Month: November 2016 (Page 4)

Arkansas Government to Establish Medical Marijuana Dispensaries by AprilThe Arkanas TravellerThe Medical Marijuana Commission must begin accepting applications for licenses to operate a dispensary and cultivation facility no later than June 1, 2017, according to the Public Policy Center at the UA System Division of Agriculture's 2016 voter guide. ReadContinue Reading

The Phnom Penh PostProspect for a budding industryThe Phnom Penh PostJim Plamondon, a former technical evangelist for Microsoft, said cannabis, the flowering plant that produces marijuana, was a potential goldmine for the Kingdom's agricultural sector, which employs two-thirds of the country's workforce. He said US … Read More: Prospect forContinue Reading

The Moderate VoiceHigh Time for Questions, Answers as California's Prop 64 Passage Places Marijuana in LimelightThe Moderate VoiceAlthough legal in the state with limits, marijuana sales and transportation is illegal under federal law. Cities and counties may regulate marijuana sales under legalization. Key players are the state's departments of foodContinue Reading

To Boost Hemp Farmers, Colorado Gives Stamp Of Approval To SeedsKUNCThe certification also ensures that farmers won't break federal law by cultivating plants above the legal threshold for THC, the psychoactive compound found in cannabis. Hemp that tests above a concentration of 0.3 percent THC must be destroyed …and more »Continue Reading

Richmond moving to temporarily ban marijuana retail stores, social clubsKennebec Journal & Morning SentinelThe Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is the state agency tasked with putting rules in place to govern retail shops and social clubs, and it has nine months to put those rules in place. BecauseContinue Reading

Richmond moving to temporarily ban marijuana retail and social clubsKennebec Journal & Morning SentinelThe Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is the state agency tasked with putting rules in place to govern retail shops and social clubs, and it has nine months to put those rules in place. BecauseContinue Reading

Judge: Board wrongly barred medical marijuana grow operationWashington TimesSOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) – A judge has ruled that a licensed medical marijuana growing operation on the site of a former Wakefield movie theater can stay. The Providence Journal reported (http://bit.ly/2fIwwCF ) Tuesday that the judge found the South … Read More:Continue Reading

Patch.comCourt Says Marijuana Grow Operation OK for Wakefield DowntownPatch.comSOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI — Jordan Carlson is a medical marijuana patient, according to Superior Court papers. He was renting a commercial property, the former Campus Cinema ay 17 Columbia St., Wakefield, to grow his plants. In March 2014, firefighters …and more » Read More:Continue Reading

RK Health Insights 29 November 2016Lexology (registration)The Minister for Health, Aged Care and Sport, The Hon Sussan Ley, has announced that businesses may now apply for a licence to cultivate cannabis for medicinal purposes, to manufacture medicinal cannabis products or to conduct medicinal cannabis … Read More: RK Health Insights 29Continue Reading

Cannabis Companies Press on in Exploding Legal Marijuana MarketPR Newswire (press release)TERRA TECH CORP (OTCQX: TRTC) based in Newport Beach , a cannabis-focused agriculture company yesterday announced that Derek Peterson , Chief Executive Officer, will present live at VirtualInvestorConferences.com on December 1, 2016 . Read More: Cannabis Companies Press onContinue Reading