Month: June 2016 (Page 33)

Investing News Network (press release) (registration) (blog)19 Canadian Marijuana Stocks – Investing News NetworkInvesting News Network (press release) (registration) (blog)Calyx is an agri-tech company which owns a portfolio of proprietary intellectual property with applications in crop enhancement, as well as a software platform tailored to the advanced indoor agriculture sector.Continue Reading

Triple Pundit (registration) (blog)16 Canadian Marijuana StocksInvesting News Network (press release) (registration) (blog)The move gets Canada one step closer to legalizing cannabis for recreational use, a subject that is no doubt top of mind for investors in Canadian marijuana stocks. A number of states and provinces in Canada and theContinue Reading

Statesman Journal3 Monmouth men caught trying to burglarize marijuana growStatesman JournalThree Monmouth men attempted to burglarize a marijuana grow site at a residence in Linn County and led deputies on a more than 100 mph chase before they were arrested early Monday morning, officials said. According to the police report:Continue Reading

Capital PressPetition asks DEA to quit treating industrial hemp like marijuanaCapital PressThe petition letter says state economies, the environment and national security “would greatly benefit from the re-commercialization of industrial hemp in domestic agriculture and manufacturing.” Industrial hemp is a variety of cannabis, but lacks the …DEA Asked to DescheduleContinue Reading

Police: Panama City couple charged after grow house foundThe News HeraldThe couple, 37-year-old Jason Joseph Fluhr and 37-year-old Jennifer Lynn Fluhr, appeared in court Friday for their first appearance on charges of felony marijuana cultivation and felony child neglect. PCPD reported the Fluhrs had an elaborate grow … Read More: Police:Continue Reading

The Denver ChannelColorado State University-Pueblo getting $270000 to study medical marijuana and cannabis industryThe Denver ChannelThe community impact research could involve studies on the energy and water consumed to cultivate marijuana and the money the industry infuses into the community versus the cost of regulating the industry, according to ParisContinue Reading

TreehuggerHarvesting Liberty: Short film explores reintroduction of industrial hemp to USTreehuggerIndustrial hemp farming could play a big role in providing economic stability in impoverished areas, creating jobs and businesses for veterans, and growing a sustainable and regenerative agriculture movement. Too bad it's still … hemp at its core … ReadContinue Reading

Natural Products INSIDER (blog)DEA Asked to Deschedule Industrial Hemp 16 Years after Petition RejectedNatural Products INSIDER (blog)Had the 1998 petition been granted, cannabis plants containing little of the psychoactive ingredient THC—1 percent or less—would have been removed from the schedules of controlled substances, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture overseeingContinue Reading

The CannabistNorth Carolina House committee approves industrial hemp research studyThe CannabistAfter the House Agriculture Committee in North Carolina was reassured that hemp grows differently from medical or recreational marijuana plants, it voted to approve the cultivation of industrial hemp. (Brent Lewis, The Denver Post) … Read More: North Carolina House committeeContinue Reading

Corvallis Gazette TimesWould-be burglars target marijuana grow, arrested after pursuitCorvallis Gazette TimesFile Photo by Andy Cripe, Mid-Valley Sunday. The Linn County Sheriff's Office arrested three Monmouth men early Monday morning after they allegedly tried to burglarize a Shedd marijuana grow and fled deputies at more than 100 mph on HighwayContinue Reading