A Colorado cannabis activist arrested in Oklahoma on drug charges following a traffic stop claims a state trooper targeted the vehicle she was driving because it had Colorado license plates. Regina Nelson, CEO of Boulder-based ECS Therapy Center, her adult son Bryan Laufenberg, and Michael E. Browning were arrested in Pittsburg County, Okla., on Sunday, Brianna Bailey…
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WASHINGTON – Everybody went to high school with Matt Gaetz, in some form. You know the type. Contrarian, but well-argued. Obnoxious, but not a bully. An OK baseball player, but a much better debater: loud, fast and fearsome. Not boastful of family money, but not stealth about it either. You pictured him becoming a litigator,…
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As both recreational and medical cannabis legalization continues to progress across the country, each state is tasked with developing regulatory requirements to ensure that customers and patients receive clean cannabis for consumption. This requires cannabis to undergo laboratory testing that analyzes the presence of microbial impurities including yeast and mold. Some states, such as Colorado,…
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The movement for marijuana legalization in Great Britain might be picking up momentum, as the UK Parliament will debate a limited legalization bill on Feb. 23 on the future of marijuana legalization. Among western European nations, the UK parliament is perhaps most strident in its view that cannabis is a dangerous drug whose users should…
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New Mexico enacted the first medical marijuana law in the nation on Feb. 21, 1978, thanks to the activism of one cancer patient named Lynn Pierson. Today — Feb. 21, 2018 — marks the 40th anniversary of the nation’s first medical marijuana law, and unfortunately, the story of its passage is too often forgotten. Jimmy…
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Feb. 20–COLUMBUS, Ohio — Six unsuccessful applicants to grow medical marijuana in Ohio claim in a new lawsuit that state regulators failed to follow their own rules while scoring cultivator applications, made several scoring errors and hired scoring consultants who had blatant conflicts of interest. Several groups led by Jimmy Gould of CannAscend Ohio LLC…
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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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