The Feds Are Looking To Hire A Professional Marijuana Joint Roller

The federal government is, again, soliciting help to “acquire, develop and produce” marijuana cigarettes (i.e. joints) for research purposes.

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Marijuana has become quite a popular topic amongst the vast majority of the U.S. With so many states have legalized the substance for either recreational or medicinal use, it seems only fair to think that individuals would need to consume their medical cannabis while in the workplace. This, however, has become quite an issue as […]

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BREAKING NEWS: 24 Cities Sue California Over Statewide Cannabis Delivery Rule

As expected (and as we’ve written about here), California cities have joined forces to fight the State’s regulation allowing delivery of cannabis in every jurisdiction. Here is a copy of the complaint. The lawsuit was filed in Fresno County Superior Court against the California Bureau of Cannabis Control and its chief, Lori Ajax. The local…

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Senators Wyden and McConnell Press for Hemp Industry Banking Services

Shortly after the 2018 Farm Bill passed, legalizing industrial hemp, we predicted that banking services for hemp businesses would be slow going. That has proven to be the case. For this reason, a bipartisan pair of U.S. Senators, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), sent individualized letters to four federal…

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Uruguay: The world’s marijuana pioneer
Uruguay was the first country in the world to legalise recreational cannabis. Five years after its pioneering law was passed, how’s the industry getting on? “We sold a lot of cannabis on the first day,” says Esteban Riviera, who owns a large, modern-looking pharmacy in Montevideo, Uruguay’s capital. “We... Read more
Doing Battle With The Black Market in a Heavily Taxed State
By Rob Hendrix As discussed on previous occasions, I have operated an I-502 State legal retail Cannabis shop in Central Washington State, in my hometown of Ellensburg, since August 2014. In those very early days, the Black Market was chuckling at the total ineptitude and ineffectiveness of 502 and beyond any reasonable doubt kicking... Read more
Illinois marijuana legalization proposal advances without public details
There are no details filed yet for a bill to legalize recreational adult-use marijuana in Illinois, but that did not stop the state Senate Executive Committee from voting on the measure Wednesday. As it stands now, Senate Bill 7 is what is referred to as a “shell bill,” or... Read more
N.Y. medical marijuana maker expands into Massachusetts recreational market
Vireo Health, a maker of medical marijuana in New York, is expanding into the recreational marijuana market with the $10 million acquisition this week of a Massachusetts firm. The company bought Mayflower Botanicals Inc., a registered marijuana dispensary certificate holder in Massachusetts. As part of the transaction, Vireo acquired 73 acres... Read more
1st Massachusetts farmers moving toward approval to grow marijuana outdoors
So far, all the marijuana sold in Massachusetts’ legal market has been grown indoors. But that could change. The Cannabis Control Commission on Thursday approved the first two provisional licenses for companies that plan to grow marijuana outdoors in the Berkshires. The licenses went to Theory Wellness and BCWC,... Read more

With state lawmakers debating whether to cap smokable medical marijuana at 10% THC, the plant’s primary psychoactive substance, we asked readers whether lawmakers should be looking into such new restrictions.

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