marijuana

A medical marijuana extraction facility could be a step closer Monday to opening in Costa Mesa. The Planning Commission will review an application for a conditional use permit to open the facility in a 7,315-square-foot tenant space at 3590 Cadillac Ave.in the northwest area of the city...

The medical school at the University of Hawaii held its first seminar on medical marijuana with a panel of doctors and lawyers discussing the drug and the regulations governing its use. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the panel shared highlights of research on the topic to an audience...

As medical marijuana legalization slowly moves forward in North Dakota, some national companies are already taking a look at working with dispensaries. One such outfit hopes to be the "Amazon of Cannabis," said owner and founder Socrates Rosenfeld, an Army veteran who flew and commanded a...

The Sacramento City Council on Tuesday approved funding sources for increased law enforcement against illegal indoor pot grows, following a two-month pilot program that led to the closure of 614 pot houses. The city expects to spend between $700,000 and $1.1 million on police efforts to stop...

Janice Michalski lives in pain. "Being on the opioids, right now the only way is to go up to keep the pain away," claims Michalski. Michalski knows and worries about the risk of increasing her dosage. So does Governor Rick Scott. "Opioid abuse has taken the lives of too many...

Dozens of marijuana dispensaries in Las Vegas are offering discounts this Black Friday, including on marijuana flower products and edibles such as chocolates, and concentrates, the Las Vegas Sun reported on Wednesday. More than 40 dispensaries in the Sin City area are offering discounts on the...

The four young men had just started their marijuana harvest in rural Northern California when a dozen sheriff's deputies swooped in with guns drawn, arrested them and spent the day chopping down 150 bushy plants with machetes. 'I could do this every day if I had the personnel,' Calaveras...

Ohio has received 370 applications for license to dispense medical marijuana, including dozens in the Dayton area. The state's list will be narrowed to 60 and 15 will be licensed for southwest Ohio The next step will be to narrow the list to the 60 that will be licensed to sell medical...

Businesses will have to pay an extra fee be in the medical marijuana business within Newark. Monday night Newark City Council approved requiring any medical marijuana cultivator, processor or dispensary within the city of Newark to have a license from the city and pay a $500 fee each January...

On Monday, Nov. 27, the Buena Vista Township Board of Trustees will consider a recommendation from the planning commission to allow medical marijuana facilities to operate in the township. The commission, which will be tasked with creating the ordinances for the facilities, wanted to see if...

People don't immediately associate the marijuana industry with science but if you are a scientist, or plan to become one, it’s an association you will want to give some consideration. Typical jobs in the cannabis industry include budtender, cannabis trimming, packaging, grower and positions in...

In just a few weeks, medical marijuana will legally be sold in Texas. The plants are nearly finished growing in south-central Texas, which means workers will soon harvest and cultivate them, drying them out and preparing to extract low-level cannibidiol. Once that medicine is in a liquid...

The debate about recreational usage of marijuana continues, even after the decriminalization of possession of ten grams or less of the drug took effect earlier this month. While there is some support for tentative acceptance of use of weed for medicinal purposes, officialdom continues to frown...

PurePenn CEO Gabe Perlow says construction of the group’s 21,000-square-foot medical marijuana facility on a former McKeesport mill site was going smoothly this fall — that is, until they started excavating 6 feet of ground for the foundation. “Below 3 feet, we started hitting solid concrete,”...

In many ways, it's much more fun to serve as Official Opposition than in cabinet. You can feign outrage over omnibus bills, since you are no longer in the position of writing them. You can scold ministers for resorting to pre-programmed talking points in question period, having finally been...

The Garden State could soon become a bit more green. Proponents of legalized marijuana in New Jersey are lining up in the aftermath of Phil Murphy's election as governor, anticipating no-questions-asked pot sales to adults by late next year with an ally in the governor's office. Murphy has...

The marijuana industry is budding, and investors are really beginning to take notice. According to Cowen & Co., legal marijuana sales in the U.S. have the opportunity to reach $50 billion annually by 2026, with cannabis research firm ArcView projecting compound annual growth of 26% in North...

Tears streamed down Claudia Jendron's face this year as her doctor patted her hand and told her, after eight years of failed pain treatments for her spinal fusion-gone-wrong, "This is going to work, Claudia." She was talking about medical marijuana. For "eight years of hell," Jendron tried...

Not wanting to fall behind on the marijuana growing game, the provincial government is pushing for more licensed pot-growers in Quebec. Members of the Couillard government are expected to make the case to federal politicians for expedited licensed marijuana producer certifications granted to...

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