Month: September 2017 (Page 23)

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Medical cannabis just found an unlikely ally in Utah Republican Orrin Hatch. Hatch, who has served in the U.S. Senate since 1977, has introduced the Marijuana Effective Drug Study Act of 2017 (MEDS Act), according to Fortune. If approved by Congress, the bipartisan measure would ease barriers to research into theContinue Reading

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One year ahead of adult-use marijuana legalization, Canada’s licensed producers continue to bolster their inventories of cannabis, according to fresh data from Health Canada. Despite the stockpiling, LPs still have a long way to go to meet anticipated recreational and medical demand. Adult-use legalization is scheduled to take effect inContinue Reading

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By Omar Sacirbey A Colorado-based credit union believes it may have the solution to marijuana businesses’ banking issues, one that it hopes will be available in six states by the end of this year and about 20 by the end of 2018. Sundie Seefried – the CEO of Partner ColoradoContinue Reading

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Arkansas medical marijuana program is facing a lack of doctors willing to recommend cannabis to patients. As the old saw says, horses dragged to cool streams can’t be forced to stand and sip. But what about thirsty horses who know there’s water? They can hear it! Everyone’s talking about it!Continue Reading

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Some fundamentally good news for the American cannabis industry: Adult marijuana use is steadily increasing. That’s according to findings from two different studies – the National Survey on Drug Use and Health and a report from the Public Health Institute. The National Survey found that, in 2016: Nearly 21% ofContinue Reading

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Will and Bailey dish on Burning Man, a high-end dab rig gets a workout, and Bailey pro-tips a new way to make hash pucks with pencils. The post Podcast: What Are You Smoking? Ep 9, The Avid Dabber appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Podcast: What Are YouContinue Reading

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The state is betting that the dangers of electronic banking through a single app and credit union are lower than the dangers of cash-flooded dispensaries. The Governor of Hawaii announced Tuesday that the state intends to make its medical marijuana program cashless at the end of the month. Governor DavidContinue Reading

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Tuatara Capital, a New York-based canna-centric investment private equity fund, has invested $3.3 million in marijuana extracts company Green Dot Labs. Boulder, Colorado-based Green Dot Labs initially had sought raise $2.6 million in its Series A round, but Tuatara supplied all of the funding – and then some – aContinue Reading