BY ACM STAFF The stakeholder meeting for Sen David Gowan’s SB1494, a “clean” testing bill went sideways late Monday afternoon and degenerated into what at times felt like a squabble-fest. Amid a room chalked full of lobbyists, DHS reps, testing company operators, industry insiders and even industry outsiders like AZ-NORML and Errl Cup founders, Jim …
BY: JENNIFER CORSO, BA, MA, Darwin Brands The cannabis plant is comprised of much more than cannabinoids like THC and CBD. It is rich in many phytochemicals, including terpenes and terpenoids. These volatile, odorous organic compounds act as antioxidant, anti-fungal and anti-bacterial agents, protecting plants against disease and infection, and are shining in the current spotlight …
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BY ACM STAFF Nobody in Arizona has been producing legal beautiful bud longer than Arizona Organix, the state’s first dispensary. Over the years they’ve built a well-earned reputation for top quality tops. A perpetual winner at Errl Cup competitions, Ben Myer and his cultivation staff have tried out hundreds of genetics searching for the best, …
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(Testing Bill Clears the Senate, But Can It Cross the Finish Line?) BY MIKEL WEISSER Arizona’s 8yrs quest to add testing to the state’s medical marijuana program got one step closer to reality last week when SB1494, received a DPA, or “Do Pass as Amended” recommendation and sailed out of the Senate on a 30-0 …
BY ACM STAFF Proven Media, an Arizona-based international legal cannabis industry marketing and branding agency, has been named public relations agency for CannaMéxico World Summit 2019, hosted by former President of Mexico, Vicente Fox. The international business trade event will take place April 25-26 at Centro Fox in Leon, Mexico. Proven Media will join representatives of Arizona’s …
BY DR. LLOYD COVENS Farm Bill Non-Progress Report CBD and hemp companies hoping for post-Farm Bill clarity got a heavy dose of “we will get to it”–from expected long delays in pending review and rule-making at both the Food and Drug Administration and the US Department of Agriculture. FDA administrator Scott Gottlieb told a Congressional committee that he will …
BY JARED PAGE, ACM contributor PHOENIX – A bill that establishes sanitary standards and product testing at Arizona medical marijuana dispensaries, and another that prioritizes licensing for dispensaries in rural areas advanced Wednesday at the state Senate. The two medicinal cannabis-related bills (SB1286 & SB1494), along with SCR1021, a concurrent resolution calling for — among …
BY MIKEL WEISSER The Dept of AG Industrial Hemp Program monthly public hearings continue to be the best free entertainment in all of AZ bureaucracy. The popularity of the hearings led to an uncomfortably over-full house last month in the auditorium at the Land Use office in the Capitol Complex. This month the hearing moved to an ADOT office …
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