Published: Oct 11, 2017, 7:45 am • Updated: Oct 11, 2017, 7:45 am By John Fryar, Times Call In a split 4-3 vote, Longmont’s City Council members voted Tuesday night to give final approval to an ordinance that will eventually allow up to four retail businesses to sell marijuana and marijuana products within the city…
Published: Nov 24, 2017, 10:01 am • Updated: Nov 24, 2017, 10:01 am By The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A committee will look at issues regarding the testing of cannabis products amid inconsistency in potency results from different labs, Alaska’s top marijuana regulator said. Erika McConnell, director of the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office,…
Published: Dec 29, 2017, 4:57 pm • Updated: Dec 29, 2017, 6:00 pm By Chiah Rodriques, Special To The Washington Post As the daughter of a back-to-the-land homesteader and pot farmer, I learned never to speak of what my father did. We lived a simple life in times when only growing a few plants could…
The post New York’s Medical Marijuana Program Is Crumbling appeared first on High Times. New York’s medical marijuana program is on the verge of total collapse because, according to a recent report from USA Today’s LoHud, the system has been designed to fail. It will soon be two years since the state implemented its medical…
YouTube is shutting down, and issuing “strikes” against, accounts that feature marijuana or marijuana-adjacent content at an unprecedented rate. The crackdown is leaving many in the community who’ve built large subscriber bases and revenue streams wondering, “what the hell changed?” Dontae, founder and executive producer of the cannabis entertainment and education production company Loaded Up…
By Blake Nelson, The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri voters may have the option to legalize medical marijuana this November. Lawmakers are rushing to get there first. The Missouri House voted Tuesday to legalize medical marijuana and Republican Rep. Jim Neely, the bill’s sponsor and a physician, argued that it was important that…
Published: Jan 16, 2018, 3:18 pm • Updated: Jan 16, 2018, 3:18 pm By The Associated Press SEATTLE — A group representing marijuana business owners in the West is urging Congress to include language in a government spending bill that would protect cannabis operations. The Western Regional Cannabis Business Alliance said Tuesday it is asking…
Published: Nov 30, 2017, 6:09 am • Updated: Nov 30, 2017, 6:04 pm By Mark K. Matthews, The Denver Post WASHINGTON — With help from U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday advanced their plan for what would be the nation’s first tax code overhaul in three decades. Beyond…
A lot of regular cannabis consumers might question what the big deal is over pricing marijuana, but it is a very big deal to a business world and a regulated market. Forecasting prices and setting expectations is everything in business. Investors demand to know what their return might be and the people of New Leaf…
Published: Oct 26, 2017, 4:03 pm • Updated: Oct 26, 2017, 4:03 pm By Bruce Kennedy, The Cannabist Staff Members of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs are urging Veterans Administration Secretary David Shulkin to ensure the VA’s research and development office fulfills “its stated mission,” by allowing research into the effects of marijuana on…