Day: June 24, 2016 (Page 2)

NORML's Legislative Round Up June 24th, 2016NORML Blog (blog)The initiative, which is expected to appear on the November ballot, permits adults to legally grow (up to six plants) and possess personal use quantities of cannabis (up to one ounce of flower and/or up to eight grams of concentrate) while alsoContinue Reading

High Hopes For HempWKMSCo-sponsored by Republican Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul of Kentucky and Democratic Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon and Al Franken of Minnesota, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act would amend provisions to the 2014 Farm Bill to allow hemp … Read More: High Hopes For Hemp – WKMSContinue Reading

Marijuana grow facility planned for Wright's MesaThe Daily PlanetPursuant to the county land use code, an SUP must be obtained before a marijuana cultivation facility can be constructed outside of Ilium Industrial Park, where the majority of grow facilities are housed. Alpine Wellness is sourced by an indoor grow …Continue Reading

AgWebColorado Farmer Shatters Hemp's Fiber CeilingAgWebWhen the cache climbed to 1,500 lbs., Loflin, 43, stepped into agriculture's terra incognita and dotted 60 acres of flat ground in extreme southeastern Colorado with hemp seed. And then he waited for Uncle Sam to come knocking. No cease and desist letter. Read More:Continue Reading

Dope MagazineCultivation ComplianceDope MagazineWith the passage of legislature providing California regulations for the medical marijuana industry, growers are facing a fork in the road. Choosing if, how, and when to move into the highly regulated and taxed cannabis industry is a decision currently … Read More: Cultivation Compliance – DopeContinue Reading

Cannabis NowRhode Island Legalizes Hemp!Cannabis NowIn final days of its annual session this week, state lawmakers also licensed medical pot growers, and added post-traumatic stress disorder to the state's medical marijuana program — bolstering support for the sometimes controversial use of medical … Read More: Rhode Island Legalizes Hemp! –Continue Reading

KUNMCongressional Delegation Wants Probe On Food Aid, GOP Candidate Drops Out of Bernalillo DA RaceKUNMThe five-member delegation on Thursday said it wrote to the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to recommend it investigate allegations that the New Mexico Human Services Department falsified asset information on emergency foodContinue Reading

Sheriff's office, BLM eradicate more than 13000 plants from marijuana grow, arrest suspected growerLake County NewsOn April 4, the Sheriff's Narcotics Unit was conducting routine overflight operations in Lake County when its members discovered a large scale marijuana cultivation site in the bottom of drainage, on the south fork ofContinue Reading

The Denver ChannelDenver marijuana grow house license revoked after neighborhood complaintsThe Denver ChannelDENVER – For the first time ever, a Denver marijuana grow house's license was revoked following negative feedback from neighbors. The decision is a victory for neighbors but Starbuds' owner Brian Ruden said he's not going down withoutContinue Reading

The Denver PostStarbuds loses license for Denver marijuana grow in first decision of its kindThe Denver PostNeighborhood push-back against a northeast Denver marijuana grow operation culminated Thursday in the city's first-ever denial of a routine cultivation license renewal. Starbuds, a marijuana chain that grows plants on the second floor ofContinue Reading