Pot Industry in California Hit by Wildfires - Cannabis News
Burgeoning recreational marijuana industry is being hit by some of the worst fires in state history.
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Adults Are Using Cannabis More Than Ever - Cannabis News
If you think you’re the only one you know lighting up, you probably aren’t.
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Boston approves first medical marijuana dispensary
The Boston Zoning Board of Appeals has given conditional approval to open a medical marijuana dispensary on Milk Street.
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Cannabis Munchies on Display at Marijuana Trade Show in Chicago
The exhibit halls of the Chicago Hilton and Towers were packed with vendors offering a glimpse of the world as it’s about to become in Illinois, from lemonade to honey to krispie treats
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Arkansas names 5 companies picked to grow medical marijuana - Cannabis News
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas took the first step Tuesday toward launching its medical marijuana program, as state regulators named the five businesses they intend to license to grow the drug.
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Illinois 'dry' town site of new medical marijuana farm
Becky Schlikerman ~ Chicago Sun-Times ~
If you want a bottle of booze in downstate Albion, you have to drive out of town.
But the Edwards County town of less than 2,000 residents is the site of a huge medical marijuana farm.
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Legal Marijuana Cultivation Is Driving A Technology Revolution In Industrial Agriculture
“Cannabis is spurring on an ag-tech revolution,” said Troy Dayton, CEO of ArcView Group, a cannabis-industry research firm in Oakland, California.
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Denver approves first social marijuana license, allowing vaping and edibles in Lincoln Park coffee shop - Cannabis News
A Denver coffee shop received city approval Monday for the nation’s first business license to allow marijuana use by patrons under a 2016 voter-approved initiative.
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Hemp Seed On Its Way To Colorado, With A Federal Blessing
Following months of wrangling, the Colorado Department of Agriculture has secured a permit from federal drug enforcement officials to import industrial hemp seed from foreign countries.
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KS lawmakers consider measure to conduct research into uses of industrial hemp
PLEVNA, Kan. State lawmakers in Kansas are considering measures to conduct research into the uses of industrial hemp.
The product comes from a sativa plant, like marijuana, but the hemp plant looks much different and is used to create thousands of products.
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Nearly half of United States has tried marijuana: Poll
If public opinion is any indication, nationwide marijuana legalization might not be such a pipe dream after all.
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JHU researchers suggest strategies to keep legal marijuana out of hands of kids
Support for marijuana legalization surges to record high, Fox News poll finds - Cannabis News
Support for legalizing marijuana has reached an all-time high, according to a recent poll conducted by Fox News.
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Sacramento County Board of Supervisors Says Marijuana Cultivation is a Water Waster
Mark Demsky ~ Fox40.com ~
In California this week, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors revised its water code to declare marijuana cultivation a form of water waste.
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State says medical pot businesses may soon start operations
Eric Hartley ~ Las Vegas Review-Journal
After spending months in limbo, waiting for the state to hash out rules for testing medical marijuana, laboratories might be able to get to work soon.
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In Seattle US old-timers rediscover the high life on cannabis tours - Cannabis News
Forget bingo, tea dances and seaside trips. Residents from a chain of Seattle retirement homes are going on Pot for Beginners tours to learn about – and buy – cannabis in the city, where it’s now legal.
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At Cannabis Trade Show, Vendors Tread a Careful Line
Exhibitors at cannabis expo in New York City 'play the game' when it comes to displaying their wares
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Medical marijuana growers can apply in New York
ALBANY – The state Department of Health announced Monday it is accepting applications from businesses interested in becoming registered organizations to manufacture and dispense medical marijuana in New York.
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More Businesses Removing Cannabis Testing From Pre-Employment Processes – Cannabis News
The Mountain States Employers Council (MSEC) did a survey in December that indicated a shift in employer attitudes toward cannabis.
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Hundreds attend seminar on opening medical marijuana dispensaries
Brigette Namata ~ KHON2 ~
Medical marijuana is a multibillion dollar industry and hundreds of hungry entrepreneurs are ready to make it a reality in Hawaii.
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Nevada lawmakers take Colorado marijuana tour
DENVER — With smiles, selfies and a few nervous chuckles, a group of Nevada legislators and policymakers got a first-hand look at Colorado's fast-growing legal marijuana industry this weekend, coming face-to-face with thousands of green growing plants.
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California Marijuana Growers Reel From Cannabis Farms Consumed By Wildfires
The 2015 wildfire season, among the worst in recent memory, took a major toll on the state’s marijuana industry.
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Women at work: No old-boys network in new field, medical marijuana pioneers say
Becky Schlikerman ~ Chicago Sun Times ~
It’s an industry, they say, that’s too new to have a glass ceiling. And for many women, that’s a good reason to get into the booming legal marijuana business.
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Cannabis Industry Happy To See DEA's Leonhart Go, But New AG Lynch Is No Friend
The cannabis industry may be thrilled that the Administrator for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Michelle Leonhart is stepping down, but with the confirmation of Loretta Lynch as the new Attorney General it may not matter.
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UGA researcher's maps show where pot's expensive and where it's not
Lee Shearer ~ OnlineAthens.com ~
A University of Georgia graduate student used crowdsourcing to take a look at marijuana prices across the country.
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Ohio marijuana legalization issue's potential to reach into workplace stirs business concerns
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Language in a proposal to amend Ohio's constitution and legalize sale, use and possession of marijuana in the state has employers antsy over the impact it could have, despite a legal analysis that says they will retain strong workplace control.
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Lawmakers brace for marijuana vote-a-rama
Tim Devaney ~ The Hill ~
Lawmakers are prepping for what could turn into a marijuana vote-a-rama Wednesday, sources say.
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High Times editor - Colorado cannabis industry is an economic miracle
Ricardo Baca ~ The Cannabist ~
High Times magazine’s New York-rooted editor-in-chief Dan Skye has spent plenty of time in Colorado researching and photographing the state’s medical and recreational systems, but his current, pre-Cannabis Cup trip to the state has been uncommonly eye-opening.
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Rural Maryland sees jobs, not vice, in medical marijuana
Michael Dresser ~ Washington Post ~
A proposal to build a medical marijuana production plant could provide a local economic boost to the region.
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As Marijuana Rules Take Shape, A Focus on Local Control
The state has a year until it begins issuing licenses for businesses selling recreational marijuana. Between now and then, the Alcoholic Beverages Control Board is home to a new body developing regulations: the Marijuana Control Board.
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