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Big shift in store for Los Angeles medical cannabis businesses

By John Schroyer Significant changes are on the way for Los Angeles’ sprawling, largely unregulated medical marijuana industry.…

News August 24
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PA’s draft medical cannabis rules a good start, experts say

By Omar Sacirbey Pennsylvania has moved quickly to issue draft regulations governing its new medical marijuana program, a…

News August 23
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New York growing hemp for first time in 80 years

Madison County, just east of Syracuse, New York, is home to the first legal industrial hemp crop in…

News August 22
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Arizona county judge tosses lawsuit targeting rec MJ initiative

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has thrown out a lawsuit aimed at keeping a recreational marijuana legalization…

News August 22
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Army’s Top Doc Won’t Back Medical Cannabis for PTSD

The U.S. Army Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Nadja West, has declined to support the use of medical cannabis for…

News August 22
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Oregon receives over 1,300 rec business applications

Interest in Oregon’s recreational marijuana industry is off the charts. The state has received over 1,300 applications from companies…

News August 19
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Second Arkansas MMJ initiative poised to make ballot

A second campaign in Arkansas to legalize medical marijuana submitted a final round of signatures to the secretary…

News August 19
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Israeli Medical Marijuana Patient Sues Government Over Pesticides

A medical marijuana patient in Israel whose license to grow his own cannabis was revoked in 2013 is…

News August 19
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Week in Review: Big legal victory, nervous credit union & unrequited love in MA

By Omar Sacirbey and John Schroyer The marijuana industry scores a big legal victory, a credit union in Alaska…

News August 19
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New Mexico MMJ Producer, Caregiver Sue State

A licensed medical marijuana producer and a caregiver in New Mexico have sued the state over the mandated…

News August 19
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