D.C. Opens Medical Marijuana Dispensaries To Patients From Most States Where It’s Legal August 12, 2019 AggregatedNews District of Columbia 0 Comments Medical marijuana patients from across the U.S. can now buy their medicine at D.C. dispensaries. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Thursday that the list of states with medical marijuana programs whose residents can purchase their pot in D.C. is expanding from 19 to… Read More→
Detroit Plans to Shut Down Noncompliant Medical Dispensaries By Year’s End June 20, 2016 AggregatedNews Michigan, Policy & Legal, Retail 0 Comments Detroit Corporate Counsel Melvin "Butch" Hollowell said he expects to complete in December the process of shutting down the city's medical marijuana dispensaries that do not comply with the zoning ordinance. "I do believe we'll get through the entire process… Read More→
Toronto Medical Cannabis Dispensaries Reeling After Police Raids May 31, 2016 AggregatedNews Canada, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Mitchell Cutler had just finished selling a THC-infused ointment to an arthritic woman — her “medicine” — when Toronto police showed up and charged him with possession for the purposes of trafficking. “If these charges do stick I guess my… Read More→
Catalina Island, With 4,000 Residents, May Get Its First Medical Dispensary May 31, 2016 AggregatedNews Retail 0 Comments From a veranda overlooking Avalon harbor, real estate broker Mark Malan gazed at oceanfront cottages, a curved promenade and passing sailboats with brightly colored pennants. To tourists, it was a place to bask in sun and surf just an hour… Read More→
Vancouver Grants First License for a Medical Marijuana Dispensary May 24, 2016 AggregatedNews Canada, Retail 0 Comments On the heels of last month’s announcement from Canada’s health minister at the United Nations’ General Assembly that legislation to legalize marijuana will be introduced next spring, changes are underway in Vancouver. Over the past year, several British Columbia cities… Read More→
Canadian Pharmacists Believe They Should Be Dispensing Medical Marijuana May 23, 2016 AggregatedNews Canada, Retail 0 Comments Suppose you take three medications for three different conditions. Now, add medical marijuana. Wouldn’t you want to know possible risks and interactions? That’s why the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) recently recommended that pharmacists play a front-line role in patient management… Read More→
Canadian Premier: Provinces Confused Over How to Deal with Medical Dispensaries May 9, 2016 AggregatedNews Canada, International, Policy & Legal, Retail 0 Comments Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says storefront shops selling marijuana will continue to blur the lines of the law around pot until the federal government clarifies the rules around the use of recreational weed. The federal government plans to unveil new legislation next spring… Read More→
Here’s Why Canadian Cities Aren’t Cracking Down on Medical Cannabis Dispensaries May 6, 2016 AggregatedNews Canada, Policy & Legal, Retail 0 Comments Canada’s municipalities are in a tough position when it comes to pot. Faced with a previous federal government that had no interest in legalizing marijuana or modifying its obtuse mail-order medical-marijuana program, Toronto and Vancouver have swiftly become home to… Read More→
After 4 Years, U.S. Attorney Drops Case Against California Medical Dispensary May 4, 2016 AggregatedNews News & Insights, Retail 0 Comments OAKLAND, Calif. - The attorney for a California medical marijuana dispensary billed as the nation's largest says federal prosecutors are stopping a nearly four-year effort to seize the dispensary's property. Henry Wykowski, the attorney for Harborside Health Center in Oakland,… Read More→
San Diego County Extends Moratorium on Medical Dispensaries Until March 2017 April 28, 2016 AggregatedNews California, Policy & Legal, Retail 0 Comments A moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated areas of San Diego County was extended until March of next year by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors on Wednesday. The 5-0 vote gives the county more time… Read More→
First Marijuana Dispensary Opens on the Las Vegas Strip March 10, 2016 AggregatedNews Retail 0 Comments Amid the casinos and the shows, the bars and the pools, Las Vegas now welcomes to the Strip a medical marijuana dispensary. Located between the SLS Las Vegas and Stratosphere hotel-casino resorts, the Essence Cannabis Dispensary, which opens Wednesday, is the first such… Read More→
Facebook Deleting Pages For Medical Marijuana Dispensaries February 4, 2016 AggregatedNews News & Insights, Retail 0 Comments Medical marijuana is legal in 23 states including New Jersey, but the ubiquitous social media giant Facebook apparently doesn't "like" it. Home pages run by three Garden State dispensaries and at least handful of others across the country have been… Read More→
California Cities Scrambling to Ban Dispensaries Before March 1 Deadline December 21, 2015 AggregatedNews California, Policy & Legal 0 Comments A mistake in drafting new state regulations for medical marijuana in California has cities and counties scrambling to ban or restrict dispensaries before a March 1 deadline, after which, they fear, more lax state rules may apply. Assemblyman Jim Wood… Read More→
Illinois Medical Marijuana Sales Are Set to Begin November 9, 2015 AggregatedNews Retail 0 Comments Marijuana is expected to be sold legally in Illinois for the first time in decades Monday to those who have qualified to be among the first patients in the state's medical cannabis program. Barring any last-minute glitches, up to eight… Read More→
A Marriage made in Heaven and on Earth: Pure Green October 20, 2015 Rob Meagher Company Stories, Retail 1 Comment Matt Walstatter has been involved with cannabis for as long as he can remember. Matt and his partner in crime and significant other – his wife Meghan -- met back in 2000 and have literally been together since through thick… Read More→