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Colorado marijuana sales hit $1.3B in 2016, up 30% from year earlier

Colorado’s marijuana dispensaries and recreational stores sold $1.3 billion in products last year, up 30% from 2015 and nearly double the total in 2014 when adult-use sales began. According to…

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OR regulator warns rec cannabis businesses for lax recordkeeping

Recreational marijuana businesses in Oregon that do not use the state’s seed-to-sale tracking system could lose their licenses or face fines.

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Another California town may allow huge marijuana grow

The central California hamlet of Hanford, just south of Fresno, may become the state’s latest cash-strapped municipality to find refuge in the immense tax benefits from the cannabis industry. Town…

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Week in Review: Contaminated medical cannabis, CO workplace safety & Ohio’s tech search

By John Schroyer, Omar Sacirbey and Bart Schaneman Tainted medical cannabis is suspected in a California cancer patient’s death, Colorado creates a workplace-safety guide, and Ohio is in the market for…

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Peruvian government seeks to legalize medical cannabis

Peru could become the latest country to legalize medical cannabis if a bill proposed by the nation’s president is approved by the legislature. President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski decided to back the…

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Nevada recreational marijuana sales could begin as early as July

Marijuana dispensaries in Nevada could have recreational product on the shelves as early as July, a development that would make the state the first new adult-use market created through last November’s election.…

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Contaminated medical cannabis leads to random testing in Canada

Health Canada said it will begin random testing of medical marijuana after two of the nation’s licensed producers recalled MMJ that was contaminated with unapproved pesticides. The government health agency implemented the…

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Alaska’s marijuana regulator asks for additional staffers

Alaska’s acting head of cannabis regulation is asking for additional staff members to help to handle her agency’s workload, a sign that regulators are struggling to cope with the rollout of…

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New Market: Fierce competition for licenses in Pennsylvania’s emerging MMJ program

By Bart Schaneman Pennsylvania's medical marijuana market is positioned to become a large one, but the business opportunities will be limited with hundreds of applicants from across the nation expected…

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