Month: July 2016 (Page 16)

Statesman JournalSalem city councilors discuss marijuana grow zones, approve large tax abatementStatesman JournalSalem city councilors approved a five-figure tax abatement and discussed amendments to recreational marijuana grow zoning and at a city council meeting Wednesday evening. A five-year tax abatement under the Salem Enterprise Zone was approved for a … ReadContinue Reading

Alaska Dispatch NewsAnchorage's first commercial marijuana grows look for Assembly approval TuesdayAlaska Dispatch NewsThorp was also the first to apply for a cannabis retail store license in Anchorage. Should the city find that application complete, he'll be on the Oct. 18 Assembly agenda, which means the first retail store inContinue Reading

Growing medical marijuana in SLO CountyLompoc RecordUnder current land-use ordinances, cultivation of marijuana — medical or otherwise — isn't a permissible use, and the supervisors would need to amend the county's general plan and local coastal plan to permit growing of medical cannabis locally …and more » Read More: Growing medicalContinue Reading

Growing medical marijuana in SLO County | Local News …Santa Maria Times (subscription)San Luis Obispo County could take the next step toward possibly implementing rules for growing medical marijuana within unincorporated areas of the county …and more » Read More: Growing medical marijuana in SLO County | Local News … – SantaContinue Reading

Growing medical marijuana in SLO CountySanta Maria Times (subscription)Under current land-use ordinances, cultivation of marijuana — medical or otherwise — isn't a permissible use, and the supervisors would need to amend the county's general plan and local coastal plan to permit growing of medical cannabis locally …and more » Read More:Continue Reading

Craig Daily PressVote on rural pot grows in Routt County prepped for Nov. 8 ballot …Craig Daily PressThe intent behind putting the pot question on the November ballot is to have a tax in effect if commissioners lift the moratorium and begin hearing permit …and more » Read More: Vote on ruralContinue Reading

Craig Daily PressVote on rural pot grows in Routt County prepped for Nov. 8 ballotCraig Daily PressThe vote would come in the form of a ballot question that would allow the county, as permitted by state statute, to collect a 5 percent excise tax on the first sale of unprocessedContinue Reading

Financial PostCanopy Growth soars to five-month high as weed stock jumps to TSXFinancial PostMarijuana grower Canopy Growth Corp. surged to the highest in five months after becoming the first weed producer in North America to graduate to a major exchange. Shares of Smiths Falls, Ont.-based Canopy, which will take itsContinue Reading

Above the LawBeware California's 8 Great Marijuana Industry Pitfalls | Above the LawAbove the LawDon't fall prey to any of these cannabis industry pitfalls.and more » Read More: Beware California's 8 Great Marijuana Industry Pitfalls | Above the Law – Above the LawContinue Reading

Above the LawBeware California's 8 Great Marijuana Industry PitfallsAbove the Law… memo, interpreted those laws to mean that qualified patients could form “collectives” (e.g., nonprofit mutual benefit corporations) or statutory nonprofit cooperatives to “collectively or cooperatively” cultivate and/or distribute medical marijuana … Read More: Beware California's 8 Great Marijuana IndustryContinue Reading