Category: Cannabusiness

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Cannabis business news, commentary and analysis

September 19, 2013
09/19/2013
Tolerating Pot With a Frown – the Feds Had Little Choice

Tolerating Pot With a Frown – the Feds Had Little Choice

In a great article on Reason, Jacob Sullum explains that the federal government had little choice but to accept the legalization of cannabis in Washington and Colorado....
September 19, 2013
09/19/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.09.18)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.09.18)

A California dispensary regulation bill dies, the dark ages return to San Diego, Massachusetts towns enact moratoria, New Jersey gives a loan to a dispensary, and more....
September 18, 2013
09/18/2013
Healthstones: a Great Glass Addition to Your Dab Toolkit

Healthstones: a Great Glass Addition to Your Dab Toolkit

A joke: When asked how much his glass collection cost, Carl Sagan responded: “Thousands and thousands and thousands.” A solid glass collection requires some serious funding. While...
September 18, 2013
09/18/2013
Interim Zoning Rules: A Smarter Alternative to Moratoriums

Interim Zoning Rules: A Smarter Alternative to Moratoriums

Bainbridge, Washington is considering interim zoning rules for retail marijuana shops, primarily because they know a moratorium sends the wrong message to voters that approved legalization. The...
September 18, 2013
09/18/2013
Perspective: Dispensaries Already Are Permitted in San Diego

Perspective: Dispensaries Already Are Permitted in San Diego

At last week’s San Diego ASA meeting held Giovanni’s, aside from Councilmember Alvarez, we also heard from several attorneys. Among them, Attorney Nathan Shaman spoke about Andrew...
September 18, 2013
09/18/2013
DOJ Memo Taken as Green Light for Hemp Production in Oregon

DOJ Memo Taken as Green Light for Hemp Production in Oregon

Senator Floyd Prozanski, a Democrat from Eugene, co-sponsored Senate Bill 676 which permits the industrial production and processing of hemp. Although the law made Oregon one of...
By: Mercedys
September 18, 2013
09/18/2013
Denver City Council Passes Regulations for Retail Cannabis

Denver City Council Passes Regulations for Retail Cannabis

Monday night Denver’s city council passed its regulations for retail cannabis dispensaries in the city. The regulations determine where dispensaries can be located and set the application...
September 16, 2013
09/16/2013
Funny Dab Pun T-Shirts

Funny Dab Pun T-Shirts

Dabs and dab culture continue to spread exponentially around the MJ space. The scene is moving so quickly it’s tough to keep up. With new pipe styles...
September 16, 2013
09/16/2013
New Jersey Approves Medical Marijuana Dispensary Loan

New Jersey Approves Medical Marijuana Dispensary Loan

New Jersey’s Economic Developmental Authority approved a loan of $357,000 to a dispensary that hopes to open in October. The Compassionate Care Foundation hopes to serve about...
September 16, 2013
09/16/2013
Long Beach To Draft Regulations To Allow Dispensaries

Long Beach To Draft Regulations To Allow Dispensaries

The city council of Long Beach, California unanimously voted to draft an ordinance to regulate and allow medical marijuana dispensaries. The ordinance will be drafted by the...
September 16, 2013
09/16/2013
Aspen, CO Outlines Regulations For Marijuana Businesses

Aspen, CO Outlines Regulations For Marijuana Businesses

Aspen, Colorado has prepared recommendations for the city council for regulating marijuana businesses. The recommendations are to limit the initial number of shops, prohibit private cannabis clubs...
September 16, 2013
09/16/2013
Hemp in the Time of New Federal Marijuana Policy

Hemp in the Time of New Federal Marijuana Policy

It’s not just medical and legal marijuana states that watched the Justice Department’s announcement of its response to marijuana law reforms in the states with interest. Nine...
September 13, 2013
09/13/2013
Earl Blumenauer, Grover Norquist Push Marijuana Tax Reform

Earl Blumenauer, Grover Norquist Push Marijuana Tax Reform

In yet another case of people with disparate political ideas coming together to support marijuana policy reform, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) president...
September 12, 2013
09/12/2013
Cannabis Crowd Funding | Rolet – Smoke Socially

Cannabis Crowd Funding | Rolet – Smoke Socially

With Eric Holder’s recent statement about allowing Colorado & Washington cannabis legalization to go unchallenged by the Feds has taken the Green Rush up another notch. Here’s...
September 12, 2013
09/12/2013
Breckenridge, CO Bans Downtown Cannabis Dispensaries

Breckenridge, CO Bans Downtown Cannabis Dispensaries

The Breckenridge Town Council voted 4-1 (with 2 absent council members) to ban retail and medical cannabis dispensaries in its downtown area. The single dispensary, the Breckenridge Cannabis...
September 12, 2013
09/12/2013
Legal Marijuana States Move Forward With Rules

Legal Marijuana States Move Forward With Rules

Colorado this week became the first legal marijuana state to set its final rules for pot commerce, but Washington state isn’t far behind. Voters in the two...
September 12, 2013
09/12/2013
Finally, Recognition of Medical Value of Cannabis

Finally, Recognition of Medical Value of Cannabis

Recently, with little fanfare, Gov. John Kitzhaber signed House Bill 3460 into law, creating a regulated supply system for medical marijuana. Finally, patients will have legal and...
By: Jim Greig
September 12, 2013
09/12/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.09.11)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.09.11)

Comments in the Senate Judiciary Committee provided hope that medical marijuana’s banking problems may be ending, California communities continue to tussle over the issue, and a New...
September 11, 2013
09/11/2013
Free Joints Handed Out At Denver Protest Of Tax Proposal

Free Joints Handed Out At Denver Protest Of Tax Proposal

Protesters gathered in Denver’s Civic Center Park Monday to slam Proposition AA, the statewide recreational marijuana tax proposal that will be decided by Colorado voters in November....
September 11, 2013
09/11/2013
Big Marijuana? How About Be Afraid of Big-time Prohibitionists?

Big Marijuana? How About Be Afraid of Big-time Prohibitionists?

A fellow named David Frum recently wrote an anti-cannabusiness screed on CNN.com entitled “Be Afraid of Big Marijuana.” Frum is a Prohibitionist yammerer who’s on the Board of Directors...