Archive for month: December, 2015

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) —

Hundreds of new laws take effect Friday in California.

Among the most controversial is the one requiring students entering the public school system to get the full vaccine schedule, no personal beliefs exemptions.

Also, state colleges and K-12 schools are now gun-free zones, even to concealed-carry license holders.

There are also new laws regulating medical marijuana and ones helping terminally ill patients hasten their deaths.

A series of regulatory and fee changes are set to take effect in Ontario on Jan. 1, 2016, including increases in electricity bills and a break for natural gas users.

The debt retirement charge of about $70 a year is being eliminated from hydro bills, but so is a 10 per cent discount program that saved the average residential consumer about $200 a year.

The Ontario Energy Board has approved rate decreases effective Jan. 1 that should save the average household that relies on natural gas about $48 a year.

The Ontario tax credit…

• New York company will soon offer first certified kosher medical marijuana
• Vireo Health’s non-smokable medical cannabis products have been certified as conforming to the Jewish dietary law by the Orthodox Union
• It is one of five companies chosen to grow and distribute medical pot
• Governor and lawmakers approved use of medical marijuana in 2014

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Keiligh Baker for MailOnline

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07:21 EST, 31 December 2015

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Updated:
07:22 EST, 31 December 2015

ALBANY, N.Y. A New York company says it will soon offer the first certified kosher medical pot.

Vireo Health says its non-smokable medical cannabis products have been certified as conforming to the Jewish dietary law by the Orthodox Union.

Vireo says it’s the first time a medical cannabis product has been deemed kosher.

The Orthodox Union says it awarded certification after inspecting Vireo’s facilities to ensure the marijuana was grown and processed according to kosher standards. Those include, for example, insect-free plants.

Vireo…

ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York company says it will soon offer the first certified kosher medical pot.

Vireo Health says its non-smokable medical cannabis products have been certified as conforming to the Jewish dietary law by the Orthodox Union.

Vireo says it’s the first time a medical cannabis product has been deemed kosher.

The Orthodox Union says it awarded certification after inspecting Vireo’s facilities to ensure the marijuana was grown and processed according to kosher standards. Those include, for example, insect-free plants.

Vireo…

Looking back on 2015’s medical marijuana developments

As 2015 comes to an end, it seems like a good time to look back at how far the Michigan medical marijuana industry has come this year. There are also several important trends that emerged this year in medical marijuana sales and consumption.

This year, the number of medical marijuana dispensaries in the state has really blossomed.

With that, we saw the emergence of a major trend: the transformation of pre-rolls (ready-to-smoke rolled joints). When the first…

The California Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act establishes a new state agency, the Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation, that will gear up and start issuing permits. Dale…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Medical marijuana manufacturers are putting patient’s success stories in the spotlight in hopes of countering longstanding stigma about the drug.

Sales of medical marijuana pills, oils and vapors started in July. Jess Blake from Duluth says the treatment for a cancerous brain tumor has turned her life around.

But companies and patients themselves say they still feel the hesitance surrounding marijuana. Many doctors have opted not to certify patients for the program, citing a lack of solid research on marijuana’s…

After years of trying to catch up to competitors Uber and Lyft, lesser-known ride-hailing startup Sidecar is ceasing operations.

The company will stop offering all rides and deliveries on December 31, 2015 at 2 pm PT. Sidecar founder and CEO Sunil Paul announced the decision in a Medium post on Tuesday.

Sidecar was an early competitor in the ride-hailing app world. Launched in 2012, it raised $35 million in funding from major venture capital firms, including Virgin’s Richard Branson.

It branched out to a number of U.S. cities,…

MINNEAPOLIS — Armed with stories from patients whose lives have turned around after using medical marijuana, the state’s companies who cultivate and sell the medications are hoping to counter the longstanding stigma that still surrounds Minnesota’s newest medicine.

The medical community’s unease hasn’t stopped since Minnesota’s program launched nearly six months ago, even though the state has said repeatedly that the drug is a regulated medicine.

That hesitation kept a doctor’s approval out of Jess Blake’s…