LAS VEGAS--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Signal Bay, Inc. (OTC: SGBY), leading provider of research and expert consulting services to the legal cannabis industry, announces that it has entered into a strategic advisory agreement with Casey Houlihan. Mr. Houlihan is co-founder and executive director of the Oregon Retailers of Cannabis Association, is partner in two licensed Oregon Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and was field director for the Yes on 91 Campaign, the ballot measure which legalized recreational cannabis in the state of Oregon. Mr. Houlihan will join Electrum Partners founders, Leslie Bocskor and Gordon Katz on Signal Bay’s Advisory Board.

Reporting the results of a nationwide study, researchers from the University of Georgia School of Social Work have identified a common factor that greatly increases the likelihood of prescription drug misuse. Regardless of age or other sociodemographic characteristic, people with a history of illicit substance use, such as marijuana, cocaine, or heroin, are all at substantially higher risk for prescription pain reliever abuse. The findings provide support for conclusions reached recently in a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control that heroin use correlated positively with cocaine or opioid medication abuse. The findings, published in the journal Addictive Behaviors, may help healthcare providers and others curb painkiller misuse.

The Hotel San Ayre in Colorado Springs has re-opened as a pot-friendly hotel.

The Denver-based MaryJane Group, which operates a Bud+Breakfast location in Denver (the Adagio on Race Street), said it's made several upgrades to the Hotel San Ayre, which re-opened on Wednesday.

According to the MaryJane Group, the Hotel San Ayre now offers "a continental Wake+Bake Breakfast; a 4:20 Happy Hour with complimentary beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres; and a safe, social, cannabis-friendly environment."

Fifteen years after Hawaii legalized medical marijuana, the state plans to begin licensing pot dispensaries.

Until now, Hawaii’s 13,000 qualified patients had to grow their own marijuana or buy it on the black market.

Gov. David Ige signed the measure Tuesday, along with an accompanying bill that bans discrimination against medical marijuana patients. Both laws went into effect Wednesday, but it will take months for the state to draft rules to implement the licensing law.

“The bill sets a timeline,” Ige in a statement. “We will make a good-faith effort to create a fair process that will help the people most in need.”

As the legal marijuana market continues to grow, reports of synthetic marijuana problems have also increased. What issynthetic marijuana, though? Sold under names such as Spice, Spike, K2, and Black Mamba, these manufactured drugs appear in liquor stores and head shops around the world, marketed as safe, non-narcotic alternatives to marijuana.

DENVER (AP) — Colorado is known for pushing boundaries on marijuana, but health officials' decision to reject pot as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder shows the issue is far from settled.

Voters have made marijuana legal for both medical and recreational use, but government officials at every level have continually pushed back.

The state Board of Health voted 6-2 Wednesday against adding PTSD to the list of ailments eligible for treatment with medical marijuana. It came despite a recommendation from Colorado's chief medical officer and a panel of physicians.

Board members cited a lack of research, including medical trials.

"We have an absence of scientific information," board member Rick Brown said.

Oregon-based cannabis cultivation, processing and dispensary operator also announces raise of $1.8 Million dollars to expand business operations.

PORTLAND, Ore., July 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Attis Group, Inc. (ATTIS), an Oregon-based cannabis cultivator, processor and dispensary owner, has entered into an agreement with Las Vegas, Nevada firm Electrum Partners to help develop plans to expand ATTIS' business operations.

MELBOURNE, FL, United States, via ETELIGIS INC., 07/15/2015 - - Stragenics, Inc. (OTCQB: ASAB), a technology development and strategic investment company, announced today it has begun deployment of BakedAmerican.com at www.bakedamerican.com. The new website will be accessible to the public for a limited time while it nears its commercial launch.

f Florida legalizes medical marijuana, it could lead to increased pot use by youths, a Florida International University study suggests.

It's happened in other states that have passed laws allowing marijuana to be used to treat pain, nausea, vomiting and other medical conditions, according to research led by Lisa Stolzenberg, an FIU professor of criminal justice.

During 2010-11, the most recent year in the study, 9.7 percent of high school students reported using pot in states that had legalized medical marijuana, compared to 6.8 percent in states that outlawed it. And the survey showed that pot use among youth in states that legalized it has risen since 2004 and has consistently been higher than in states where it's illegal.