Day: December 21, 2018

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When the World Health Organization (WHO) said earlier this year that it would conduct a review of evidence surrounding the cannabis plant and make a recommendation on its legal status, the announcement was heartening news for the global cannabis advocacy community.  Onlookers worldwide waited for months with bated breath toContinue Reading

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Two new rulings from the U.S. Tax Court this week provided more guidance for cannabis companies dealing with 280E – and while one was hailed as a “Christmas present” to the industry, the other was a bit of a holiday downer. The first, which is a follow-up ruling regarding Oakland-basedContinue Reading

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Toronto-based Golden Leaf Holdings announced it won’t pursue a $125 million merger with Terra Tech, a vertically integrated multistate marijuana company that was faces a lawsuit alleging theft, stock manipulation and filing false reports. Golden Leaf and California-based Terra Tech had previously signed a nonbinding letter of intent to merge. TheContinue Reading

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In this edition of The Avid Dabber Will shares some of the best dabs he encountered on his trip to the Emerald Cup this year. The post The Avid Dabber: The Best Dabs of the 2018 Emerald Cup appeared first on Leafly. Read More: The Avid Dabber: TheContinue Reading

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President Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill on Thursday, finally legalizing commercial cultivation of hemp — defined as cannabis with under 0.3 percent THC. Because the law explicitly removes any cannabinoids from hemp other than THC from the Controlled Substances Act, it implicitly makes hemp-derived CBD a legal substance.Continue Reading

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There was a time in most of our young lives when the heady few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas were spent compiling a list of all the fiendish new toys we wanted Santa to bring us. The idea that some strange man with a pack of flying reindeer was comingContinue Reading

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Alaska regulators approved rules for on-site consumption of marijuana at some retail cannabis shops – but local governments, by an ordinance or ballot question, could bar on-premise use or certain types of consumption, such as smoking. Still, Cary Carrigan, the executive director of the Alaska Marijuana Industry Association, called theContinue Reading