BY MIKEL WEISSER Even though it was kept under the radar until after Governor Ducey signed it, the two-year card provision of SB1494 seems like it had to be good news for all involved. Patients get their annual cards extended to two years, literally cutting their card costs in half. DHS saves on their administrative …
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BY ALLISON STEIN Arizona’s cannabis community remains poised on the edge of their seats regarding what’s going on with our concentrate allotments following the Supreme Court ruling in the Jones case. We’re waiting to hear from the state of course, but also looking to the Arizona Dispensary Association (ADA). Although we’ve contacted the ADA many …
As the SAFE Banking Act Makes Its Way to Congress, We Recap the Challenges of 280E BY MIKEL WEISSER It’s been the bane of marijuana businessmen since well before the days of fancy accountants parsing massive dispensary industry profits. Cash. Can’t do without it, can’t put it in the bank. And how do you explain …
BY MIKEL WEISSER No, before you ask, Jim Morrison is not dead. And, “Errl” isn’t misspelled either, thank you very much. What Morrison’s brainchild, The Errl Cup, is however, is Arizona’s most popular, more important medical marijuana event series. This July 13th in Northern Phoenix the festivities will kick off on Morrison’s eighth Errl Cup …
BY MIKEL WEISSER Hemp Inc. one of the world’s largest hemp/CBD companies is joining in AZ’s new hemp-driven green rush and will host a “hempathon” in Mohave County to generate public interest in the possibilities of hemp. The multi-national company founded in 2008 has been a leader in both hemp production and CBD sales, but …
BY DR. LLOYD COVENS “Entrepreneurs are not super-employable,” claimed Bruce Linton, just a few hours after getting fired at the company he founded. “This is a big boys’ game,” noted Linton in his post-firing phone interview with CNBC’s Squawk on the Street, July 2nd, telling the network he still planned to hold on to his …
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BY MIKEL WEISSER After years of struggle Arizona will finally have cannabis testing. Now what? June 7, 2019, at approximately 2pm, supposedly Governor Doug Ducey made a quick call to Sen David Gowan (R-LD14). He thanked Gowan for his efforts at the Capitol and signed Gowan’s bill, SB1494, concluding a seven-year ordeal over testing in …
BY MIKEL WEISSER 61 Tons, one gram at a time When you or I “sample” or “test” cannabis, it usually involves twisting one up and burning it down. That process is called “organoleptic testing,” meaning tested based on tasting. (And that’s just one testing-related word you didn’t know you didn’t know.) Aside from the weed, …
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BY MIKEL WEISSER Let’s get this over with from the start: Yes, absolutely, cannabis can and does cure cancer. Case closed. If only. Well, at least the research is in. Cannabis does cure cancer; but not in every case and not every cannabis cures every cancer. And we still have a lot to learn. You …
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BY MIKEL WEISSER There’s an old phrase popular in AZ’s rough and tumble cannabis industry: “Pioneers get slaughtered, Settlers Thrive.” It’s a way of saying those who break new ground, usually get chewed up in the process and the second wave of entrepreneurs succeed from the earlier group’s mistakes. Luckily for Desert Valley Testing and …
