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Wed
15
Jul

Elizabeth Warren Urges Feds To Support Research On Medical Marijuana's Benefits

Millions of Americans can now get medical weed under state law, but we still haven't done much research into the drug's positive effects.

The federal government has a "responsibility" to facilitate sensible research into marijuana's medical benefits, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and seven other senators urged in a letter issued last week to multiple federal drug and health officials.

Wed
15
Jul

Marijuana Dispensary Opening on Hold

SPARKS, NV - There was supposed to be a line out the door at Silver State Relief Monday, but instead the building remains empty.

"Right now we are in a holding pattern. We've got people hired and people in there right now making last-minute preparations," said Aron Swan, general manager at Silver State Relief.

Tue
14
Jul

COLORADO BOARD OF HEALTH TO CONSIDER ADDING PTSD ON MMJ DEBILITATING CONDITIONS LIST

The Colorado Board of Health will hold a meeting tomorrow that could result in another affliction being added to the Medical Marijuana Registry's list of debilitating conditions. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a rising problem among combat veterans, will be considered for approval during a public rule-making hearing aimed at updating the state's medical marijuana regulations.

 

Tue
14
Jul

Salveo Capital To Host Marijuana Investment Summit

The Salveo Capital Marijuana Investment Summit will provide attendees with the knowledge to confidently invest in the next great American industry.

Tue
14
Jul

Medical Marijuana, Inc., Partnership HempMeds Brasil: Real Scientific Hemp Oil (RSHO) Import Tax Waived by Brazilian Government

Latest Brazilian Government Ruling Eliminates Import Tax of MJNA's CBD Hemp Oil Brands, Including Real Scientific Hemp Oil(TM) (RSHO(TM)), With ANVISA Registration and Documentation

Tue
14
Jul

Teenagers using less marijuana in age of legalization

A new study published The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse has found that teens are using marijuana less frequently and are less attracted to it now that it is decriminalized or legalized at the state level. 

The data challenges many assumptions about how changing cannabis laws may impact children. 

Opponents of legalization often tout scientifically unsupported notions about teen marijuana use. 

Tue
14
Jul

Hawaii's first medical marijuana dispensary system becomes official at midnight

A bill to establish Hawaii’s first medical marijuana dispensary system will become law at midnight Tuesday, with or without Gov. 

Tue
14
Jul

Sacramento County declares marijuana cultivation form of water waste

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to continue the urgency ordinance on medical marijuana dispensaries until July 27.

Sacramento County Supervisors voted Tuesday to revise its water code to declare marijuana cultivation a form of water waste.

The Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed with the proposal, set forth by Supervisor Roberta MacGlashan, in light of the state's years-long drought.

"According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, a single marijuana plant uses an average of six gallons of water per day during the growing cycle," MacGlashan said after the hearing.

The supervisors cited recent examples of pot busts to show how much water is being used.

Tue
14
Jul

Boy band star Nick Lachey thinks Hudson is spot for pot

He used to croon love songs to the masses.

Now, he wants to grow pot in Hudson.

Nick Lachey, a member of the band 98 Degrees and more recently a television actor, is among five investors in a Hudson marijuana grow center, one of 10 that would be created across Ohio under a proposed ballot issue.

The other investors include three owners of the CashMax stores in Ohio and a car business owner from Texas.

Cheney Pruett and John Humphrey, two of the CashMax owners, attended a news conference in Akron on Tuesday held by ResponsibleOhio, the group backing the ballot issue.

“This is an exciting entrepreneurial opportunity,” Humphrey said.

Tue
14
Jul

Colorado’s pot tax for schools sets record in May, crushes 2014 totals

While marijuana taxes earmarked for schools soared in May, recreational pot sales in Colorado plateaued in spring 2015

​The Colorado Department of Revenue’s just-released marijuana tax data for May 2015 shows one clear winner: schools.

In the first five months of 2015, the state’s pot-funded excise tax that collects money earmarked for school construction capital brought in more money than it did in all of 2014. While that specific school tax’s 2015 take may not reach the $40 million number used to lure voters toward the state’s pot-legalizing Amendment 64 in 2012, its recent growth is exciting to lawmakers and industry alike.

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