One Thing Is Clear: Big Pharma Does Not Want Legalization July 14, 2016 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments There's a body of research showing that painkiller abuse and overdose are lower in states with medical marijuana laws. These studies have generally assumed that when medical marijuana is available, pain patients are increasingly choosing pot over powerful and deadly prescription… Read More→
New Study In Nevada Details Economic Benefits of Recreational Marijuana July 13, 2016 AggregatedNews Nevada 0 Comments Making recreational marijuana legal in Nevada would help eliminate black market sales and generate millions of tax dollars for education, representatives of an advocacy group said Tuesday. Speaking at the law offices of Ashcraft and Barr, 2300 W. Sahara Ave.,… Read More→
North Dakota Medical Marijuana Supporters Hope To Be On November Ballot July 12, 2016 AggregatedNews North Dakota 0 Comments BISMARCK — North Dakotans may decide in November whether marijuana should be available for medical use, but they won't vote on full legalization of pot after sponsors of that proposed measure failed to muster the necessary signatures by Monday's deadline.… Read More→
Hawaiian Medical Marijuana Revenues To Top $30 Million In First Year July 11, 2016 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments Less than three months after the state awarded its first medical marijuana dispensary licenses, advocates are forecasting huge growth for the industry. A new report by the Hawaii Dispensary Alliance predicts that revenues generated by the state's eight medical marijuana… Read More→
California Growers To Need Permits For Water Within The Year July 11, 2016 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments WITHIN LESS THAN a year, as many as 50,000 marijuana growers in California could be required to obtain state permits for the irrigation water they consume. It is an unprecedented step aimed at preventing harm to the environment and other… Read More→
Colombia’s Goal: Become First Major Marijuana Producer, Legally July 1, 2016 AggregatedNews Cultivation 0 Comments Colombia gave a major push to rebooting its marijuana industry this week by awarding its first license for medical marijuana production to a Canadian company with big plans. The move marks a changing shift in attitudes toward cannabis in a… Read More→
Drug Testing Post Pot Prohibition June 23, 2016 Allen St. Pierre Policy & Legal, Science and Technology 1 Comment Drug testing, one of the major components of the government's war on some drugs, like the unpopular policy itself, may be waning as cannabis commerce replaces prohibition. According to the American Management Association, drug testing in the workplace hit a… Read More→
At Last, Here Come the Lawyers to the Cannabis Commerce Scene! June 16, 2016 Allen St. Pierre News & Insights, Policy & Legal 0 Comments What’s that sound? Off in the distance, the mighty sound of hoofbeats, kicking up a storm of dust. Gucci-clad men and women with white cowboy hats emerge from the surge, here to provide their best legal advice and services: It’s… Read More→
Last Word: Does It Really Matter if we Call it Cannabis, Instead of Marijuana? December 7, 2015 John Hollon Opinions 0 Comments As someone who has spent a lifetime working as an editor, I know all too well that words really DOÂ have meaning And, that's why the growing debate over the use of the word "marijuana" is no minor thing. Westword, the… Read More→
Survey: Adult Marijuana Use has More Than Doubled in Last 12 Years October 22, 2015 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments The number of adults using marijuana more than doubled in recent years, according to new research culling data from two massive surveys. In 2001, just 4.1 percent of adults said they used marijuana. That increased to 9.5 percent by 2013.… Read More→
How to Use Failure As a Tool For Success in Your Cannabusiness October 19, 2015 Alexa Divett Marketing 0 Comments Many people have a natural fear of failure and the emotions that surround it. It’s totally normal to want to avoid the stomach-aches, sleepless nights and self-doubt that often occur when we fail. However, what if failure could actually be… Read More→
How a Little Downtime Can Help You Work Smarter – and Better August 26, 2015 Alexa Divett News & Insights 0 Comments Take a WHAAAAAT? Wait, I can’t be serious! Oh, but I am. I recently came across an article about a study that the Harvard Business Review published back in 2009 titled Making Time Off Predictable & Required and it got me… Read More→