Month: January 2018 (Page 29)

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Law-enforcement agencies across Michigan are using excess state revenue from medical marijuana patient and caregiver fees to boost enforcement efforts as the state prepares to license dispensaries and cannabis businesses in certain communities under a new regulatory system. Michigan’s 2008 medical marijuana law allows patients and caregivers to grow aContinue Reading

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The ad will be replaced with a different one produced last year that warns that cannabis, unlike cigarettes, can result in charges for driving under the influence. The post California Pulls Drugged-Driving Ad Critics Said Promoted Cannabis appeared first on Leafly. Read More: California Pulls Drugged-Driving Ad CriticsContinue Reading

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Until 2017, the Canadian government trusted licensed producers of cannabis to avoid banned pesticides of their volition. Following high-profile contaminations and a class-action lawsuit, a strict new era of checks and balances has begun. The post Random Testing, Million-Dollar Fines: Canada’s Cannabis Pesticide Crackdown appeared first on Leafly. Continue Reading

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Indiana authorities are apologizing to about 50 businesses after regulators erroneously cited them for selling illegal CBD products. The letters were sent despite assurances by state officials that the store owners wouldn’t be penalized until CBD’s legal status is settled. Indiana’s Alcohol and Tobacco Commission sent the citation letters just beforeContinue Reading

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Odor complaints are leading Washington cannabis cultivator Green Freedom to seek “official” classification as a farm — and thus exemption from penalties around the smell. To most noses, a farm by any other name would not smell as sweet as Green Freedom, Justin Wildhaber’s legal marijuana cultivation operation in westernContinue Reading

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Marijuana stock investors are wagering that Jeff Sessions’ bark will be bigger than his bite. U.S. and Canadian cannabis stocks briefly tumbled after the U.S. attorney general’s blockbuster decision last week to rescind Obama-era protections for the legal cannabis industry. But by Friday’s close, the day after Sessions dropped his bombshell, U.S.Continue Reading

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This new year, one writer resolves to appreciate rosin, the dabbable extract made from applying heat and pressure (often with a hair straightener) directly on cannabis flower or hash, a little bit more. I have a confession to make, and I know it’s one that’s going to cost me someContinue Reading

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A conference on Super Bowl weekend will highlight the issues with prescribing opiates to football players while restricting their access to cannabis. As the National Football League playoffs start this weekend, doctors and athletes will continue to push for the NFL’s players to gain access to medical cannabis — specificallyContinue Reading

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The city that cradled the medical marijuana movement finally goes adult-use legal. Leafly’s Chris Roberts hits the new shops. The post San Francisco Goes Legal: Live Updates appeared first on Leafly. Read More: San Francisco Goes Legal: Live UpdatesContinue Reading