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Despite Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions’ big talk about walls, shuttered health clinics, and legal weed crackdowns, the first federal budget of 45’s term contained little to no funding for the border wall or medical marijuana shutdowns, and a less than 1% cut to Planned Parenthood’s funding. In general the new budget is a win for reason and common sense – that is, unless you’re a cannabis consumer in Washington D.C.

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Now that Maine voters have approved the legalization of recreational marijuana, towns and cities must draft rules and regulations regarding how marijuana will be consumed and sold in their jurisdictions. In January, the state legislature approved a moratorium on retail sales and taxation until at least next February, in order to give legislators time to resolve issues and create regulations.

The rural city of Hallowell is one example of a Maine town that is currently considering the implications of legalization.

Pot-smokers in Uruguay on Tuesday became the first in the world to sign up to buy state-vetted cannabis for recreational use, as pharmacies aim to start selling it in July.

Far from the cannabis cafes of the Netherlands and other states that have decriminalized pot, this small South American country is the first to fully legalize consumption of the drug all the way from production to sale.
Already allowed by the leftist government to grow the weed in their homes and smoke it in clubs, Uruguayans in a few weeks will be able to buy it from the chemist

Ever since recreational cannabis was legalized in Colorado, the market has exploded with profit and product. After selling a total of $1.3 billion worth of marijuana in 2016, you might wonder how local regulators are able to keep track of all this greenery. To do so, the state has instituted the METRC system, giving each plant a unique bar-coded electronic tag from seed-to-sale. 

Although this network is created to track almost every aspect of the product, including weight, location, sale, and other information, there is still a glaring loophole that some cannabis seems to somehow fall through.

With an established medical marijuana industry already on the books, Michigan’s cannabis advocates have their eyes set on loftier goals for 2018’s midterm election with a well-funded, diversely-backed campaign for full adult recreational cannabis legalization kicking off in the coming weeks.

According to a report from the Detroit Free Press, Michigan cannabis activists held a rally at the state capitol building in Lansing today as a precursor for the year and a half long legalization effort.

Since the transition from a medical marijuana to a recreational/adult-use marijuana laws in the state of Oregon, this has be a highly contested topic between activists, industry professionals, and State policy makers.We received this news from the governing authority of the recreational/adult-use marijuana program (the OLCC) just yesterday, and it goes into effect on Monday.

The rollout of legal recreational marijuana in Alaska is running into problems, as extremely high prices are driving some smokers to turn to the black market to buy weed. The going price is currently $4,200 to $5,800 a pound for wholesale “top-shelf” pot, according to Leslea Nunley of Tanana Herb Co.

Uruguay, which in July will become the first country selling state-produced cannabis in pharmacies for recreational use, will open a user registry on Tuesday, authorities said.


Any Uruguayan or permanent resident wishing to purchase cannabis in that way will be required to register.
The drug will be sold for $1.30 per gram, in five and 10-gram packets, with each user limited to 10 grams (0.35 ounce) per week.
For now, Uruguay has a supply of 400 kilos (880 pounds) of marijuana on hand, produced by two private firms under state control.

While the Canadian government prepares to legalize recreational cannabis nationwide by July 2018, the country already has a long history with medical marijuana. Their system has been in place for over 15 years now, but it has only recently been transformed into the lucrative industry that it is today.  

The number of patients signing up for medical cannabis tripled in just one year’s time, and some companies are even offering medical cannabis access on their health insurance plans.

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