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Cannabis Startup Joins Prominent Chicago Tech Incubator

In another sign that marijuana is becoming a mainstream business, the Chicago-based technology incubator 1871 has brought cannabis startup Kannatopia into its fold. Kannatopia aims to create a social network dedicated to…

News October 28

Hemp Bar Shuttered After Clash With Authorities

A hole-in-the-wall storefront in New York City that specialized in chocolates and pastries containing hemp has been forced to close down by city health department regulators over… wait for it… a…

News October 28
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Oregon Marijuana Industry Gives Initial Recreational Regulations a Thumbs-Up

By John Schroyer Several stakeholders in Oregon’s marijuana industry are giving state officials a pat on the back for the temporary recreational cannabis rules they adopted last week. “I’d give them a…

News October 28

Some NY Companies Still Seeking Dispensary Locations

With a January deadline looming for New York’s medical marijuana market to get up and running, some companies that won licenses are still scrambling to nail down locations for all their dispensaries. To…

News October 27

Tribe Targeted By Feds Says it Was Growing Hemp

A Native American tribe operating a cultivation site in Wisconsin that Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided last week insists it was growing industrial hemp, not marijuana. Agents raided the Menominee Indian reservation and…

News October 27

Wildfires Wreak Havoc on California Cannabis Farms

Wildfires that raged through parts of northern California over the last few weeks have destroyed hundreds of marijuana farms and caused millions of dollars in damages, according to estimates by…

News October 27

22 Companies Investing in Kentucky Hemp Industry

Kentucky may just get the industrial revolution it was hoping for from hemp. So far, the state has seen 22 companies throw money into industrial hemp cultivation and processing, fueling hopes that…

News October 27
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Testing Issues Still Causing Concern in Massachusetts, But Changes Potentially on Tap

By Omar Sacirbey Massachusetts health officials are refuting the perception that stringent marijuana testing standards are contributing to the excruciatingly slow rollout of the state’s MMJ program and preventing dispensaries from launching.

News October 27

Maine marijuana legalization groups unite behind one measure

Chances for the legalization of recreational marijuana in Maine improved Monday after advocates rallied around a single measure aiming for the 2016 ballot. The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol announced…

News October 26
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