Where Rubber Meets the Road: Cannabis Culture Meets Corporate Players February 22, 2016 Ata Gonzalez Opinions, The Buck Stops Here 0 Comments By John Lord As I sit here getting ready to express my views on the Cannabis Industry, I want to make sure you understand that my experience in what I write comes from living among the culture on the West… Read More→
When It Comes to Compliance Hassles, All That Cash Tops the List February 22, 2016 John Hollon Compliance and Regulations 0 Comments God save us from The New York Times. Last week, America's newspaper of record published an interesting story that dug into the huge paperwork and regulatory burden that the Cannabis Industry faces in all the states where marijuana is legal.… Read More→
Legislature Looks to Expand New York’s Fledgling Medical Marijuana Program February 22, 2016 AggregatedNews New York, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Medical marijuana producers would be allowed to market their medicines directly to doctors, the way Big Pharma companies do, under one of the proposals lawmakers are expected to introduce soon to expand the new state program. Sen. Diane Savino, D-Staten… Read More→
As Marijuana Legalization Grows, Idaho Remains a Notable Holdout February 22, 2016 AggregatedNews Idaho, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Sick or just looking for a good time, marijuana is not the answer in Idaho. Utah is in the middle of a legislative debate on whether to legalize some forms of medical marijuana. Recreational pot use is legal in Oregon… Read More→
Utah Senate Passes One Medical Marijuana Bill, Considering a Second February 22, 2016 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal, Utah 0 Comments With patients and advocates for the legalization of medical marijuana in the audience, Utah senators gave preliminary approval Friday to an incremental step to deal with cannabis, while a more sweeping bill that appeared in jeopardy may have been given… Read More→
LA City Attorney Suing to Shut Down SpeedWeed Delivery Service February 22, 2016 AggregatedNews California, Policy & Legal, Retail 0 Comments SpeedWeed, the service that delivers medical marijuana straight to your door, is being sued by the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, who is alleging that it violates Proposition D. City Attorney Mike Feuer announced that his office has filed a… Read More→
Colorado Regulators Holding Marijuana Due to Pesticide Worries February 22, 2016 AggregatedNews Compliance and Regulations 0 Comments Colorado marijuana regulators announced Friday they have put a large but undisclosed number of plants and products on hold from two cultivation facilities in Colorado Springs over concerns they were treated with unapproved pesticides. The health-and-safety advisory by the state's… Read More→
The Keys to Smart Dispensary Operations: Professionalism and Accountability February 20, 2016 Matt Walstatter Retail 2 Comments By Matt Walstatter In my last column I wrote about dispensary operations. More specifically, I discussed structural organization, suggesting some departments to create in order to manage your retail store. At Pure Green (my dispensary), we approach structural organization by… Read More→
U.S. Supreme Court Set to Hear Pivotal Marijuana Legalization Case Today February 19, 2016 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments The Supreme Court of the United States — minus the late Justice Scalia — is set to take up the hot-button issue of marijuana legalization today in a highly watched case. The SCOTUS is hearing a challenge to Colorado legalization from two… Read More→
Recreational Legalization Measure Put on Hold in Ohio February 19, 2016 AggregatedNews Ohio, Policy & Legal 0 Comments COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The only group actively collecting signatures to put a marijuana legalization measure on the Ohio ballot this year has paused its campaign. Instead, the Legalize Ohio 2016 campaign will work with Marijuana Policy Project on its medical marijuana… Read More→
Colorado Considering an Organic Certification For Marijuana February 19, 2016 AggregatedNews Cultivation, News & Insights 0 Comments Colorado lawmakers are considering an organic-type certification for the state’s most famous crop: Marijuana. Lawmakers and regulators have been clamping down on outside substances found in marijuana, typically pesticides and fungicides used by growers to control mildew and insect infestations.… Read More→
Does the Cannabis Industry Really Consume 1% of America’s Total Electricity? February 19, 2016 AggregatedNews Cultivation, News & Insights 0 Comments The problem of massive energy consumption by legal marijuana-growing operations is not getting any better—and it’s poised to get worse. A new report, titled “Illuminating Cannabis: The Future of Energy in the Cannabis Industry” and written by industry-reporting firm New… Read More→
20 States Say They’ll Have Marijuana Legalization Measures on 2016 Ballot February 18, 2016 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Voters in 20 U.S. states could potentially legalize some form of cannabis use in the November 2016 election — part of a historic backlash to the century-old war on marijuana. According to Ballotpedia, the encyclopedia of American politics, activists have… Read More→
Iowa Legislative Committee Approves Limited Use of Medical Marijuana February 18, 2016 AggregatedNews Iowa, Policy & Legal 0 Comments A committee in the Iowa House has voted to legalize the limited growth of marijuana in Iowa for distribution as medicine to treat three conditions: epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and end-stage cancer. It’s a scaled back version of legislation that was… Read More→
Feds Are Hitting Legal Marijuana Business With 70% Tax Rate February 18, 2016 AggregatedNews Banking, Finance & Real Estate 0 Comments Legal marijuana sales in Colorado and Washington have grossed billions, but legal dealers will see little of that thanks to a draconian federal law meant to punish street pushers. In one of the first years of legal sales, 2015, Colorado… Read More→