New York cannabis farmers: Let us plant legal marijuana now

It’s almost planting season in Upstate New York, and farmers are ready to spring into action. But for the farmers hoping to jump into the recently legalized business of growing marijuana for recreational use, there’s a problem. The state may…

Colorado cold snap destroys millions of dollars worth of marijuana plants, could disrupt industry

September 11, 2020
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Early cold temperatures and snow in Colorado may have destroyed millions of dollars worth of outdoor plants, cannabis and hemp companies said. The drop of about 70 degrees Fahrenheit occurred too early in the growing season for farmers to harvest…

Frustrated with shortages, medical marijuana patients begin growing their own at home in Illinois

February 28, 2020
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Worried by widespread shortages of products at Illinois cannabis stores, medical marijuana patient David Kurfman took matters into his own hands. He started growing his own. Having suffered from epilepsy most of his life, Kurfman uses medical cannabis to control…

Dutch Cities Try a ‘Weed Test’ to Fix a Quirk of Legal Cannabis

September 11, 2019
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The Netherlands’ permissive approach to cannabis may be well-known, but the country’s coffeeshops (as cannabis cafés are called) have long grappled with a head-scratching contradiction. While the coffeshops’ trade is perfectly legal, that’s not the case for growing and producing…

US growing largest crop of marijuana for research in 5 years

The U.S. government is growing the largest crop of research marijuana in five years, responding to interest in varieties with high levels of THC and CBD. The government is the only source of pot for nearly all research in the…

Utah is allowing only 10 cannabis farms. Will that be enough to supply the state’s new medical marijuana program?

April 28, 2019
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If the cannabis industry perfectly complied with Utah’s expectations, it would grow 84,292.98 plants annually. These perfectly obedient plants would offer 10.4 million grams of THC (marijuana’s psychoactive compound), enough to supply exactly 100,000 patients with 2 grams of cannabinoids…

1st Massachusetts farmers moving toward approval to grow marijuana outdoors

So far, all the marijuana sold in Massachusetts’ legal market has been grown indoors. But that could change. The Cannabis Control Commission on Thursday approved the first two provisional licenses for companies that plan to grow marijuana outdoors in the…

LSU and its medical marijuana partner approved to start full production

GB Sciences Louisiana, the company hired to grow medical marijuana for the LSU AgCenter, passed its background checks and now has approval to move into its main facility and start full production effective immediately, state regulators said Friday (March 22). The…

First bill emerges this year to legalize marijuana in Illinois — would allow up to 24 plants at home

February 9, 2019
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A Democratic state lawmaker has filed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana in Illinois that likely goes further than other legislators prefer, but it has officially started the debate over complex legislation that will need to serve many interests. The bill,…

Marijuana supply far outweighs demand in Oregon’s legal market, new study says

February 4, 2019
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Oregon’s regulated cannabis industry is so overstocked with product that it could meet consumer demand for the next six and a half years, according to the state’s analysis of the market. That was one of the conclusions in the Oregon…

Oregon Has Too Much Marijuana On Hand, While Colorado’s Pot Supply Is Just Right

Two of the first states to broadly legalize marijuana took different approaches to regulation that left Oregon with a vast oversupply and Colorado with a well-balanced market. But in both states prices for bud have plummeted. A new Oregon report by law…

Agricultural Hemp vs. Marijuana: Cultivation Techniques

When it comes to cannabis, there is a lot of information and misinformation circling the internet. With growing support for marijuana legalization (61% in 2018 vs. 57% in 2017), America is running into the desperate need for readily available information on the…

Greece Looks To Medical Marijuana To Combat Unemployment

The Greek economy has been hammered by 10 years of financial crisis, with unemployment topping 20 per cent every year since 2012. Now, the government thinks pot growers can help. A project to cultivate, process and export medical marijuana in Veroia, in the fertile north of…

California Lawmakers Say New Marijuana Cultivation Laws Favor Large Corporate Farms

December 19, 2017
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California’s new rules allowing marijuana cultivation favor large corporate farms despite a promise in Proposition 64 that small growers would be protected, according to a group of state lawmakers and marijuana industry leaders who called Monday for the policy to be…

Iowa Health Department Issues First Medical Marijuana Producer License

November 29, 2017
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A new Des Moines company is expected to become Iowa’s first legal producer of medical marijuana products. The Iowa Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that it intends to issue a license to MedPharm Iowa, which would produce medications derived from cannabis…