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Doubling Up: Certification Clinics React to Two-Year Card Extension

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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ADA Pres. on Concentrate Allotments

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 …

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Passing the Test, part 6: Patient Zero–How Jim Morrison’s Errl Cup Sparked the Testing Movement

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 …

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Corporate Booze Bosses Force Out Canopy Founder Linton

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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Passing the Test, Part 2: Basic Primer on Testing and Its Many Incomprehensible Terms

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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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The C-Word: Can Cannabis Cure Cancer? New Answers to the Age-Old Question

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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