An Ohio state auditor found that two state employees could have had the ability to manipulate applicant scores in Ohio’s competitive medical marijuana licensing process. Some of the fiercest competition for a piece of the marijuana market in the entire country has been in Ohio, and with good reason. There’s more potentially at stake in…
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The French have always been known for possessing a certain national savoire faire. In English, that translates to a phrase meaning innate understanding of how to do things with a certain amount of panache, if not bonhomie. International diplomacy was long conducted in French as a result. However, when it comes to the famed French…
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The fate of a federal rule viewed by hemp advocates as an existential threat to their emerging industry is now in the hands of a three-judge panel. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco heard oral arguments Thursday in the Hemp Industries Association’s petition challenging the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s January 2017…
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Issuing updated marijuana banking guidance is “at the top of the list” for the U.S. Treasury Department, according to Sec. Steve Mnuchin. “I can tell you we’re working on it as we speak,” he told a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee Thursday. The comments came in response to Rep. Earl Blumenauer, who…
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A bipartisan group of 18 senators led by Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner protections for state marijuana laws inserted into legislation funding the federal government. Precise language in the fiscal year 2018 appropriations can “alleviate the turbulence” U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions threw into the legal cannabis industry when he rescinded the so-called…
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Small cannabis growers from Monterey County to Calaveras County are facing local regulations that are making it difficult or impossible to compete with large, permitted grows. If California supplies most of America with its marijuana — and it does —Monterey County is vying hard to supply most of California’s cannabis. Monterey County is home to…
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The cannabis industry is in a unique position to reshape and redefine Corporate Social Responsibility by creating a better version of so-called “corporate citizenship”– and making it the new standard in a rapidly growing sector. Industry leaders examined how CSR, a corporation’s efforts to assess and take responsibility for its impacts on the environment and…
DetailsLast week, Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson published his office’s audit of The Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC). The audit uncovered a number of inadequacies with the regulatory agency, most notably the problems with their tracking system, designed to prevent cannabis form being sold on the black market. The report highlights the need for…
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Facing the same conundrum as police everywhere after the start of a medical market only this time with federal authorization, the head of the German police union has called for recreational use of cannabis to also be decriminalized. On the first Monday of February, the head of the BDK – the Association of German Criminal…
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Canadians will soon be able add marijuana to their collection of household herbs, and that’s creating a nightmare for the country’s landlords. With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set to legalize recreational weed in July, apartment owners are concerned about safety and potential damage to their buildings if tenants grow plants and smoke up in their…
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Do you smoke weed? Congratulations, you can be legally fired for doing so. This is one of marijuana legalization’s greatest blind spots, and something that a California lawmaker is working to fix. Like free speech, marijuana legalization has its limits. The First Amendment does not guarantee indemnification from the results of your free speech just as no…
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WASHINGTON — Stung by robberies in California, Colorado, Washington and other states, the cannabis industry is pressing Congress to change federal banking laws so that its retailers no longer have to carry and process large amounts of cash. Yet lacking the lobbying muscle of their adversaries, the industry hasn’t gained much traction on Capitol Hill,…
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