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How Analytics is Changing the Cannabis Industry

June 15, 2017 at 3:38 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

Getting a Rocky Mountain high may soon be legal in all 50 states, which means pot is fast on its way to becoming just another industry, albeit an exploding one. And as the marijuana industry comes aboveground, it’s opening a huge space for the usual disruptors — tech startups and data analytics firms. Startups like WeedFinder in California began with medical marijuana, using technology to provide on-demand marijuana deliveries via an app. Headset.io provides data to help retailers deep analytics [...]

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Las Vegas Recreational Cannabis Sales Begin July 1st

May 17, 2017 at 1:12 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

An early start to recreational marijuana sales in Nevada cleared the final state hurdle Monday, paving the way for the program to roll out in under two months. The Nevada Tax Commission adopted temporary regulations proposed by the Department of Taxation that will allow the state to issue recreational marijuana licenses by July 1. Most of the regulations were copied from the state’s medical marijuana program. Tax department director Deonne Contine stressed the urgency in getting the regulations adopted so [...]

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Marijuana Helps Stop Seizures

May 11, 2017 at 4:06 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Medical Cannabis Helps Stop Seizures in Children Medical cannabis is becoming increasingly accepted as an effective treatment for a variety of medical conditions. Marijuana has been notably identified as an anti-seizure, particularly in relation to children with conditions like epilepsy, and Dravet, Doose, or Lennox-Gastaut syndromes. These conditions bring on dangerous seizures that can severely impact quality of life. They can also be fatal. As a result, due to the overwhelming harmful side-effects from other prescription drugs, more and [...]

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Feds Cannot Hire Hackers Because They All Use Marijuana

May 9, 2017 at 1:52 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization

“I have to hire a great work force to compete with those cyber criminals and some of those kids want to smoke weed on the way to the interview.” Update 5/21/14: After being chastised for his comments about marijuana by Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), FBI director Comey told those in attendance at a senate hearing on the bureau’s oversight that he was just kidding. “I am absolutely dead set against using marijuana,” he said at the hearing, “I don’t want [...]

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Willie Nelson’s New Line of Marijuana Strains, Willie’s Reserve

April 5, 2017 at 3:20 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

Willie’s Reserve Willie’s Reserve was one of the first celebrity brands of cannabis as well we as being one of the first connoisseur brands. It carries the name and branding power of the legendary-musician and, “Red-headed Stranger,” Willie Nelson. The Willie’s Reserve product range includes gram, one-eighth, and quarter-ounce sizes of marijuana flower. There are also gram and half-gram pre-rolled joints, as well as, disposable vape pens and standard vape pen cartridges with CO2-extracted cannabis concentrates. Marijuana infused chocolates are [...]

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Trump Admin Threatens Crackdown on Recreational Marijuana

February 24, 2017 at 8:21 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Thursday suggested the Trump administration will step up enforcement of federal laws against recreational marijuana. “I do believe that you’ll see greater enforcement,” Spicer said, while adding the exact policy is “a question for the Department of Justice.” It’s the latest sign President Trump is poised to take a tougher approach than the Obama Justice Department did in states that have legalized the use of recreational marijuana. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was coy [...]

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Texas Judge: Teachers Shouldn’t Be Punished for Consuming Marijuana

January 24, 2017 at 3:10 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

A Texas administrative law judge recently recommended that no disciplinary action be taken against a public school teacher who admitted eating a marijuana edible while visiting Colorado over Christmas vacation. In a January 10 decision that was published last Friday by the Austin American-Statesman, Judge William Newchurch likens the teacher’s cannabis consumption to gambling in Las Vegas. “Possession of a usable quantity of marijuana is a criminal offense in Texas—but so is gambling,” Newchurch writes. “The ALJ [administrative law judge] [...]

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Wiz Khalifa – King of Everything [Official Video]

January 22, 2017 at 12:05 pm / Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Music, Recreational Marijuana

King of Everything is a single by American hip hop recording artist Wiz Khalifa. It was released on October 16, 2015.[1] It was produced by ID Labs and Cozmo.[2] “King of Everything” debuted at number 45 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs chart, dated on November 7, 2015.[4] and reached number 2 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop chart on November 21.[5] (Wiz Khalifa – King of Everything [Official Video] - Weed Finder® News | Article credit: Wikipedia)

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Will the New US Attorney General Try to End Marijuana Legalization?

December 7, 2016 at 11:34 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The nomination of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General is worrisome but court battles over states’ rights and decisive voter support for legal cannabis make tough enforcement problematic for the Trump Administration. A month after the election, marijuana legalization advocates still await some clear indication of President-elect Donald Trump’s official stance toward legal cannabis. Voters in eight states joined the legalization movement on Nov. 8. Those included two of the largest: California approved recreational marijuana while Florida expanded the use of [...]

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