Month: February 2020 (Page 18)

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Three medical marijuana dispensaries in New Jersey moved closer to opening their doors. Regulators awarded permits to grow medical marijuana to three more companies, the state health department said Tuesday: Columbia Care NJ. MPX NJ. Verano. The cultivation licensing round advances a process that began more than a year ago in anContinue Reading

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On Feb. 1, the legendary cannabis breeder Dave Bowman, better known as Subcool, died after a long fight with the rare condition Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, as well as COPD. As the news spread and sent shockwaves throughout the cannabis community, post after post from the world’s leading cannabis figures onContinue Reading

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It has been said that if the issue of nationwide marijuana legalization was put up to a vote in the United States, the people — stoners, soccer moms, entrepreneurs, and even circus freaks — would come out in droves to make damn sure that it passed. After all, some ofContinue Reading

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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis released a guide to help state-chartered financial companies better serve and expand banking services to marijuana companies as well as make MJ businesses safer by not forcing them to rely so heavily on cash transactions. Some areas of focus in the Democratic governor’s “Roadmap to CannabisContinue Reading

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The Australian government held public consultations on a proposal to implement a single medical cannabis license for producers, which experts say would address lengthy delays and disproportionate levels of paperwork facing businesses. The proposal is part of a government-commissioned report written in 2019 by John McMillan – a law professorContinue Reading

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Recreational marijuana stores in Illinois sold almost $40 million worth of product during the state’s first month of legal sales. That is far more than the $6.5 million in recreational marijuana sold in Michigan, which began sales a month earlier than Illinois’ Jan. 1 launch. Illinois also sold more marijuanaContinue Reading

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Businesses have been invited to comment on Trinidad and Tobago’s proposed medical cannabis law, which is intended to form the legal framework for a new industry in the Caribbean’s largest economy. The deadline for submissions is Feb. 14. The Cannabis Control Bill 2019 is currently before the Joint Select CommitteeContinue Reading