CrowdGather, Inc. (OTCQB:CRWG) announced today the launch of Weed in Hollywood™, the Company's first cannabis themed social slot game. Weed in Hollywood™ is available for download now for select Android devices from Google Play.

Google has removed a medical marijuana app, which allowed Californians to purchase weed from local growers, from its Play store.

The app, developed by Green Exchange had said Google approved the 'Loud Cannabis' service and that the program had been available for several months before it was pulled. It allowed people who use marijuana for medical reasons to connect with growers and arrange to have the drug delivered to them, which is legal in California.

Loud Cannabis app was pulled after several months on the Google Play store

Earlier this month Colorado health officials voted 6 – 2 to reject medical cannabis as a legal treatment for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Here’s what you should know about the decision:

1. It’s the third ‘no’ vote

This is the third time Colorado health officials haverefused to put marijuana on an approved list of PTSD treatments, even though the health board has okayed medical marijuana as treatment for a variety of other conditions since 2001.

Mike Latona, left, and his son Christopher, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder since returning from Army service in Afghanistan, on Wednesday testified in support of approving medical marijuana for treatment of the disorder.(Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post)

Re: “Colorado board votes no on allowing medical marijuana for PTSD,” July 16 news story.

I am a Vietnam veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It took me years to figure the problem out and a couple more for the drugs to take effect. I wasn’t capable of dealing with society, but after a few years of the correct drugs, managing society became tolerable.

American-grown hemp may get another boost from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Last Friday, the Kentucky Republican added a provision to the agriculture appropriations bill to help hemp farmers transport crops across state lines sans federal interference. "Kentucky’s industrial hemp pilot programs continue to prosper," said McConnell, "and I want to make sure our legal hemp producers can safely transport their crops between states, including to states that maintain processing facilities, so they can fully capitalize on the commercial potential for this commodity."

Bill Levin: First Church of Cannabis

Academy Award-winning ping-pong impresario and political activist Susan Sarandon responded to a shout out in A$AP Rocky and Action Bronson’s new single “1Train” this week by reaching out to the two rappers, via Twitter, with an invitation to “blaze one” sometime in the future.

Sarandon has never backed away from expressing her love of marijuana, and has recently also expressed an appreciation for Burning Man and psychedelics.

A new White House report admits that marijuana’s illegality is contributing to racial inequalities in America.

“A black individual is nearly four times as likely as a white individual to be arrested for marijuana possession, even though black and white individuals reported using marijuana at similar rates,” says the new report on barriers that prevent disadvantaged youth from achieving their full potential.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — It’s a 400-mile, seven-hour, $100 or more journey from Maria Botker’s home in tiny Clinton to the nearest clinic where she can buy medical marijuana — the only drug that does the trick for her daughter’s rare and aggressive seizure disorder.

In addition to the medicine’s high cost, the short list of qualifying conditions and the difficulty in getting a doctor’s approval to sign up, there’s one more thing making the program difficult for Minnesota patients. Some have to come an awfully long way to get it, with only two of eight dispensaries opening since the July 1 launch.

In downtown Washington, D.C., the Department of Justice asserts that marijuana enterprises are free to exist, while immediately across 10th Street, the IRS tells those businesses they are illegal drug-trafficking operations ineligible for the benefits other corporate entities enjoy.

Which is it? Right now, it is both. This dual status presents commercial challenges for marijuana businesses, carrying serious consequences for individuals, patients, investors, law enforcement, courts, accountants and others.