook Hibiscus for Marijuana – News
Lead photo via Flickr user Forest and Kim Starr A couple in Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania is suing their local police department and the Nationwide Insurance Company after a bit of routine yard work lead to a false drug bust. The couple claims …
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