Auto insurance premiums in Colorado rose at the third-fastest rate of any state in the country and at more than three times the pace of inflation over the past six years, according to a new rate survey. “Colorado has seen a pretty significant increase in overall premiums,” said Neil Richardson, a registered insurance agent with…
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California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced last week that he has approved the first surety bond program for the cannabis industry in the State of California. According to the Insurance Commissioner’s office, the first insurer in the state to be approved to offer surety bonds for the cannabis industry is Continental Heritage Insurance Company. “Cannabis businesses…
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In senior-laden Florida, cannabis in nursing homes is frequently banned because of federal prohibition, which contradicts the state’s medical marijuana law. Both the future and present population of Florida is seniors. But if the older citizens of the Sunshine State want to access cannabis in nursing homes or retirement complexes, they’re out of luck thanks…
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Travelers departing Denver International Airport have received the message “loud and clear” that they’re not supposed to fly with marijuana, airport officials say. The incidents of Transportation Security Administration officials discovering marijuana on passengers are so few and far between that DIA stopped tracking those contacts and sees no need for so-called “amnesty boxes” in…
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Among marijuana’s 150 active ingredients, cannabigerol (CBG) is the molecule where it all starts — and it has tons of potential. In many ways, cannabinoid science and medicine is still in its infancy. Consider for a moment that it has only been in recent years that we’ve realized that there was something other than cannabis’ main active…
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The first medical marijuana dispensary to open in Las Vegas has been selling adult-use cannabis since last July, and is learning how to balance the desires of their clientele with the demands of the many investors in the Las Vegas cannabis scene. It’s been nearly eight months since Euphoria Wellness opened their doors to all…
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A vape pen disassembled by its owner to prevent sparking a fire did just that when it passed through an x-ray in the TSA security line at Denver International Airport in January, according to an incident report released Friday. The vape pen’s exposed lithium-ion battery led to a man’s satchel catching fire in the Transportation…
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Ninety-nine percent of California cannabis growers are not licensed, according to a new report, but this isn’t because the state has an oversupply of legal cannabis. Countywide bans, strict regulations and expensive permit fees are keeping California cannabis providers — those who want to go legal and who used to sell to dispensaries before Jan.…
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A state lawmaker moved Thursday to force a thorough review of Ohio’s medical marijuana program as questions pile up over its process for selecting grower applicants. Republican Sen. Bill Coley, of Cincinnati, proposed legislation that would require State Auditor Dave Yost to conduct and release a performance audit of the program. The…
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Feb. 21–DALLAS — Congressman Pete Sessions used a speech to a group of doctors and other healthcare providers at an opioid epidemic summit Tuesday to suggest that marijuana is the gateway to addiction and as a campaign against the medical and recreational legalization movement. The Republican from Dallas called the rising number of deaths from…
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A bill that would seal the records of marijuana possession convictions prior to Feb. 24, 2015 — when marijuana possession was officially legalized — has been sponsored by Democratic Reps. Harriet Drummond, Ivy Spohnholz and Geran Tarr. The bill would neither expunge charges, nor would the possession conviction be sealed if they were attached to…
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As the opioid crisis deepens in many places across the country, an increasing number of researchers and advocates are looking at legal marijuana as a possible solution. But a new study suggests that the connection between the two is more complicated than previously understood. The study, which was published online this month by the Journal…
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