Tuesday, January 14, 2025

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  1. Katelyn Baker

    CA: Kersey's Marijuana Tax Could Net San Diego $22M in First Year, City Says

    San Diego voters will be told this fall that passage of a ballot measure to tax businesses selling recreational marijuana could generate an estimated $22 million for city coffers in the first year, according to documents made available Tuesday. The estimate is part of a fiscal analysis of...
  2. Katelyn Baker

    TN: Decriminalization Of Small Amounts Of Marijuana Passes City Council Committee

    Memphis, Tenn. - The Memphis City Council has voted to pass an ordinance that will reduce the severity of carrying a small amount of marijuana. Fifty bucks. That's how much people could end up paying if caught or distributing less than an ounce of weed. There would also be the possibility...
  3. Katelyn Baker

    NY: Health Department Airs Out Proposal That Would Put Medical Marijuana In Schools

    Albany - Back to school supplies could soon include medical marijuana under a proposal put forward by Gov. Cuomo's administration. Looking at ways to expand New York's fledgling medical cannabis program, the state Health Department wants to give schools a way to "possess, secure, and...
  4. Katelyn Baker

    NY: Health Department Airs Out Proposal That Would Put Medical Marijuana In Schools

    Albany - Back to school supplies could soon include medical marijuana under a proposal put forward by Gov. Cuomo's administration. Looking at ways to expand New York's fledgling medical cannabis program, the state Health Department wants to give schools a way to "possess, secure, and...
  5. Katelyn Baker

    CA: Boulder County To Consider Proposed Hygiene Marijuana Growing Facility

    A proposed indoor marijuana facility has stirred opposition among many residents and business owners in Hygiene, the tiny unincorporated community west of Longmont. Robert Gourley, the owner of the commercially zoned property at 7593 Hygiene Road, is seeking county permission to change the...
  6. Katelyn Baker

    OH: Council Looks For Clarity In Medical Pot Permits

    Zanesville - Ohio's new marijuana law goes into effect on Sept. 8, making the state the 25th to legalize it for medical purposes. However, that doesn't mean anyone can casually smoke pot. In fact, smoking marijuana in Ohio will still be illegal. Although Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich...
  7. Katelyn Baker

    OH: Council Looks For Clarity In Medical Pot Permits

    Zanesville - Ohio's new marijuana law goes into effect on Sept. 8, making the state the 25th to legalize it for medical purposes. However, that doesn't mean anyone can casually smoke pot. In fact, smoking marijuana in Ohio will still be illegal. Although Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich...
  8. Katelyn Baker

    BC: 'Canna Mall' Aims To Be Hub Of Victoria's Marijuana Culture

    What's touted as a one-stop shopping centre for all your weed needs is getting up and running at 1627 Quadra St. The new "high" class collection of businesses called the Canna Mall has recently taken over the other side of Gazzola Tile and Design building, already occupied at 1625 Quadra by...
  9. Katelyn Baker

    NZ: High Cost To Criminalied Marijuana

    An economic research think tank is calling for marijuana to be legalised saying it could save the country over $300 million a year. Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) principal economist Peter Wilson said outlawing the drug had not stopped 10 percent of New Zealanders using it. He said...
  10. Katelyn Baker

    New York Considering Home Delivery Of Medical Marijuana

    Albany, N.Y. - New York is considering expanding its 9-month-old medical marijuana program by adding more growers and allowing home delivery. The state Health Department has issued a report recommending ways the program can be improved. Some of those recommendations include: Registering five...
  11. Katelyn Baker

    New York Considering Home Delivery Of Medical Marijuana

    Albany, N.Y. - New York is considering expanding its 9-month-old medical marijuana program by adding more growers and allowing home delivery. The state Health Department has issued a report recommending ways the program can be improved. Some of those recommendations include: Registering...
  12. Katelyn Baker

    CA: Santa Rosa Invites Marijuana Businesses To Step Out Of The Shadows

    Larry Schaeffer has grown marijuana in Sonoma County for more than a decade. His Cherry Kola Farms outside Penngrove supplies award-winning strains of pungent pot to one of Sonoma County's largest medical cannabis collectives, as well as discerning dispensaries around the state. But after...
  13. Katelyn Baker

    CA: Marijuana Set To Change North Bay Business

    How to regulate the business of cannabis as it emerges from underground operation isn't the only issue facing local communities in California. As growing and selling marijuana comes into the open, banking with large sums of cash, marijuana odor mitigation, diversified farming, and even growers...
  14. Katelyn Baker

    Canada: Trudeau Talks Tough On Cannabis Legalisation

    Justin Trudeau has boldly re-iterated that, when it comes to legalising cannabis, safety is a top priority for Canada. In an interview with CTV news earlier this week, the Canadian PM discussed the importance of legalising cannabis as a protective measure for public health: The reason why...
  15. Katelyn Baker

    HI: Medical Marijuana Use Big On Big Island

    New data from the state Department of Health confirms Hawaii County has nearly twice as many medical marijuana patients as Oahu, with about 11 percent living in Pahoa alone. On June 30, there were 6,101 patients residing on Hawaii Island, comprising 42 percent of the 14,492 patients statewide...
  16. Katelyn Baker

    HI: Medical Marijuana Use Big On Big Island

    New data from the state Department of Health confirms Hawaii County has nearly twice as many medical marijuana patients as Oahu, with about 11 percent living in Pahoa alone. On June 30, there were 6,101 patients residing on Hawaii Island, comprising 42 percent of the 14,492 patients statewide...
  17. Katelyn Baker

    NY: State Health Department Recommends Overhauling Medical Marijuana Program

    The Cuomo administration is recommending significant expansions to the state's fledgling medical marijuana program just nine months after it began. The state Department of Health, in a report analyzing the program, offered 12 recommendations to improve the program, including: registering an...
  18. Katelyn Baker

    NY: State Health Department Recommends Overhauling Medical Marijuana Program

    The Cuomo administration is recommending significant expansions to the state's fledgling medical marijuana program just nine months after it began. The state Department of Health, in a report analyzing the program, offered 12 recommendations to improve the program, including: registering an...
  19. Katelyn Baker

    FL: Petition To Stop Publix From Fighting Medical Marijuana Has 41K Signatures

    Thousands of people are pushing back against Carol Jenkins Barnett, daughter of Publix supermarket founder George Jenkins, who donated $800,000 to Drug Free Florida in hopes of defeating the November medical marijuana vote. A citizen-led petition on Change.org, aimed at stopping the heiress...
  20. Katelyn Baker

    FL: Petition To Stop Publix From Fighting Medical Marijuana Has 41K Signatures

    Thousands of people are pushing back against Carol Jenkins Barnett, daughter of Publix supermarket founder George Jenkins, who donated $800,000 to Drug Free Florida in hopes of defeating the November medical marijuana vote. A citizen-led petition on Change.org, aimed at stopping the heiress...
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