Category: Cannabusiness

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Cannabis business news, commentary and analysis

August 22, 2013
08/22/2013
Colorado To Begin Cannabis Seed-To-Sale Tracking In October

Colorado To Begin Cannabis Seed-To-Sale Tracking In October

Years after such a system was supposed to be in place for medical marijuana, Colorado regulators are preparing to roll out a system using radio frequency tags...
August 22, 2013
08/22/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.08.21)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.08.21)

Dispensaries get regulation in Oregon, a dispensary will open in Delaware, and they’re already popping up in Arizona. There’s more medical marijuana news, too; let’s get to...
August 21, 2013
08/21/2013
Forbes: Why Legal Marijuana Is a Good Argument for Tax Reform

Forbes: Why Legal Marijuana Is a Good Argument for Tax Reform

Forbes’ Howard Gleckman describes the motivation behind the legal marijuana industry’s eagerness to pay taxes: to be able to deduct expenses. He then uses this example to...
August 21, 2013
08/21/2013
Connecticut Agency Addresses Concerns About MMJ Regulations

Connecticut Agency Addresses Concerns About MMJ Regulations

Connecticut’s Department of Consumer Protection released revised regulations for the medical marijuana industry in the state. Issues that were addressed include limiting background checks for caregivers and...
August 21, 2013
08/21/2013
Last Obstacle for CA Patients: Police Lobbyists

Last Obstacle for CA Patients: Police Lobbyists

On Huffington Post, Americans for Safe Access’ Executive Director Steph Sherer details the last and oldest obstacle to regulate dispensaries in California: police lobbyists. Ever since medical...
August 20, 2013
08/20/2013
New Jersey Dispensary to Provide Meds to Sick Kids for Free

New Jersey Dispensary to Provide Meds to Sick Kids for Free

Thanks to the fact that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has finally eased access to medical marijuana for minors, Compassionate Care Centers of America Foundation, Inc. has said...
August 20, 2013
08/20/2013
Michigan Medical Marijuana Conference Coming to Ann Arbor

Michigan Medical Marijuana Conference Coming to Ann Arbor

For the third time, Ann Arbor will be home to the Michigan Medical Marijuana Conference. The conference will showcase speakers, discussions and classes for activists, workers and...
August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
Delaware Governor Moves on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Delaware Governor Moves on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

More than two years after signing a medical marijuana bill into law, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell (D) signaled Thursday that he is ready to move forward with...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Will Fox and Shively Mark the End of Cannabis Artisanship?

Will Fox and Shively Mark the End of Cannabis Artisanship?

Earlier this summer Vicente Fox, former Mexican president and Coca-Cola Mexico president, met with Big Marijuana self-prophesied computer nerd turned drug tycoon Jamen Shively. The news conference...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Most Americans Now Live in States That Reject Prohibition

Most Americans Now Live in States That Reject Prohibition

In a great article on Huffington Post, Marijuana Policy Project’s Rob Kampia reports that with the recent passage of Illinois’ medical marijuana law, most of our nation’s...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Oregon: Governor Signs Law Authorizing Cannabis Dispensaries

Oregon: Governor Signs Law Authorizing Cannabis Dispensaries

Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber today signed legislation, House Bill 3460, into law establishing regulations for the creation of state-licensed medical cannabis facilities. The law tasks the Oregon Health Authority with...
August 15, 2013
08/15/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.08.14)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.08.14)

Medical marijuana wars continue in California, a Michigan town gets intrusive, Nevada prepares to rake in the dough from dispensaries, and Washington patients organize in the face...
August 14, 2013
08/14/2013
Product Review for the Stoner Spy: The Buckle Puffer

Product Review for the Stoner Spy: The Buckle Puffer

“The name is Bong, James Bong.” If there ever was a weed superspy or crime fighter in our midst, I’m almost certain they would have a Buckle...
August 13, 2013
08/13/2013
Product Review: Kush Creams, Aloe and Cannabis Extract Face Cream

Product Review: Kush Creams, Aloe and Cannabis Extract Face Cream

The founder of Kush Creams, Megan Schwarting, read my earlier product review and liked it so much that she sent me a free jar of their face...
By: Anna Diaz
August 12, 2013
08/12/2013
Denver City Council to Meet on Recreational Marijuana Issues

Denver City Council to Meet on Recreational Marijuana Issues

The Denver City Council is holding a meeting this afternoon to discuss the regulation of recreational marijuana in the city. Among the issues the council will address...
August 12, 2013
08/12/2013
Chicago Business Symposium to Focus on Medical Cannabis

Chicago Business Symposium to Focus on Medical Cannabis

With Illinois’ medical cannabis industry just about to come to life, an upcoming business symposium will help potential business owners and investors learn about the industry and...
August 8, 2013
08/08/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.08.07)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.08.07)

Illinois joins the ranks of the medical marijuana states; meanwhile, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Jersey are moving to put their medical marijuana programs in place, and there’s...
August 7, 2013
08/07/2013
Chicago Opens First Illinois Medical Marijuana Clinic Today

Chicago Opens First Illinois Medical Marijuana Clinic Today

Good Intentions, the first Illinois medical marijuana clinic set to open after the recent signing of the state’s medical marijuana law, is set to open today in...
August 6, 2013
08/06/2013
Denver DA Makes Ludicrous Claims; Links MMJ to Murder

Denver DA Makes Ludicrous Claims; Links MMJ to Murder

At a Denver City Council hearing held on Monday to discuss implementing a 5% marijuana sales tax, Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey held the floor to claim that medical...
August 5, 2013
08/05/2013
Protests Over Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Law on Caregivers

Protests Over Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Law on Caregivers

Massachusetts medical marijuana advocates are outraged with the Department of Public Health, tasked with writing the rules and regulations for the use and distribution of cannabis, after deciding that...