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President Trump Approval Promises Substantial Growth for Cannabis Industry

April 20, 2018 at 3:06 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

DENVER — America’s fast-growing marijuana industry appears poised for supercharged growth after winning what cannabis entrepreneurs see as approval from the Trump administration to forge ahead. The legal marijuana market was already growing exponentially despite fears of a federal crackdown under Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, but Trump’s signal that he’ll respect state legalization may swing open the floodgates by reassuring traditional investors, entrepreneurs and local lawmakers that it’s OK to jump in. Across the nation, risk-takers have poured [...]

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Texas: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens Near Austin

February 8, 2018 at 6:01 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Medical Marijuana

One of Texas’ first cannabis dispensaries opens today, but it looks nothing like the ones in states where recreational marijuana is legal. At Compassionate Cultivation’s dispensary near Austin, customers won’t find marijuana to smoke or pot brownies and gummy bears to eat. One product is for sale: a specific kind of cannabis oil. Only Texans with intractable epilepsy can purchase it. With its front desk, couches and chairs and piles of children’s books and magazines, the dispensary resembles a clinic or the waiting room of a doctor’s [...]

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Iowa: Medical Marijuana Bill Passes Senate 45-5

April 18, 2017 at 12:23 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Medical Marijuana

A wide-ranging bill authorizing the use of medical marijuana for ailments from cancer to post-traumatic stress disorder was passed Monday night by the Iowa Senate, although it’s unlikely to win approval in the Iowa House. Senate File 506 was passed on a 45-5 vote. It would allow for patients with a range of medical conditions to obtain a medical cannabis registration card after receiving written approval from a doctor. The card would enable a patient to obtain medical marijuana from a dispensary in Iowa. It would legalize the production and distribution of medical [...]

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Are Cannabis Inhalers the Answer to Vape Pens?

September 24, 2016 at 3:23 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

Are these new Vapen cannabis inhalers the next step in the evolution of cannabinoid uptake-methods for the human anatomy? Let us know what you think in the comments below! (Are Cannabis Inhalers the Answer to Vape Pens? – Weed Finder™ News | Video Credit: NowThis Weed and Vapen)

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The 5 States Most Likely to Legalize Recreational Cannabis in November 2016

September 20, 2016 at 4:34 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

Nearly half of the US has already legalized marijuana for either medical or recreational use. This November, nine states could continue the trend. Of those nine states, five have ballot initiatives that could result in legal recreational use, including Massachusetts, Maine, Arizona and Nevada. Most significantly, California could legalize recreational use — thus making the entire West Coast a legal enclave for recreational cannabis. All the initiatives below will be voted on this November, alongside the presidential election. Here’s everything [...]

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Legalization of Marijuana Most-Thriving Industry in U.S.

February 1, 2015 at 11:56 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

Legal marijuana is the fastest-growing industry in the United States and if the trend toward legalization spreads to all 50 states, marijuana could become larger than the organic food industry, according to a new report obtained by The Huffington Post. Researchers from The ArcView Group, a cannabis industry investment and research firm based in Oakland, California, found that the U.S. market for legal cannabis grew 74 percent in 2014 to $2.7 billion, up from $1.5 billion in 2013. The group [...]

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D.C. Voters to Decide on Marijuana Use in November

August 6, 2014 at 6:43 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization

D.C. residents will vote in November on whether to legalize marijuana use in the nation’s capital after elections officials decided Wednesday to place the question on the ballot. The three-member D.C. Board of Elections voted unanimously Wednesday morning to approve the ballot initiative, certifying that activists gathered the tens of thousands of voter signatures necessary to qualify for the Nov. 4 general election ballot. Several of those activists attended Wednesday’s meeting and cheered the vote, which moves the District closer to [...]

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Since Marijuana Legalization, Highway Fatalities in Colorado are at Near-Historic Lows

August 5, 2014 at 7:10 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization

Since Colorado voters legalized pot in 2012, prohibition supporters have warned that recreational marijuana will lead to a scourge of “drugged divers” on the state’s roads. They often point out that when the state legalized medical marijuana in 2001, there was a surge in drivers found to have smoked pot. They also point to studies showing that in other states that have legalized pot for medical purposes, we’ve seen an increase in the number of drivers testing positive for the drug who were involved [...]

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Former Prison May Be Converted Into A Marijuana Shop

August 4, 2014 at 7:15 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization

In a fitting encapsulation of how the tables have turned on U.S. marijuana policy, a former correctional facility in rural Colorado may one day be the site of a marijuana dispensary. Earlier this year, Nicholas Erker, an agricultural businessman from the region, purchased the High Plains Correctional Facility in Brush, Colorado, on the rural plains about 100 miles northeast of Denver. Erker has already put in a formal request to the Brush City Council to lift the moratorium on the [...]

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