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Moulton legislation would push VA on medical marijuana for veterans

Marijuana Industry News Medical Marijuana November 14, 2018 0

Millions of American military veterans — more than one in five, according to an American Legion survey — use marijuana to treat a medical ailment. But many of those veterans say the Department of Veterans Affairs, which provides health care to former servicemembers, isn’t responsive to their needs. Citing the federal... Read more

Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority Collects $6.5 Million In Application Fees

Marijuana Industry News Medical Marijuana Oklahoma November 14, 2018 0

In less than a handful of months, the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority already has raked in nearly $6.57 million in application fees. Of that, $5.45 million came from licensing medical marijuana dispensaries, growers or processors, said Melissa Miller, a spokeswoman for the state division overseeing the state’s burgeoning medical... Read more

Medical marijuana could be available in Ohio by year’s end

Marijuana Industry News Medical Marijuana Ohio November 12, 2018 0

Small amounts of medical marijuana should be available in Ohio before the end of the year. The state’s first harvest of cannabis plants, at a few small growers, should be through processing and testing sometime next month, said Kerry Francis, spokeswoman for the Department of Commerce. The department, which... Read more

Illinois just elected a cannabis-friendly governor and Chicago pot companies are on the move

Illinois Marijuana Industry News Medical Marijuana Recreational Marijuana November 9, 2018 0

In the past six months, Illinois marijuana companies have gone public in Canada, raised hundreds of millions of dollars to fund expansions and consolidated through a number of deals — one topping $680 million. The state’s medical marijuana companies are moving at a fast and furious pace. They are largely past the days... Read more

How Cannabis Fared in the California Elections

California Medical Marijuana Uncategorized November 9, 2018

As we wrote on Tuesday, the midterm elections were monumental for cannabis: Michigan voters approved of a proposal legalizing recreational marijuana for adult use, Utah and Missouri will soon establish medical marijuana regimes, and Texas Representative and marijuana antagonist Pete Sessions lost to a Democrat. All in all, Tuesday was a good day at the…

BREAKING NEWS: Cannabis Wins Big at the Midterm Elections

Medical Marijuana Michigan Recreational Marijuana Uncategorized November 8, 2018

Today was a stellar day for marijuana advocates around the country. Not only did a handful of states authorize legalization of medical and recreational marijuana at the polls, but the Democratic Party took control of the House of Representatives, and one very problematic Congressman, Pete Sessions, was sent packing down in Texas. Below is a…

Utah Votes To Approve Medical Marijuana Measure

Marijuana Industry News Medical Marijuana Utah November 7, 2018 0

November 7, 2018 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Proposition 2 asked the Utah electorate to determine whether patients in the state should have legal access to medical marijuana. On Tuesday, voters answered with a yes. Unofficial election night totals put the initiative ahead, 53 percent to 47 percent, and... Read more

Missouri Votes To Legalize Medical Marijuana

Marijuana Industry News Medical Marijuana November 6, 2018 0

Missouri voters have approved at least one of three medical marijuana measures appearing on the state’s ballot on Tuesday. With 50 percent of precincts reporting, the Associated Press projected that Amendment 2, a constitutional amendment to allow medical cannabis, passed. Under the new law, qualified patients who have approval from their physicians will receive identification... Read more

Hold Your Horses: Los Angeles EMMDs Will Soon be Prevented from Relocating

California Medical Marijuana Uncategorized November 6, 2018

Los Angeles’s existing medical marijuana dispensaries (“EMMDs”) under Measure M will soon be precluded from relocating from their current operations unless and until they receive their local annual licenses from the City of Los Angeles. Movement post-initial application to L.A. has been a common practice for EMMDs for some time, and has apparently caused a…

Registered medical marijuana patients dropping fast in Oregon

Marijuana Industry News Medical Marijuana Oregon Recreational Marijuana November 3, 2018 0

Medical marijuana patients and growers across the state are abandoning the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program. Long considered a source of Oregon’s black market, medical marijuana is fast falling victim to a combination of red tape and a different kind of market force: the convenience of recreational retail sales. “Medical... Read more