Greece Looks To Medical Marijuana To Combat Unemployment January 30, 2018 AggregatedNews International 0 Comments 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… Read More→
California Lawmakers Say New Marijuana Cultivation Laws Favor Large Corporate Farms December 19, 2017 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Iowa Health Department Issues First Medical Marijuana Producer License November 29, 2017 AggregatedNews Iowa 0 Comments 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… Read More→
New Medical Marijuana Rules in Michigan Will Allow All-In-One Facilities September 22, 2017 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments LANSING, MI - A new medical marijuana facility licensed by the state will be able to grow, process and sell medical marijuana at the same location, the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs announced on Thursday. The legislature last year passed legislation to legalize… Read More→
With Expansion, Top Cannabis Producer in Canada Expects to Double Production September 8, 2017 AggregatedNews Canada, Cultivation 0 Comments TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada’s biggest licensed producer of medical marijuana has bought land next to its greenhouse production site that will allow it to more than double the total volume of cannabis it can grow, its chief executive said on… Read More→
Oregon Officials Set New Grow Limit on Medical Marijuana September 2, 2017 AggregatedNews Cultivation, Oregon 0 Comments Oregon public health officials this week drafted new rules for how many plants medical marijuana cardholders may grow at home or at a grow site registered with the state. The regulations are the result of legislation passed this year to tackle… Read More→
California Is Growing Far More Marijuana Than It Smokes August 1, 2017 AggregatedNews California, Cultivation 1 Comment People who closely follow the the cannabis industry have had a good laugh lately at headlines like “Marijuana Shortage Prompts Emergency In Nevada.” But you’ll be none too surprised to hear that California finds itself having exactly the opposite problem. California… Read More→
Pa. awards 12 licenses to grow medical marijuana June 20, 2017 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments Pennsylvania officially launched its medical marijuana industry Tuesday, awarding licenses to 12 growers, including two firms in Berks County, but none in Philadelphia or its suburbs. Many of the winning firms featured political and financial heavyweights linked to out-of-state cannabis… Read More→
Marijuana Growers Look to Go Organic June 16, 2017 AggregatedNews Cultivation, Science and Technology 0 Comments By Austa Somvichian-Clausen In the U.S., one square foot of indoor marijuana cultivation uses four times more energy than the same space in a hospital, eight times more energy than a commercial building, and 20 times more energy than a… Read More→
Ohio Medical Marijuana Grow Regulations Have Been Finalized April 18, 2017 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Medical marijuana will be grown on up to 24 licensed sites statewide -- subject to some of the highest fees in the country -- under the final rules presented to lawmakers Monday. The cultivator portion of the… Read More→
California Marijuana Has Gone Industrial April 17, 2017 AggregatedNews On the Move 0 Comments SALINAS, Calif. — This vast and fertile valley is often called the salad bowl of the nation for the countless heads of lettuce growing across its floor. Now California’s marijuana industry is laying claim to a new slogan for the… Read More→
LSU Medical Marijuana Program Struggles to Imagine Prosperity Under Current Regulations April 10, 2017 AggregatedNews Cultivation 0 Comments Although seven companies have submitted proposals to handle medical marijuana operations for the LSU Agricultural Center, some bidders question whether the program can prosper under the limitations of the current state law. Others are less pessimistic. It could take years… Read More→
Canadian Marijuana Company Looks to Colombia For Production March 11, 2017 AggregatedNews Canada, South Of The Border 0 Comments CORINTO, Colombia — For years, Blanca Riveros has had the same routine: After fixing breakfast and taking her son to school, she heads home to a large plastic trash bag filled with marijuana. She trims the plants and gets them… Read More→
Netherlands Approves Bill to Allow Cultivation of Marijuana February 22, 2017 AggregatedNews Cultivation, International 0 Comments Dutch MPs have narrowly approved a bill that would permit the growing of cannabis, removing a legal grey area that left “coffee shops” able to sell the drug but unable to supply themselves without fear of prosecution. The measure passed… Read More→
Australia Issues First License to Grow Medical Marijuana February 21, 2017 AggregatedNews International 0 Comments Australia has issued its first licence to grow medical marijuana to Cann Group. The permit issued by the Office of Drug Control (ODC) allows Cann to legally cultivate medicinal cannabis and conduct research on the use of cannabis for medicine,… Read More→