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  1. Ron Strider

    Illegal Marijuana Farm Damages California Archaeological Site

    A 30-year-old Mexican national has been sentenced to three years in prison for running a large illegal marijuana operation that caused extensive damage to a large prehistoric Tűbatulabal archaeological site, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced Monday. Rafael Torres-Armenta (Torres) had...
  2. Ron Strider

    NV: Las Vegas Attorneys Confident Law Will Keep Pace With Recreational Marijuana

    Just over two years after filling out tens of thousands of sheets of paperwork for their medical marijuana licenses, Nevada weed entrepreneurs didn’t have it as bad this time around, according to lawyers in the new recreational industry. While first-time marijuana business owners scrambled to...
  3. Ron Strider

    NV: Clark County Warns Pot Industry Against Promoting Public Use

    Officials in Las Vegas are warning the recreational marijuana industry against any advertising that can be considered promoting public consumption. Las Vegas marijuana business owners last week received a letter from Department of Business License Director Jaqueline Holloway reaffirming...
  4. Ron Strider

    Judge Halts Nevada Marijuana Regulators' Licensing Move

    For now, Nevada marijuana regulators won't be able to issue pot distribution licenses to businesses other than liquor wholesalers after all. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that a judge on Friday sided with the Independent Alcohol Distributors of Nevada, who have the exclusive rights to...
  5. Ron Strider

    NV: Marijuana Sparks Questions For Casino Operators

    When recreational marijuana stores opened in July, thousands took advantage of its legalization. And that created confusion in the gaming industry. Let's start with a few basic premises. The Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission are vested with exceedingly broad discretion...
  6. Ron Strider

    Nevada Opens Cannabis Distribution To Non-Liquor Wholesalers

    It's not just THAT cannabis becomes legal, just as important is HOW we regulate marijuana once it is legal. Until this week, the only companies in Nevada that could distribute marijuana to dispensaries were liquor companies. The proliferation of liquor distributors dates back to the last...
  7. Ron Strider

    IA: 19.5 Pounds Of Marijuana Seized In Pottawattamie County Traffic Stop

    A traffic stop near Council Bluffs led to the arrest of a South Carolina man and the seizure of nearly 20 pounds of marijuana. According to the Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office, a deputy conducted a traffic stop on a 2017 Kia Forte for excessive speed on Interstate 80 near Council...
  8. Ron Strider

    Marijuana Legalization May Gain Prominence In 2020 Election

    While the primary issues that will be debated in the 2020 presidential race will likely include the usual topics – jobs, infrastructure spending, national security, taxes, healthcare laws, trade, crime, immigration, and economic growth, another topic that may very well take on added prominence...
  9. Ron Strider

    CA: Lake County Deputies Seize 49 Pounds Of Marijuana During Traffic Stop

    A California man is facing felony drug-trafficking charges after Lake County authorities say they found him with nearly 50 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop Friday. Eusvaldo Valenzuela-Gaxiola, 39, of Tulare, California, is charged with cannabis trafficking, delivery of cannabis...
  10. Ron Strider

    Will Marijuana Make Federalism Go Up In Smoke

    During the campaign, Donald Trump endorsed medical marijuana and said pot legalization “should be a state issue, state-by-state.” Attorney General Jeff Sessions, on the other hand, is a fierce opponent of marijuana and has opposed measures that would limit the federal government’s ability to...
  11. Ron Strider

    OR: Marijuana-Legal States Struggle With Black-Market Weed

    Well before Oregon legalized marijuana, its verdant, wet forests made it an ideal place for growing the drug, which often ended up being funneled out of the state for big money. Now, officials suspect pot grown legally in Oregon and other states is also being smuggled out, and the trafficking is...
  12. Ron Strider

    OR: States Try To Track Cannabis Sales As DOJ Clamps Down

    Well before Oregon legalized marijuana, its verdant, wet forests made it an ideal place for growing the drug, which often ended up being funneled out of the state for big money. Now, officials suspect pot grown legally in Oregon and other states is also being smuggled out, and the trafficking...
  13. Ron Strider

    CA: Cannabis Operations In The Pipeline In Port Hueneme

    A manufacturer of edibles and a cooperative are looking to open Port Hueneme's first medical marijuana operations. YiLo, which has marijuana operations in Arizona, has applied to make its cannabis-infused food and drink products at what is currently a public works facility for the city. In...
  14. Ron Strider

    MI: Medical Marijuana Ordinance Public Hearing To Be Held In Lansing Tonight

    A public hearing on a proposed medical marijuana ordinance in Lansing is happening tonight. Council members scheduled the hearing after passing a motion at a meeting last month. It's the city's first public hearing on medical marijuana in six years. The council will get feedback from the...
  15. Ron Strider

    CA: Poway Couple Arrested After Marijuana Grow House Catches Fire

    A Poway couple was arrested and their baby was taken into protective custody Sunday morning, when San Diego County sheriff's deputies discovered a marijuana growing operation after their house went up in flames. Firefighters and deputies responded shortly before 4 a.m. to the 15000 block of...
  16. Ron Strider

    Wisconsin Senator Invests In Canadian Pot Producer, Votes For Medical Marijuana

    When a state senator voted this year to expand access to medical marijuana in Wisconsin, he did so as a relatively new investor of a Canadian pot producer with global ambitions. According to public disclosures reviewed this week by USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin, Sen. Frank Lasee of De Pere in...
  17. Ron Strider

    AR: Medical Marijuana Card Applications Lower Than Expected

    Arkansas' medical-marijuana program is mostly off to a smooth start, but applications for medical marijuana cards are off to a slow start. So far, submissions from patients seeking medical marijuana cards have been lower than expected according to Robert Brech, General Counsel for the...
  18. Ron Strider

    AR: Gov Wary Of State Medical Board Chair Serving On Medical Marijuana Assocociation

    A newly created medical marijuana advocacy group that includes former Attorney General Dustin McDaniel and reportedly State Medical Board Chairman Dr. Steven Cathey has waded into controversy only a day after announcing that it would serve as the "leading voice" for the state's fledgling...
  19. Ron Strider

    Police Remind Visitors Medical Marijuana Is Illegal In Wyoming

    If you have visitors coming for the eclipse who might use medical marijuana, you might want to remind them it's not legal in Wyoming. The Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police raised the issue in an eclipse-related press release last week. "Even if you have a card from...
  20. Ron Strider

    TN: Medical Cannabis Gaining Momentum As Alternative To Opioid Treament

    Safe Access Tennessee, a group working to advance cannabis therapeutics is speaking out. The medical marijuana group originally had plans to be part of tonight's Nashville Sounds educate Tennessee charity night -- when the entire event got canceled on Friday. "Most people believe that when...
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