Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed off on historic new rules setting regulations into California’s medical marijuana industry, much to the delight of many industry workers and advocates applauding the decision.

After signing a trio of bills Friday night, Brown approved the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act (MMRSA), which will aim to bring a standard of quality to the state’s medical cannabis industry, MSNBC reports.

The Silence of the Lambs

You wouldn’t know it by reading the news or by viewing the webpages of major marijuana reform and medical marijuana groups, and if you did, some would offer no endorsement. But tomorrow, we are just three weeks away from residents of Ohio voting whether marijuana shall be legal for all adults to possess, use, cultivate, and process.

Salesman Floyd Hardrick, right, 24, of Detroit assists Lisa Price, 55, of Detroit at 420 Dank. Price is suffering from Degenerative Disc Disease and has a medical marijuana license. (Photo: Salwan Georges, Detroit Free Press)

Concerned Detroiters who cringe at the rapid spread of marijuana dispensaries and medical card-holders who rely on the product for treatment packed a public hearing today to debate proposed regulations of the city's medical marijuana industry.

On Friday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law three bills that, for the first time, regulate California's massive multi billion-dollar medical cannabis industry on a state level.

For the first time, commercial marijuana activity is expressly allowed under state law. Sales and turning a profit — both long considered no-no's for cannabis growers and sellers by law enforcement — are OK. Growers, sellers, testers, transporters and manufacturers will be licensed, and all of it will be overseen by a new Bureau of Medical Marijuana regulation, run by a "weed czar" to be appointed by the governor.

Meanwhile, individual medical cannabis patients will be allowed to grow and smoke limited amounts without any license required.

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The “Marijuana Don”, Michael Straumietis, will soon appear on the number one TV show of the number one network in Europe, RTL's “Explosiv” with Hans Werner Huebner. The audience is expected to weigh in at least 25-50 million viewers throughout Europe.

The internet—including breaking news on TMZ, Business Insider, Tech Insider, Daily Mail UK—is calling Straumietis the “Dan Bilzerian of weed”, thanks to the recent explosion of followers on his Instagram feed, @marijuanadon.

The legal marijuana industry continues to grow as more and more states legalize the drug in some form. But despite the fact that the industry already generates billions of dollars in sales per year, marijuana entrepreneurs still struggle to find a way to store and manage all of the cash rolling in from the green rush.

The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has moved to clarify claims that the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) has sought permission from the Government to import some 100 ganja seeds for a pilot project.

Responding to a story published in The Gleaner last Friday, the CLA noted that the importation of ganja remains illegal.

"The authority is working tirelessly to have regulations in place in the coming months, but until such time, no one can legally import ganja, in any form, into the country as it remains illegal. The CLA wants to make this very clear to the public. Importing or exporting ganja is an illegal activity in Jamaica," said CLA chairman Dr Andre Gordon.

Donald Morse looked at a former coffee shop in Oregon City when he was planning to open his medical marijuana dispensary. The rent was $3,500 and Clackamas County officials had at the time placed a moratorium on the sale of medical marijuana inside county limits.

Morse passed, deciding he'd rather have a more stable business location.

A year later, he noticed the spot was on the market again. For the rights to the lease and a medical marijuana retail license, the seller wanted $1.2 million. The price sounded absurdly high.

In an effort to increase revenue, Amoeba Music is looking to expand its business beyond selling music as it competes for a permit to open Berkeley’s fourth medical marijuana dispensary.

Berkeley is currently host to three legal medical marijuana dispensaries. In 2010, Berkeley voters passed Measure T, which allowed for the creation of a fourth dispensary.

If Amoeba is chosen to receive the permit, it plans to pull merchandise from its current jazz and classical room, consolidating the store into one main space. The jazz and classical room would be converted into a completely separate building, creating two separate storefronts rather than incorporating the dispensary into the main music store.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a series of bills last week to finally regulate the medical marijuana industry decades after California first legalized cannabis for medical use and the major players are all claiming victory.

Environmentalists, business groups, pot farmers, local governments and consumer groups are all claiming benefits from the passage of three laws that regulate the sale, transport, and growth of medical marijuana.

Brown and state lawmakers crafted the regulations to help manage California’s unregulated billion-dollar medical marijuana industry, according to the LA Times.