Questionable Licensing Issues Now Cropping Up In Ohio – ‘The Process Is Severely Broken’ December 6, 2017 David Hodes Compliance and Regulations 0 Comments As the regulatory process plays out across various states in the country – most importantly, in California where regulations and rules are coming right down to the wire (and maybe a little beyond) for the January 1, 2018 start of… Read More→
U.S. Cannabusinesses Watch And Wait While Canada’s Country-Wide Adult-Use Structure Gets Tweaked August 9, 2017 David Hodes Canada, Cultivation, Policy & Legal, Processing 0 Comments In mid-April, Canadian lawmakers put forth cannabis legislation that would legalize adult use of cannabis on July 1, 2018, one of the campaign pledges of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2015, which will make Canada just the second country that… Read More→
Cannabis Shortages: Just the Norm? July 27, 2017 Anthony Stevens Cultivation, Processing 0 Comments With Nevada recently launching their highly anticipated recreational cannabis market in July, states are watching very closely at what they can learn from their neighbors and how to avoid key obstacles they’ve seen in getting these highly complex programs up… Read More→
Good Chemistry Nurseries enters Nevada market November 11, 2016 Press Release Press Releases 1 Comment PRESS RELEASE “a logical next step for us based on public support” Reno, NV (November 10, 2016) – On the heels of Nevada’s decision to legalize recreational Cannabis use, Good Chemistry Nurseries is bringing its award-winning nursery system and world-class… Read More→
Marijuana Polls Show Support for Legalization in States Voting This Fall October 6, 2016 AggregatedNews Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada 0 Comments Marijuana advocates are heading into the final weeks of the 2016 campaign with the wind at their backs as the latest polling shows legalization measures currently favored by voters in all five states where they're on the ballot. This is… 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→
Contributions Mount for Nevada PAC Backing Legalization of Recreational Marijuana June 23, 2016 AggregatedNews Nevada, Policy & Legal 0 Comments A political action committee backing recreational marijuana legalization has recently seen a stream of green, as in cash. The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, the pro-recreational marijuana PAC, has raised $285,500 this year, a June 11 filing with the… Read More→
Nevada Trying to Make It Easier For Patients to Get Medical Marijuana June 22, 2016 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Instead of waiting as long as three months for access to medical marijuana dispensaries, prospective Nevada patients can now be approved on the same day thanks to a new Las Vegas-based Division of Public and Behavioral Health office. For medical… Read More→
Will Nevada Supreme Court Revise Rules For Attorneys involved in Cannabis Businesses? June 13, 2016 AggregatedNews Compliance and Regulations 0 Comments Although Nevada law allows the sale and use of medical marijuana, attorneys in the state could soon face punishment for professional misconduct if they get involved in the business. The Nevada Supreme Court is considering revising the rules of professional… Read More→
Nevada Supreme Court Sides with Casino Worker Fired for Using Medical Marijuana May 23, 2016 AggregatedNews HR and Staffing, News & Insights 0 Comments The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled a Las Vegas casino worker is entitled to collect unemployment benefits after being fired for testing positive for marijuana. The justices said the downtown Las Vegas Club — which was shuttered last summer —… Read More→
Is Nevada Marijuana Education Conference Really a Anti-Cannabis Rally? May 9, 2016 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments What's billed as a marijuana education conference next week by the University of Nevada, Reno is more like a state-sponsored, government-funded propaganda rally against legalization of the drug, say supporters of the state's marijuana industry. And they think that if… Read More→
Launch of New Medical Cannabis CBD Products in Las Vegas May 4, 2016 Press Release Press Releases, Processing 0 Comments Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Silver Sage Wellness in Las Vegas, Nevada, led by local philanthropists Jim and Pam Blasco, announced today the release of highly-effective and locally made medical cannabis products, which include capsules and syringes containing 2:1 ratios… Read More→
North Las Vegas Poised For a Medical Marijuana Boom March 28, 2016 AggregatedNews Retail 0 Comments A $1 billion electric car plant and a futuristic transportation test track are among developments North Las Vegas hopes will pay off and diversify its economy. There’s another, greener, economic development that officials hope will fatten the city’s wallet. The… Read More→
Panel Warns That Medical Marijuana Poses a Workplace Problem in Nevada March 24, 2016 AggregatedNews HR and Staffing 0 Comments Lack of clarity in Nevada’s medical marijuana law opens the door for litigation over employer requirements to accommodate workers who use medicinal marijuana, lawyers told a state advisory panel Wednesday. Edwin Keller Jr. and Robert Spretnak, labor and employment law… 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→