Category: Cannabusiness

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Cannabis business news, commentary and analysis

October 11, 2013
10/11/2013
Pueblo County, CO Sets Recreational Cannabis Rules and Fees

Pueblo County, CO Sets Recreational Cannabis Rules and Fees

Pueblo County, Colorado has set its rules and licensing fees for recreational cannabis businesses. Pueblo County is one of only seven counties in Colorado so far to...
October 11, 2013
10/11/2013
Edibles Review: The Growing Kitchen Zoom Ball

Edibles Review: The Growing Kitchen Zoom Ball

Edibles from a medical marijuana dispensary can often be overwhelming to the un-seasoned Weedist. Even the most experienced smoker can often find themselves in over their head...
October 11, 2013
10/11/2013
Silk Road’s Prices for Cannabis Around the World

Silk Road’s Prices for Cannabis Around the World

Before Silk Road was busted, Price Geek managed to acquire their prices for cannabis from several countries around the world. Prices in the US are relatively low...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.09)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.09)

The feds back off in some Southern California asset forfeiture cases, an Iowa newspaper tells local authorities to back off from prosecuting a cancer patient, and several...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Tales From the Grow: 24-Hour Lease

Tales From the Grow: 24-Hour Lease

The summer sun still crested the October sky on one of those northwest days that brought piercing heat at its zenith and winter cold once it fell...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Cannabis Cosmeceuticals Coming Following Skin Cancer Study

Cannabis Cosmeceuticals Coming Following Skin Cancer Study

Japanese scientists recently found that synthetic cannabinoids act as a powerful anti-inflammatory and reduce skin cancer by 90% in mice. Here come the cannabis cosmeceuticals, folks.
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Nevada Medical Marijuana Program Called Discriminatory

Nevada Medical Marijuana Program Called Discriminatory

Proposed regulations for Nevada’s medical marijuana program seem to discriminate against the poor, both because hopeful entrepreneurs need an extra $250,000 laying around and because the home...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Colorado Farmer Harvests First US Hemp Crop in 56 Years

Colorado Farmer Harvests First US Hemp Crop in 56 Years

Ryan Loflin, a Colorado farmer, harvested the first US hemp crop since 1957 last weekend. The 55-acre crop will be used for hemp seed, oils and, of...
October 8, 2013
10/08/2013
Colorado Mountain Resorts Gear Up For Recreational Marijuana

Colorado Mountain Resorts Gear Up For Recreational Marijuana

With recreational shops preparing to open by the end of winter, Colorado mountain resort towns are deciding where they stand on the sales. Telluride, Aspen, Breckenridge, Steamboat...
October 7, 2013
10/07/2013
Washington To Hold Cannabis Business Licensing Seminars

Washington To Hold Cannabis Business Licensing Seminars

Licensing staff from Washington’s Liquor Control Board have scheduled several seminars to inform interested entrepreneurs about the cannabis business licensing process.
October 7, 2013
10/07/2013
Nevada Releases Draft Of Medical Marijuana Regulations

Nevada Releases Draft Of Medical Marijuana Regulations

On Friday, Nevada’s Department of Public and Behavioral Health released an 80 page draft of proposed medical marijuana regulations for the state. Public forums on the regulations...
October 7, 2013
10/07/2013
Pot Prices – September 2013

Pot Prices – September 2013

High Times reports that US pot prices, kind and mids finished below August averages, with schwag climbing slightly. The US Price Index dropped to its lowest point since January...
October 4, 2013
10/04/2013
Piece of the Week | Stax Interchangeable Bong System

Piece of the Week | Stax Interchangeable Bong System

Did you enjoy Lego as a kid? Do you still? Well then I’ve got the bong system for you… Stax from Grav Labs in Austin, Texas. Stax...
October 4, 2013
10/04/2013
Why More Women Should Grow Marijuana

Why More Women Should Grow Marijuana

Lately there has been a lot of editorial coverage about women not being at home in the world of weed. While I am glad to see this...
October 4, 2013
10/04/2013
Colorado’s Marijuana Tax Debate Heating Up

Colorado’s Marijuana Tax Debate Heating Up

With the vote on Proposition AA, Colorado’s proposed 25% marijuana tax, coming up next month the debate over the taxes are heating up. Activists against the tax...
October 3, 2013
10/03/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.02)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.02)

California localities continue to grapple with medical marijuana issues; meanwhile, officials in three states are moving forward with implementing medical marijuana laws, and a key Kentucky politician...
October 3, 2013
10/03/2013
Boro Derby 2013 Seattle Begins Tomorrow: Glass World Faces and Races Off

Boro Derby 2013 Seattle Begins Tomorrow: Glass World Faces and Races Off

The elite artists of the borosilicate glass world (ya know, the crazy headie pipe guys) are making truly unprecedented money right now. Wouldn’t it be nice if...
October 3, 2013
10/03/2013
Colorado Accepting Applications for Retail Cannabis Outlets

Colorado Accepting Applications for Retail Cannabis Outlets

The state of Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division yesterday began accepting formal applications from those seeking to open the first-in-the-nation retail cannabis outlets. The agency had accepted 23...
October 2, 2013
10/02/2013
Nintendank Enlightenment System Retro Dab Pins

Nintendank Enlightenment System Retro Dab Pins

Now You’re Playing with Flower Power As we noted, dab enthusiasts are highly fond of dab pins–a collector’s style pin with pop culture references cleverly parodied to...
October 1, 2013
10/01/2013
My Favorite Strains: Fruity Pebbles Shatter BHO

My Favorite Strains: Fruity Pebbles Shatter BHO

Dopefam, I have got to tell you that this errl was the shit. Avid taste testers should know Fruity Pebbles by now. To me these flowers smell...