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TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is gathering data from local law enforcement agencies in an effort to measure the impact of Colorado-purchased marijuana on the state.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Schmidt has sent more than 500 survey forms requesting information to county and district attorneys, as well as…
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon residents looking to enter the recreational marijuana business can now apply for a license.
The license paperwork became available Monday morning at 6 a.m. At noon, 70 people had submitted the forms, the Oregonian reports. Of those, 36 applications are from producers, along with 18 for retail locations, eight for…
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(Seth McConnell, Denver Post file)
A judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking federal approval for the first credit union for marijuana in Colorado, saying that allowing it “would facilitate criminal activity.”
U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson said in a nine-page opinion that he was compelled to reject The Fourth Corner Credit Union’s suit because marijuana remains…
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To the Editor:
I am glad that The Southern gave a “thumbs up” to the cannabis decriminalization bill being reintroduced in Springfield. How long until we end another failed prohibition completely? Keeping a plant illegal seems silly when there are plenty of other crimes that go unsolved every year. However it is easier for police to catch some college kids getting high than it is for them to solve a cold case murder or a rape.
The…
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Manhattan Dispensary will be the First of Four Columbia Care Dispensaries to Open in New York State
NEW YORK, NY — Columbia Care LLC announced Tuesday that its first dispensary in New York State, located at 212 East 14th Street in Manhattan’s Union Square, will open to qualifying patients on Thursday, January 7, 2016.
As one of five companies licensed as a Registered Organization by the New York State Department of Health, Columbia Care will open three additional dispensaries throughout New York State later this month. New York’s…
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The launch of Illinois’ medical marijuana program may not have been smooth, but now that it’s up and running, sales have been brisk.
Between Nov. 9 – when Illinois’ first dispensaries opened – and the end of 2015, medical marijuana sales hit nearly $1.7 million, according to the Associated Press. Grams were sold at between $14 and $15.
Wholesale growers also did well, selling about $1.5 million to retailers, the AP said.
There were 20 operational dispensaries by the end of 2015, and…
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PORTLAND, MAINE — Maine could very well become one of the next states to legalize marijuana this November, but a final push is needed to collect about 15,000 signatures by the end of the month.
As of Tuesday, the joint effort by local activists from Legalize Maine and the MPP-backed Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Maine has collected approximately 80,000 signatures.
Activists hope to collect a total of 95,000 signatures by January 25. In order for their initiative to appear on the November ballot, a total of 61,126 of…
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ALBANY, NY — Medical marijuana is finally coming to the Empire State.
The New York State Department of Health announced Tuesday that the state’s medical marijuana program will officially launch on Thursday, with several dispensaries opening throughout the state.
Once launched, the program will make approved forms of medical marijuana, which has been shown to help alleviate pain and enhance the quality of life for individuals suffering from certain diseases, available with a physician’s certification at designated dispensaries across New…
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — An all-volunteer effort to gather the necessary signatures to place a measure legalizing medical marijuana before voters in November has fallen short.
Volunteers from Green the Vote collected a little over 70,000 of the required 123,725 signatures needed to qualify for the 2016 ballot. Had they been successful, Oklahoma voters would have been asked to approve an initiative that would have added an article to the Oklahoma Constitution to allow medical marijuana use if recommended by a doctor.
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More than three years have passed since Colorado residents voted to legalize marijuana, which immediately allowed adults to possess and cultivate limited amounts of marijuana. This past New Year’s Day marked the two-year anniversary of adults being able to legally buy marijuana in Colorado. The policy is still in its formative stage, but the first year after marijuana sales started in Colorado went very well and we continue to see the good shape of things to come.
The destruction imagined by…
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Recreational marijuana prices in Washington State have fallen by more than 50% in the last 18 months, helping the industry compete against the black market but also introducing new challenges for licensed cannabis businesses.
The reason for the price plunge? A deluge of new retailers and tax changes are forcing stores to cut prices in an effort to increase customer traffic and sales, the Longview Daily News reported.
When the recreational marijuana market launched in July 2014, the average…
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Medical marijuana is a hot topic this week for several cities in the Salinas Valley and on the Monterey Peninsula as City Councils debate pros and cons of the drug.
Rules on medical pot clubs, growing medical marijuana, and distributing it are all being debated.
The City of Gonzales will consider an ordinance that will prohibit medical pot dispensaries, but will allow for growing medicinal marijuana.
The Salinas planning commission on Wednesday is set to consider an ordinance that would allow for up to three…
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FT. LAUDERDALE, FL — BioTrackTHC, a provider of seed-to-sale cannabis tracking software solutions for state governments and the private sector, today announced that its Enterprise System for businesses is now deployed in more than 1,500 medical and recreational cannabis business facilities in 23 states, Washington D.C., Canada, Jamaica and South America.
“Eclipsing 1,500 locations is a major milestone that reflects the value of our software and the quality of our people,” said Patrick Vo, CEO, BioTrackTHC. “We could not be more…
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By John Schroyer
This is the first piece in a three-part series looking at key marijuana business developments in 2015 and examining what lies ahead for 2016.
The next 12 months are largely expected to be historic ones for the cannabis industry, both in the United States and abroad.
New markets will come online, an unprecedented number of states and countries could legalize either medical or recreational, and the number of business opportunities will be bigger and better than ever.
“Over the…
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ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York state Department of Health says the state’s new medical cannabis program will begin on Thursday.
A department spokesman announced the date Monday in response to questions from The Associated Press.
Under the new law, patients with qualifying conditions can get permission from their physician to obtain…
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ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York company says it will soon offer the first certified kosher medical marijuana.
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.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon’s tax-free marijuana sales have come to an end.
On Jan. 4, the state started collecting a 25 percent sales tax on marijuana products sold to people without medical cards.
That means cannabis is one of just three products with a tax applied at the point of sale. The others are hotel rooms and prepaid mobile phone…
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LOG LANE VILLAGE — An interesting David-and-Goliath dynamic is taking shape across Colorado’s burgeoning commercial cannabis sector, with tiny communities friendly to the sale of recreational marijuana living in the shadow of large — and totally pot-shop-free — neighbors.
Manitou Springs, just a few miles from Colorado…
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ALBANY – [AP] The New York State Department of Health says the state’s new medical cannabis program will begin on Thursday.
Under the new law, patients with qualifying conditions can get permission from their physician to obtain non-smokable forms of marijuana.
The patients must apply for a registry identification card, and will receive their medication at a state-regulated dispensary. The closest location for those in the Southern Tier is in Broome County.
State lawmakers passed the law in 2014 but it took state health…
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Federal authorities say six western New York residents have been charged with being part of a drug ring that distributed marijuana between Colorado and Buffalo.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that the suspects, all in their 20s and all from Buffalo, were named in an eight-count federal indictment charging…
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ReformCA.org organizes grassroots support to oppose Sean Parker’s Adult use of Marijuana Act. $250,000 committed to the effort in just 4 days to put alternative on ballot.
SACRAMENTO, CA — Not everyone in the cannabis community is ready to sell out to Sean Parker’s highly publicized and supposedly well-funded effort to legalize cannabis in the State of California, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA).
On January 1st, ReformCA.org, an organization spearheaded by California activist and author of Medical Marijuana 101, Mickey Martin,
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Marijuana Business Daily has launched its annual survey of executives and major investors in the cannabis space, which will help the company provide key market, financial and operational data for businesses and entrepreneurs.
Executives from all industry sectors – including dispensary/retail stores, commercial cultivation, infused products manufacturing, testing labs and ancillary firms – as well as investors funding companies in the industry are invited to take the anonymous survey…
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ATLANTA, GA — A bill has been filed in Georgia that would eliminate the possibility of felony charges for marijuana possession offenses in the state.
If passed, Senate Bill 254, introduced by state Sen. Harold Jones II (D-Augusta), would amend the state’s criminal code so that no marijuana possession offense could be classified as a felony offense.
Nearly a dozen states already have similar laws on the books, according to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML).
Currently, Georgia law classifies any…
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Marijuana growers who are worried about high utility bills and bad press generated by the industry’s enormous energy demands may want to check out Boulder County, Colorado, which has found some interesting ways to help cultivation sites reduce their electricity costs.
The county created a so-called “energy-impact offset fund” that marijuana growers can pay into if they can’t meet its renewable energy requirements, according to Al Jazeera.
Some of the money is spent on energy…
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A former Kentucky congressman has formed a group that will push to legalize medical marijuana in the state.
Mike Ward said Monday that people should not be treated as criminals for using marijuana to relieve pain or suffering from a series of ailments.
Ward will serve as CEO of Legalize Kentucky Now, a nonprofit group that will urge lawmakers to allow patients to receive a doctor’s prescription for medical marijuana. The group could have some powerful allies when the 2016 General Assembly session begins…
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Recreational marijuana businesses have proliferated so rapidly in some of Denver’s poorer neighborhoods during the past two years that city officials are exploring ways to disperse future growth more evenly.
The pot boom in neighborhoods such as Elyria Swansea, Globeville and Northeast Park Hill in north Denver,…
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An anti-drug group has prevailed in its legal fight against a Colorado cannabis store and several financial services companies, which could present new challenges for the marijuana industry down the road.
The settlement is tied to a lawsuit Safe Streets Alliance filed on behalf of a Holiday Inn in the town of Frisco, Colorado. The suit claimed that the hotel would suffer financially if a cannabis store – Medical Marijuana of the Rockies – opened across the street.
The lawsuit was…
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RIDGWAY — Eric Jacobson scoops up a handful of rich soil. The largest organic marijuana grow on the Western Slope soon will take root in this dirt.
“Perfect sandy loam,” he says, kicking through snow a few yards from the gurgling Uncompahgre River. “You don’t dare build homes on this. There’s a higher and better use for…
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Federal authorities say six western New York residents have been charged with being part of a drug ring that distributed marijuana between Colorado and Buffalo.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that the suspects, all in their 20s and all from Buffalo, were named in an eight-count federal indictment charging them with conspiracy to distribution. Four of the suspects were also charged with conspiracy to launder money.
Prosecutors say the drug…
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York state Department of Health says the state’s new medical cannabis program will begin on Thursday.
A department spokesman announced the date Monday in response to questions from The Associated Press.
Under the new law, patients with qualifying conditions can get permission from their physician to obtain non-smokable forms of marijuana. The patients must apply for a registry identification card, and will receive their medication at a state-regulated dispensary.
State…
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The latest in the case of a former South Carolina police officer charged with killing an unarmed black motorist. All times local:
8 p.m.
A Charleston County sheriff’s spokesman has confirmed that Michael Slager, the former North Charleston police officer charged with murder in the shooting of a black motorist has posted bond and has been released from custody.
Slager will remain under house arrest until his trial later this year. A state judge on Monday ordered that jury selection in…
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New York’s medical marijuana program will finally be underway this month when four dispensaries open their doors in early January in New York City, DNAinfo New York reported. But due to a number of obstacles, advocates are concerned that medical marijuana use will be slow to take off in the health industry.
The openings come more than a year after the Compassionate Care Act was signed into law in July 2014 to allow physicians to prescribe cannabis for a number of conditions. Among the 23 states that have legalized…
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Medical marijuana sales are about to begin in the nation’s largest metropolis. Dispensaries in the Big Apple will be located in Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx. Sorry, Brooklyn and Staten Island.
Here are the locations:
• Bloomfield Industries, 345 E. 37 St., Manhattan
• Columbia Care, 222 E. 14 St., Manhattan
• Vireo Health, 89-55 Queens Blvd. (near 57th Ave.), Queens
• PharmaCann, 1280 Oak Point Ave. (near 158 St. and Bruckner Blvd.), the Bronx
However, it’s unclear how many patients and doctors…
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Supporters of expanded medical marijuana in Georgia have released a new advertisement that calls on lawmakers to create a state-based program to grow and cultivate the cannabis-based medication.
Georgians for Freedom in Health Care produced the spot, which will appear online in social media applications and will be sent directly to elected officials.
The video comes just weeks after a public opinion poll found 84 percent of Georgia voters support an in-state cultivation program with strict regulations.
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Marijuana consumers do not typically use cannabis and alcohol in combination with one another, regardless of whether they are consuming cannabis for medicinal or social purposes.
Marijuana consumers do not typically use cannabis and alcohol in combination with one another, regardless of whether they are consuming cannabis for medicinal or social purposes, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Addiction.
Investigators with the RAND Drug Policy Research Center and the University of California, Irvine surveyed…
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These are the least likely states to legalize marijuana according to a 24/7 Wall Street study.
Illegal in the United States for nearly 80 years, marijuana accounted for 8.2 million arrests nationwide between 2001 and 2010. Despite the decades old federal ban, the country’s attitude toward marijuana has been changing. While only 12% of Americans supported legalizing pot in 1969, 58% of Americans supported an end to marijuana…
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BONSALL, CA — (Marketwired) — 01/04/16 —MARIJUANA COMPANY OF AMERICA (“MCOA” or the “Company”) (OTC PINK: MCOA), an innovative cannabis marketing and distribution company, is pleased to announce that it has selected Global Payout, Inc. (“GP”) (OTC PINK: GOHE) as its financial solutions provider.
The challenges of obtaining financial solutions in the cannabis industry make it difficult for cannabis businesses to operate efficiently and safely. The Federal status of cannabis as a Schedule I substance is preventing traditional financial…
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ALBANY — Medical marijuana is growing in New York but it remains unclear just when patients will be able to obtain the drug.
State health officials insist the program is on track to open in January — the timeframe stipulated in the 2014 legislation that legalized medical marijuana in New York — but they have been mum on exactly when it will launch and have not indicated the number or…
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I just read a heartbreaking article on the Daily Haze. A disabled veteran named Raymond Schwab and his wife Amelia had their children taken away while they were in the process of moving to Colorado so that Raymond could received legal cannabis treatment for PTSD and chronic pain. Per the Daily Haze:
The Schwabs decided to relocate to Colorado, where medical marijuana is legal. So in April 2015, Raymond transferred his job with the Department of Veterans Affairs, left their children with family in Kansas so they could get packed up and…
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The battle for Cannabis legalization still continues. Many people in the 21st century are making the move from prescription drugs to marijuana. In fact, more and more people are also choosing marijuana for a recreational purpose, too, as a better alternative to chemical drugs.
A recent survey conducted by the Berkeley Patients Group and found that 66% of their medical marijuana patient clients reported using marijuana as a prescription drug substitute. Most patients said they used marijuana because it was more effective than their…
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(Potential businesses within city limits and existing medical marijuana growing operations are not affected.) In the meantime On Monday, the state begins accepting applications for recreational pot licenses, for businesses ranging from growing to retail.
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The husband and father was near death from Crohn’s Disease in 2009.
Over a three-month period, his weight dropped from about 175 pounds to 117 pounds. He had his large intestine, colon and rectum removed, and he was largely confined to his bed…
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Merced, Livingston and Los Banos will look at ordinances this week that would regulate the sale, growth and delivery of medical marijuana within each city’s respective borders.
California led the nation in legalizing marijuana for medical use, and a trio of bills aimed at bringing order and oversight to the state’s medical marijuana industry won Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature in October, pushing cities to make local changes if they would continue to prohibit it.
The first statewide licensing and operating rules for pot growers,…
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Isaac Dietrich was smoking marijuana at his best friend’s college apartment a few years ago when an entrepreneurial vision burst forth as heady as the most potent strains of Head Cheese or Ghost Train Haze.
“We had an epiphany,” he said. “Grandma doesn’t want to see me taking bong rips on Facebook. So we decided we needed a place where people could post about it.”
In 2013, Dietrich and his college pal, Tyler Knight, co-founded a social media platform that’s being hailed as the Instagram for pot consumers. And recently,…
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Updated: 01/03/2016 9:02 AM |
Created: 01/02/2016 9:45 PM
Danielle Todesco, KOB Eyewitness News
A local Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who treats PTSD has been pushing for years for the feds to essentially legalize medical marijuana.
It’s legal here in New Mexico but the federal laws still muddys things for…
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Recreational marijuana businesses have proliferated so rapidly in some of Denver’s poorer neighborhoods during the past two years that city officials are exploring ways to disperse future growth more evenly.
The pot boom in neighborhoods such as Elyria Swansea, Globeville and Northeast Park Hill in north Denver, and Overland to the south, wasn’t…
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To understand football, Nate Jackson says, you need to remember one inherent truth about the game: a human body was not made to absorb that kind of punishment.
“There’s no safe way to get hit by a truck,” Jackson puts it.
Jackson, author of the football memoir Slow Getting Up, spent six seasons playing tight end for the Denver Broncos. Recounting a lifetime of football-related injuries is nearly impossible, because, as he put it: “You’re always kind of battling with something.”
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The short answer to this question is no: medical marijuana is not bad for your teeth, tongue, gums, or lips. While some studies have claimed that Cannabis is linked to oral cancer, these findings are subject to debate, as we’ll explore in this article. That being said, dry mouth from smoking Cannabis can lead to tooth decay and gum disease, as can neglecting dental care due to drowsiness caused by marijuana. Fortunately for medical marijuana patients, it’s easy to avoid these problems by following some basic care tips.
Does Smoking…
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A friend forwarded the December newsletter from the UA Public Policy Center on coming statewide ballot issues. The website is is a valuable, non-partisan repository of information about statewide issues already placed on the ballot by the legislature and developments on initiatives that might be headed to the ballot.
I’m sorry they haven’t yet posted for web linking the latest newsletter, because…
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