Month: March 2017 (Page 49)

Financial PostMarijuana stocks get bounce after dispensary raids throughout the countryFinancial PostPublicly-traded marijuana companies had a rough week but got a bounce Thursday following news of raids at the Cannabis Culture dispensary chain owned by Marc and Jodie Emery. The outspoken marijuana activists were arrested at Toronto's Pearson …and more » ReadContinue Reading

NBC4i.comMedical marijuana group exploring Wilmington siteHillsboro Times GazetteCannAscend Ohio LLC issued a press release Wednesday to announce its plans to build on Davids Drive, pending state licensing of the group's application to grow medical cannabis, which was legalized in Ohio in 2016. They plan to apply for one of 12Continue Reading

Marijuana.com (blog)Colorado Home Grow Bill Aims to Eradicate the Black MarketMarijuana.com (blog)A Colorado House committee voted 11-2 Tuesday in favor of House Bill 17-1220, a bill that would definitively limit Colorado home growers to 12 cannabis plants per residential home in an effort to eradicate Colorado's black market. Colorado residentsContinue Reading

Springfield News-LeaderSpringfield man accused of making child porn, growing marijuanaSpringfield News-LeaderFederal investigators say they found a marijuana grow operation and homemade child porn after raiding a Springfield home last week. Corey Dean Frasher, 41, was charged in federal court Tuesday with sexual exploitation of a child after investigators say …Continue Reading

Sierra News Online (press release) (registration) (blog)Agricultural Cannabis Growers Now Eligible For PG&E Ag Rate …Sierra News Online (press release) (registration) (blog)SAN FRANCISCO — While recreational marijuana cannot be sold in California until January 2018, PG&E has announced that existing medical marijuana …and more » Read More: Agricultural Cannabis Growers Now EligibleContinue Reading

Agricultural Cannabis Growers Now Eligible For PG&E Ag RateSierra News Online (press release) (registration) (blog)SAN FRANCISCO — While recreational marijuana cannot be sold in California until January 2018, PG&E has announced that existing medical marijuana growers and future recreational marijuana growers will be eligible as of Mar. 1 for PG&E'sContinue Reading

Council: Keep marijuana restrictions – Gustine Press-StandardGustine Press-StandardNEWMAN – The City Council last week signaled its intention to regulate indoor marijuana cultivation through a permitting process and to retain existing bans on …and more » Read More: Council: Keep marijuana restrictions – Gustine Press-Standard – Gustine Press-StandardContinue Reading

Council: Keep marijuana restrictionsGustine Press-StandardNEWMAN – The City Council last week signaled its intention to regulate indoor marijuana cultivation through a permitting process and to retain existing bans on outdoor cultivation and any commercial activity relating to cannabis. That direction came …and more » Read More: Council: Keep marijuana restrictions –Continue Reading

Cannabis and Narcotics for Medicinal use in MexicoLexology (registration)Four members of a Mexican non-governmental organization (NGO) contested the refusal of a petition filed before COFEPRIS to plant, cultivate, prepare, possess and transport cannabis for “recreational" use. They argued in part that the basis of the … Read More: Cannabis andContinue Reading

Detroit Free PressNo charges for bed of screws that impaled officer at marijuana siteDetroit Free PressWYOMING, Mich. — A break-in at a medical marijuana grow facility that left a Wyoming police officer with puncture wounds to his feet has generated criminal charges against a licensed caregiver for having too manyContinue Reading