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Canada Medical Marijuana Price Will Skyrocket Under New Rules

September 30, 2013 at 6:47 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Facts and figures on the medical marijuana regime in Canada, which is changing rules by March 31, 2014, to encourage large private-sector growers: Current number of medical marijuana users approved by Health Canada: 37,359, up from 477 in 2002. Number of patients with personal licences to grow marijuana for themselves: 25,600 (ends March 31, 2014) Number of growers licenced to produce marijuana for a maximum of two patients each: 4,200 (ends March 31, 2014) Current number of entrepreneur applications to [...]

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Michigan Hotel Boosts Business with Toker-Friendly Rooms

September 28, 2013 at 6:47 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

While the hotel industry faces desperate economic times and new competition from online vacation rentals, one businessman in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has found a novel way to increase the occupancy of his hotel by 50% — allow smoking, and not just tobacco. Hotelier Bob Sullivan runs the Howard Johnson’s and has remodeled 20 of his hotel’s 155 rooms to accommodate smokers, including lawful medical marijuana patients. He plans to eventually convert between 60 and 80 of his rooms to allow smoking. [...]

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Bank of America Will Accept Washington State Marijuana Revenue

September 28, 2013 at 6:31 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

One of the biggest hurdles that companies generating revenue in the marijuana industry have to face is finding a financial institution willing to accept them as customers. The Liquor Control Board in the state of Washington was in the same situation until the Bank of America agreed to permit them to deposit anticipated marijuana related profits in their vaults. Most banks are leery of dealing with marijuana businesses simply for the fact that under federal policy, the government views money from marijuana [...]

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California: Marijuana Legalization Initiative Cleared For Signature Gathering

September 28, 2013 at 6:14 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

A new voter initiative which would legalize marijuana in California was cleared on Thursday for signature gathering by Secretary of State Debra Bowen. Supporters of the measure, the California Cannabis Hemp Initiative 2014, now have 150 days — until February 24 — to gather 504,760 signatures in order to qualify for the November 2014 ballot, Bowen said, reports KTVU. The CCHI would legalize the possession, use, cultivation and sale of marijuana and hemp. It would instruct the California Legislature to pass [...]

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Dr. Drew: Medical Marijuana Is a ‘Sham’

September 25, 2013 at 9:50 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Dr. Drew Pinsky, who recently revealed he had surgery for low-grade prostate cancer, admits to prescribing medical marijuana, even though he calls it a “sham.” The marijuana segment of the interview, conducted by Shirley Halperin, has been provided exclusively to Celebstoner. What did you think of Sanjay Gupta’s marijuana special on CNN? Pinsky: That was great. My basic note was – I don’t want to state it too strongly – but it was kind of [...]

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Cop Busted for Selling Pot from Squad Car

September 24, 2013 at 3:06 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

A Sheriff’s Deputy in Newton County, Georgia was arrested September 19 after he allegedly sold marijuana to an undercover federal agent from his squad car while in full uniform and wearing his gun. That foolish move got Mathis saddled with the charge of “carrying a firearm in the furtherance of a drug trafficking offense” along with being charged for distributing pot. The feds contend Deputy Darrell Mathis, 40, dealt from his officially marked squad car on a regular basis and that he [...]

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Denver Creates A Cannabis Cartel, Reinforcing Colorado’s Pot Protectionism

September 24, 2013 at 7:01 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Last week the Denver City Council approved an ordinance that gives existing medical marijuana centers (MMCs) a lock on the new recreational market, which is supposed to start operating in January, until February 1, 2016. That two-year period of protection against new competition is a lot more generous than the regulations approved by the state legislature last May, which merely gave MMCs a three-month head start in the licensing process. It is also more generous than the one-year “grace period” recommended by the Amendment 64 Implementation [...]

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MMJ Club Hopes to Spark Pot Debate at University of Manitoba

September 23, 2013 at 9:34 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

A University of Manitoba student is hoping to spark a debate about all things pot by recruiting fellow students to join a medical marijuana club on campus — the first of its kind in Canada. With students returning to the U of M’s campus for fall semester, club founder Steven Stairs set up a table at the university’s recruitment week, displaying several strains of marijuana to promote his new group. It was a far cry from some of the more [...]

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Oklahomans Ready for Marijuana Law Reform

September 21, 2013 at 3:55 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Oklahoma NORML Friday released survey results from a Sooner Poll showing strong support for medical marijuana and majority support for marijuana decriminalization. The poll had support for medical marijuana at 71% and support for decriminalization at 57%. The poll did not ask about legalization. The poll of registered voters was conducted between August 28 and September 9. The margin of error is +/- 4.9%. If someone is going to be arrested for a marijuana offense, nearly two-thirds of respondents (64%) said they should [...]

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