Editorial: Local marijuana taxes would harm legal pot market
CaliforniaUncategorized October 24, 2018
More local taxes threaten to undermine California’s fledgling legal pot industry and drive consumers underground to purchase their weed. Voters should reject proposals on the Nov. 6 ballot for new marijuana business taxes in Union City (Measure DD), Emeryville (Measure S) and unincorporated Contra Costa (Measure R), One key... Read more
Marijuana businesses will be allowed in unincorporated Riverside County
CaliforniaUncategorized October 24, 2018
Dispensaries and other marijuana-related businesses will be allowed in unincorporated Riverside County after the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Oct. 23 approved a long-awaited regulatory framework for cannabis commerce. The 3-2 vote came after a three-hour public hearing in which more than 30 speakers shared their views on whether... Read more
LAKEPORT — The Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commission are set to consider items regarding cannabis permitting at meetings this week. Today, the Supervisors are likely to reduce the fee for cannabis grow permits from $5,073 to $4,160. On Thursday, the Planning Commission will consider five applications for... Read more
California Cannabis Cultivation: DFA’s Proposed Permanent Rules
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized October 24, 2018
On Friday, the three California agencies charged with issuing and enforcing rules for cannabis business licensees issued a stack of proposed changes to the final rules it had previously proposed in July. Many of the most dramatic changes came from the BCC and will likely motivate more than a... Read more
Marijuana Stocks Newsletter – Wednesday October 24, 2018
Uncategorized October 24, 2018
A Direct Line To Immediate Revenue? One Company Could Be On The Verge Of Something BIG!Integrated Cannabis Company (ICNAF)(ICAN) has been a company that we’ve covered for a few weeks now. Not only has the industry presented new opportunities for growth but the latest news from this emerging MJ... Read more
Hemp, Inc. (HEMP) CEO Featured on Uptick Newswire’s Stock Day Podcast About the Growing Industrial Hemp Industry
Marijuana Industry NewsUncategorized October 24, 2018
The Uptick Newswire “Stock Day” podcast keeps investors up to date on the latest penny stock news by bringing transparency in the micro-cap side of the market. Today, Everett Jolly, CEO and host of Stock Day, focuses on the rapidly growing industrial hemp industry in the latest interview with... Read more
Cannabis sellers change marketing tactics to reach female consumers
CaliforniaUncategorized October 23, 2018
Long before marijuana showed up in fancy dispensaries, the weed market mostly consisted of young guys who love to get high. So it stands to reason that early purveyors of legal weed mostly emphasized the potency of their products and leaned heavily on stoner culture, including Instagram images of... Read more
WASHINGTON — As a new-product junkie, it was foregone that I’d swap a C-note for something called CBD, a cannabis extract promising relief from pain and anxiety, the twin banes of baby boomers recently awakened to the realization that, though their spirits be forever young, their joints definitively are... Read more
Procedural Hurdles for Washington Marijuana Businesses
Recreational MarijuanaUncategorized October 23, 2018
Some LCB policies make hurdles tough to clear. Regulatory challenges can be substantive or procedural. Substantive challenges include things like Washington’s ban on out of state ownership and its view that licensee royalty payment constitute profit-sharing. These types of rules and interpretations are challenging because, as a policy matter,... Read more
WASHINGTON — Almost two-thirds of Americans think marijuana should be legal, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. That represents the highest number in the nearly 50 years since the polling organization began asking about the issue, according to a press release. The findings come as four states prepare... Read more
