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Schools mull medical marijuana policies over student use – Marijuana News

AUBURN, Maine (AP) -- After years of trying to keep marijuana out of schools, educators across the country are grappling with how to administer cannabis to students with prescriptions for it.

WeedElect.com, The WeedLife Network’s website devoted to ‘The Politics of Cannabis,’ debuts its WeedElect mobile app

The app is expected to be a prime resource for people interested in the politics of cannabis in the United States during a crucial election year.

The WeedLife Network had 1.5 million reasons to be grateful for in 2015 – Marijuana News

The ground-breaking network of websites and apps for marijuana businesses and consumers reached its planned sales goals nearly one year ahead of schedule, and looks forward to aggressively expanding its footprint in the legal cannabis industry in 2016.

A dog patrols marijuana plants growing in Shelter Cove in Humboldt County, California. Water quality control boards around the state have begun cracking down on practices that affect local water supplies. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times

California marijuana growers are new drought target

Geoffrey Mohan ~ Los Angeles Times ~

Pot growers have been put on notice by state regulators that they will have to follow the same rules as the rest of the agriculture industry in protecting the state's drought-stricken water supply.

Davia Fleming, 29, center, is surrounded by media members as she becomes the first shopper at Shango Premium Cannabis, in Portland, Ore. On Oct. 1, 2015. Oregon marijuana stores have begun sales to recreational users. (AP Photo/Timothy J. Gonzalez)

Oregon marijuana shops begin sales to recreational users

Jonathan J. Cooper and Bob Seavey ~ Associated Press ~

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon marijuana shops began selling marijuana Thursday for the first time to recreational users, marking a big day for the budding pot industry.

Attendees at the kick-off of CanopyBoulder's fall boot camp. Image: WeedWorthy.com

Nurturing Start-ups in the Legal Cannabis Industry

Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~

Firms like CanopyBoulder are helping new, marijuana-related firms to not only survive the crucial first years in business, but to hopefully thrive as they grow and evolve.

Most Populous State Yet May Legalize Pot in November

Steven Nelson ~ U.S. News & World Report ~

An Ohio ballot measure makes some reformers squirm, but backers says its grower oligopoly is nothing to worry about.

Joshua Artman developed a duo of apps that connect cannabis growers with dispensaries and users. Image: JOHN BURGESS / The Press Democrat

California marijuana farmer develops pot delivery app

Julie Johnson ~ The Press Democrat ~

Near the heart of the remote Round Valley in Mendocino County, a back-to-the-land father and cannabis farmer is trying to get in on the ground floor of an industry that could skyrocket if recreational use of marijuana is legalized in California next year.

The former location of Wilmington Buds on Avalon Boulevard in Los Angeles. Photo: Martin do Nascimento/ News21

Unlicensed Marijuana Stores Grow Like Weeds in LA

Brittan Jenkins, Martin do Nascimento and Tom Blanton ~ Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative via NBCNews.com ~

Passed by California voters nearly two decades ago, but absent statewide regulation, the legalization of medical marijuana has spawned a vast network of illegal dispensaries and wide disparities over how businesses are monitored across the state - if they are at all.

An exterior schematic of Euphoria Wellness in Las Vegas. Image L.E. Baskow via Las Vegas Sun.

First marijuana dispensary in Las Vegas area opening Monday

Conor Shine ~ Las Vegas Sun ~

Fifteen years after medical marijuana was legalized in Nevada, Clark County’s first retail dispensary plans to open to the public Monday.