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Kirsten Gillibrand Announces Plan For National Marijuana Legalization

Marijuana Industry News Medical Marijuana Recreational Marijuana June 6, 2019 0

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) unveiled a plan on Wednesday that would legalize recreational and medical marijuana, expunge all nonviolent marijuana convictions and “tap into the medical and economic opportunity” of the drug. “Fundamentally, whether adults use marijuana is a matter of privacy, and we should treat marijuana as a... Read more

Recreational marijuana goes on sale Jan. 1 in Illinois. Dispensaries are already getting ready.

Illinois Marijuana Industry News Recreational Marijuana June 5, 2019 0

Recreational marijuana is just a signature away from being legal in Illinois, and dispensaries are staffing up, remodeling, and wasting no time preparing for new foot traffic. Illinois lawmakers approved a bill Friday that, with Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s promised signature, will allow the state’s 55 medical dispensaries to apply to sell... Read more

California Bill to Mandate More Cannabis Stores Is Dead, For Now

California Recreational Marijuana Uncategorized June 4, 2019

California cannabis has a problem: roughly 80% of jurisdictions in the state prohibit cannabis stores of any kind, despite voters approving full legalization with Prop 64 (the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, now the Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act, or MAUCRSA) in 2016 by nearly 60%. The result has been “cannabis…

Oregon, awash in marijuana, takes steps to curb production

Marijuana Industry News Oregon Recreational Marijuana June 3, 2019 0

Oregon is awash in pot, glutted with so much legal weed that if growing were to stop today, it could take more than six years by one estimate to smoke or eat it all. Now, the state is planning to curb production. Five years after voters legalized recreational marijuana,... Read more

Marijuana advocates hit unexpected roadblocks

Marijuana Industry News Recreational Marijuana June 3, 2019 0

Advocates of legalizing marijuana for recreational purposes scored their most significant legislative victory of the year Friday when the Illinois state House gave final approval to a measure allowing residents over the age of 21 to purchase and use cannabis products. But their win in Springfield comes at the... Read more

Merlot versus marijuana: California’s Wine Country feuds over measure to grow pot

California Marijuana Industry News Recreational Marijuana June 3, 2019 0

The Napa Valley has become synonymous with wine, as grapevines cover the flatlands and creep up the hillsides. Now some entrepreneurs hope a new crop will take root: marijuana. Last week, a group called the Napa Valley Cannabis Association submitted what they believe are enough signatures to put the... Read more

The Next Threat to Big Marijuana Companies Comes From Way South of the Border

Marijuana Industry News Recreational Marijuana June 1, 2019 0

There used to be more than 180 rose growers along the highway in California’s Monterey County. Now there’s only one. The flower industry went south to the lower-cost country of Colombia. With marijuana legalization in California, Monterey’s greenhouses have shifted from growing roses to growing cannabis. But Paul Henderson—whose... Read more

Cannabis Real Estate Leases: The Roots of Your Cannabis Business, Part 1

Real Estate Recreational Marijuana Uncategorized May 31, 2019

Whether you are a landlord, tenant, or subtenant in the cannabis industry, you need a first-rate cannabis lease. The structure of the leasing relationship and the terms of the lease are key components, both for getting funds out of the primary business and mitigating your risks, of which there can be many. If you are…

Colorado will allow marijuana delivery and tasting rooms soon under new laws — but with big catches

Colorado Marijuana Industry News Recreational Marijuana May 30, 2019 0

Starting next year, Colorado marijuana customers could begin getting their purchases delivered at home, like pizza. And people seeking to use marijuana socially — including tourists, who have few options for where to go — could consume what they buy in tasting rooms or bring-your-own-pot establishments. But there’s a big catch:... Read more

Rhode Island bills would help minorities get into marijuana business

Marijuana Industry News Recreational Marijuana Rhode Island May 30, 2019 0

PROVIDENCE — House lawmakers have introduced several bills designed to help minorities and their communities — disproportionately hurt over the years by marijuana prosecution — enter the profitable pot business. While no approved recreational marijuana market exists in Rhode Island, Gov. Gina Raimondo has called on lawmakers this session... Read more

Kirsten Gillibrand Announces Plan For National Marijuana Legalization

Recreational marijuana goes on sale Jan. 1 in Illinois. Dispensaries are already getting ready.

California Bill to Mandate More Cannabis Stores Is Dead, For Now

Oregon, awash in marijuana, takes steps to curb production

Marijuana advocates hit unexpected roadblocks

Merlot versus marijuana: California’s Wine Country feuds over measure to grow pot

The Next Threat to Big Marijuana Companies Comes From Way South of the Border

Cannabis Real Estate Leases: The Roots of Your Cannabis Business, Part 1

Colorado will allow marijuana delivery and tasting rooms soon under new laws — but with big catches

Rhode Island bills would help minorities get into marijuana business

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Feds File Charges Against Maine Weed Grower After Probe Spanning 20 States

Congressional Progressive Caucus Says Dems Can Legalize MJ By Winning House, Senate Majorities This November

The Green Organic Dutchman Signs a Commercial Sublicense with EnWave and Tilray to Dry Cannabis in Canada