ORIGINAL REPORTING By Matt Brooks The Trump administration will not stand in the way of states setting their own marijuana policies, according to the president’s most recent statement on the issue. President Trump was responding to a question from DC Examiner journalist Steven Nelson, who asked whether marijuana would be legalized at the federal level before …
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ORIGINAL REPORTING By Steve Bloom for FreedomLeaf (JULY 22 2019) The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) has issued its Progress Report of Legislative Updates for 2019. The best news of the year so far is legalization passing in Illinois and decriminalization in Hawaii, New Mexico and North Dakota. Here’s the MPP’s state-by-state breakdown, in alphabetical order. Alabama to …
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Get Marijuana Patient Card in Arizona Get a medical marijuana card in Arizona by following these 3 simple steps. Get an Arizona Medical Marijuana Card How much does a medical marijuana card cost? There are two fees: – The state charges $150 for a card (which is valid for 2 years). It’s only $75 if on …
This week: A Senate hearing on cannabis banking legislation; FDA sends Curaleaf a letter alleging that certain CBD products are unapproved and misbranded drugs in violation of the FD&C; While states continue to embrace industrial hemp. Federal The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs conducted a hearing entitled, “Challenges for Cannabis and Banking: Outside …
BY DR LLOYD COVENS Industry Pioneer Harborside Goes Corporate As HBOR The 10-year struggle of Steve DeAngelo (and brother Andrew behind him) to fight asset forfeiture and bad federal tax policy has given way to the California/Oregon operator of 18 licenses (as the largest Calif retailer) joining about 165 other cannabis firms on the Canadian …
BY ALLISON STEIN The “Canna-day” that really started more as a “canna-time” has definitely caught on. April 20th AKA “National Weed Day,” “Stoner Christmas,” “Marijuana’s High Holy Holiday,” it’s a day filled with ever-expanding pro-cannabis events from massive festival smoke outs to small house “seshes” with your close circle of friends. It’s the day we …
BY ACM STAFF In a surprise move, the House Democratic Caucus successfully blocked progress on SB1024, a revenue reporting bill sponsored by Lake Havasu Republican, Sen Sonny Borrelli. The bill would require DHS to share dispensary revenue data with the state Dept of Revenue. The bill was created in reaction to a 2018 expose that …
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BY ACM STAFF There’s reason the vaping public selected Select as one of the biggest brands in America: they’re good. The company’s won multiple awards, including Dope Industry Awards’ Best Concentrate Company, according to Leafly. Though Select’s wide variety of CBD products are available nationwide, here in Arizona, thx to their connection to the gargantuan …
By: Mikel Weiser January’s public hearing for the Dept of Agriculture’s Industrial Hemp Program felt less like the usual bureaucratic snooze-fest and more like a rollicking action-adventure movie. This was the sixth meeting of the series. By now, Hemp Program Manager Brian McGrew and the various committee members (Dwayne Alford, Co-Chair, Paco Ollerton, Co-chair, Michael Stoltz, Colleen …
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