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Oct 15, 2018, 4:00 pm By Graham Vyse, Governing.comVoters in Michigan and North Dakota will decide in November whether to become the first states in the Midwest to legalize recreational marijuana. 62 percent of Americans support the policy. Michigan Proposal 1 would set up a licensing and taxation system;…Annual cannabis harvest underway in Northern California as pot economy transitions
Oct 15, 2018, 3:30 pm By Julie Johnson, Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
The pungent smell of cannabis planted on this west-facing hillside in the Sonoma Valley mixed with the odors of damp volcanic soil, aromatic pine and cattle musk from a herd watching over a calf crying for its mother. A five-person farm crew cut down the…Canada is about to legalize marijuana; here’s why Californians should care
Oct 15, 2018, 10:00 am By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian
On Wednesday, Canada will become the second and by far largest country to legalize the sale of recreational marijuana. While the new rules up north will look familiar in California, where the recreational cannabis market has been legal and growing since Jan.…Come along on a cannabis tour in Seattle
Oct 15, 2018, 9:30 am By Patrick Cant, The Cannifornian
There are monastic brewery adventures in Germany and Belgium, and winery tours from Napa Valley to Bordeaux. Welsh cheese treks and Vietnamese street food jaunts beckon the more adventurous. And now, there are cannabis tours, too. In at least nine states and…As Bordeaux is to wine, California’s cannabis seeks its own identity
Oct 15, 2018, 9:00 am By Lisa M. Krieger, The Cannifornian
Only France can claim Champagne. Only Italy can raise Parma pigs. Only Brits can make Stilton cheese. And soon Santa Cruz, Mendocino, Humboldt and California’s other weed-welcoming regions will be granted their own protected symbols of horticultural…Cannabis dispensary giant MedMen boosts U.S. footprint with major deal
Oct 11, 2018, 7:15 pm By Craig Giammona, Bloomberg NewsMedMen Enterprises Inc., one of the most prominent companies in the expanding cannabis industry, agreed to buy medical pot firm PharmaCann for $682 million, boosting its presence across the U.S. The all-stock purchase, which will give MedMen 10 additional…Opinion: Big Tobacco finally wakes up and smells the cannabis
Oct 11, 2018, 6:30 pm By The Cannifornian
Big Tobacco is finally ready to say, pass that dutch. Altria Group Inc., the biggest U.S. cigarette company, is reportedly in talks to buy a stake in Aphria Inc., one of a growing number of Canadian cannabis producers that’s attracted the attention of…San Diego company testing marijuana-derived multiple sclerosis therapy
Oct 11, 2018, 5:45 pm By Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune
Emerald Health Pharmaceuticals of San Diego has begun using a marijuana-derived therapy to experimentally treat small numbers of people who suffer from multiple sclerosis and scleroderma, a pair of autoimmune diseases. The small, phase 1 safety trial involves…If you had tickets to the now-cancelled Sacramento Cannabis Cup, read this
Oct 11, 2018, 5:00 pm By Michael McGough, Sacramento Bee
Anyone who bought tickets to legally use marijuana at the Cal Expo the weekend before Halloween may be eligible for a refund. Hours after The Sacramento Bee reported Tuesday that the Oct. 27-28 Cannabis Cup concert/marijuana exhibition had been either canceled…As cannabis market heats up, scientists race to build ‘weed biofactories’
Oct 11, 2018, 4:15 pm By Brittany Meiling, San Diego Union-Tribune
dSAN DIEGO — Scientists are hustling on behalf of the weed industry to find new ways to produce the most valuable compounds in marijuana, ditching greenhouses in favor of big steel vats of yeast that can ‘brew’ cannabis like Budweiser brews beer. The…New research: Marijuana use leads to more sex
Oct 11, 2018, 3:30 pm By Karen D'Souza, The Cannifornian
Long before molly (MDMA) came on the scene, pot was considered the drug of choice to get in the mood for love. Now science is confirming what children of the ’60s have long known. Marijuana can make you more amorous more often. A research study in the…Pico Rivera extends recreational marijuana ban again in wake of City Hall departures
Oct 10, 2018, 7:30 pm By Chris Lindahl, The Cannifornian
Stymied by a short-staffed City Hall, the Pico Rivera City Council for a third time is “kicking the can” on tackling recreational marijuana and voted to extend a temporary ban on dispensaries. The cultivation and sale of recreational marijuana will…Sacramento Cannabis Cup abruptly canceled with only weeks to go
Oct 10, 2018, 7:00 pm By Michael McGough, Sacramento Bee
SACRAMENTO — Tickets had been on sale for about six weeks, but before Cannabis Cup California could set a music lineup or secure a permit, the half-music festival, half-smoke session has been either postponed or canceled. It’s not clear yet whether anyone…With Canada poised to cash in on cannabis, U.S. executives eager for their turn
Oct 10, 2018, 5:30 pm By Jeff Green & Craig Giammona, Bloomberg News
Mainstream executives want in on the cannabis craze. That’s not surprising, with the value of some Canadian pot businesses topping $10 billion and Coca-Cola Co. and Molson Coors Brewing Co. eyeing marijuana as the next trendy ingredient. But the burgeoning…Following California, cannabis advocates across the U.S. aim to throw out old convictions
Oct 10, 2018, 4:45 pm By Kurtis Lee, Los Angeles Times
Rob Jenkins tried for four years to find a job, scouring the internet for anything that seemed at all appealing — a maintenance position at a Chevron refinery, a counselor for foster kids, a clerk at Hertz. Some employers seemed interested, until they found…California needs more time to vet and license marijuana businesses
Oct 9, 2018, 6:37 pm By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian
The state is in the process of creating a second stop-gap licensing program for the cannabis industry to avoid a potential disruption in the supply chain for California’s newly legal marijuana market. Since the state’s recreational marijuana market kicked…Recreational, medical marijuana initiatives on fall ballots across U.S.
Oct 9, 2018, 3:45 pm By The Associated Press
Nine states have legalized marijuana for so-called recreational use since 2012, including eight at the ballot box. Thirty-one states have authorized the drug for medical purposes. Four states have marijuana ballot questions this fall. Here’s a look at them:…Cannabis podcast hosts discuss pot’s changing status in Bay Area city
Oct 9, 2018, 3:00 pm By Daniel M. Jimenez, The Cannifornian
Marijuana’s evolution is remarkable. Thirty years ago, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration classified the substance as a Schedule 1 drug with no accepted medical use and high potential for addiction and abuse. In popular culture, it had a mixed…SoCal’s marijuana rules hang in balance of city council election
Oct 8, 2018, 4:00 pm By Mike Sprague, The CannifornianMontebello’s vote earlier this year to allow some types of marijuana businesses hangs in the balance this November with three City Council seats — a majority — up for grabs. In two votes, on Feb. 28 and May 23, the council approved commercial indoor…Fairfax extends cannabis moratorium, studies delivery options
Oct 8, 2018, 2:30 pm By Adrian Rodriguez, The Cannifornian
As pot supporters and foes continue to square off in Fairfax, officials remain undecided on how to regulate the cannabis industry in town. On a unanimous vote Wednesday, the Town Council extended a moratorium, holding the door shut on new cannabis business…
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