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OCRegisterCalifornia looks to build $7 billion legal marijuana economyOCRegisterDepartment of Food and Agriculture: $23.4 million, to develop regulations for marijuana cultivation, including licenses for growers. • Board of Equalization: $5.3 million, to notify businesses of new tax requirements and update systems to process taxes.and more » Read More: California looks toContinue Reading

Voice of San DiegoPot Is Legal – But in San Diego, Growing, Storing and Testing it May …Voice of San DiegoThough recreational marijuana use is now legal statewide, no place in the county is considering allowing the activities involved in creating and distributing it.and more » Read More: Pot Is LegalContinue Reading

Voice of San DiegoPot Is Legal – But in San Diego, Growing, Storing and Testing it May Not BeVoice of San Diego“We are extremely concerned by this irresponsible proposal; specifically, its language prohibiting medical marijuana cultivation, manufacturing and especially testing in the San Diego City Zoning code,” wrote PharmLabs CEOContinue Reading

Financial PostWhy smaller banks take bigger slice of the growing medical marijuana businessFinancial PostThe buzz around the cannabis business in 2016 reached an inflection point with medical marijuana companies raising more than $466 million on Canadian capital markets last year. Two years into Canada's commercial medical marijuana market, companies … ReadContinue Reading

San Francisco ExaminerSF places interim restrictions on future cannabis growersSan Francisco ExaminerThe challenges include community acceptance of the operations, but also the conflicts with the manufacturing industry which uses PDR space. “Making sure that existing non-indoor [agriculture] cannabis PDR space is maintained is an interest,” Peskin said. Read More: SFContinue Reading

Weed NewsMarijuana is Officially Legal in Maine | Weed NewsWeed NewsMarijuana is Officially Legal in Maine. The possession and cultivation of cannabis is legal on Monday, January 30, despite hostility from governor Paul Lepage.Everything You Need to Know About Recreational Marijuana in MaineMarijuana.com (blog)Maine girds for marijuana legalization next weekConwayContinue Reading

Weed NewsMarijuana is Officially Legal in MaineWeed NewsThe Pine Tree State passed cannabis legalization along with Massachusetts, California and Nevada in 2016 and the state's residents have had to wait the longest of all of the legalized states to legally cultivate and possess cannabis. The wait is …Maine girds forContinue Reading

WMTW PortlandWhat you can and can't do now that marijuana is legal in MaineWMTW PortlandThe governor had said last week he wanted the Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages & Lottery Operations to oversee legal marijuana, instead of the Department of Agriculture. “The era of marijuana prohibition in Maine is finallyContinue Reading

WMTW PortlandRecreational marijuana becomes legal in Maine – WMTWWMTW PortlandRecreational marijuana became legal in Maine at 12 a.m. Monday.Recreational marijuana becomes legal in MaineWGMEall 3 news articles » Read More: Recreational marijuana becomes legal in Maine – WMTW – WMTW PortlandContinue Reading

WMTW PortlandRecreational marijuana becomes legal in MaineWMTW PortlandThe governor had said last week he wanted the Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages & Lottery Operations to oversee legal marijuana, instead of the Department of Agriculture. “The era of marijuana prohibition in Maine is finally coming to an end,” David …and more » ReadContinue Reading