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  1. Ron Strider

    For The First Time, A Majority Of Republicans Support Marijuana Legalization

    For the first time in nearly 50 years of Gallup polling on the question, a majority of American Republicans say they support marijuana legalization. Fifty-one percent of Republicans surveyed by Gallup this month said they support legalization, up sharply from 42 percent a year ago. Even...
  2. Ron Strider

    OR: Money From Marijuana

    Linn County Commissioner Roger Nyquist believes the $243,000 the county has received as its share of the marijuana sales tax should be funneled to the Juvenile Department and Linn County Drug Court. But the issue has not come yet come before the full board, which includes John Lindsey and...
  3. Ron Strider

    Digital Currency Looks To Solve Cannabis Industry's Cash Problem

    Digital currencies may solve some the legal cannabis industry's woes by becoming an alternative to cash payments. Despite recent state-level ballot initiatives across the US that legalizes marijuana in one form or another, the drug still remains illegal at the federal level. While it's unlikely...
  4. baxbax

    Can I use hydrated lime?

    Hello , I'm going to mix soil with peat moss and 10 percent wormcasting and 5 percent clay and 10 percent perlite . wondering about low ph of peat moss and may its continue decreasing during grow ? i know peat moss substrate have already lime added to it, company say its ph is 5.5 to 6.5 ...
  5. Ron Strider

    Hey, Pennsylvania, Legalize Marijuana And Stop Destroying People's Lives

    The war on marijuana continues to rage in Pennsylvania. Despite slow progress in loosening the commonwealth's laws on the devil's lettuce – including a new medical cannabis products law and municipal decriminalization ordinances in its two largest cities, its state capital, and the borough that...
  6. Ron Strider

    CO: Cannabis Potency Numbers Can Be Misleading

    Your parents are right: Weed is stronger than it used to be. A 2015 report from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) titled "Marijuana Equivalency in Portion and Dosage" lists the average potency of flower in Colorado at 17.1 percent and concentrates at 62.1...
  7. Ron Strider

    In Canada, Marijuana Edible Sales Delayed Even As Interest Among Canadians Grows

    Canada continues to move forward on national legalization of marijuana, which is set to happen in July 2018. But, one product will have to wait a year beyond that date: edible marijuana. While the wait will delay what has been a profitable business in U.S. states where cannabis is legal, it's...
  8. Ron Strider

    Colorado Marijuana Sales Already Top $1 Billion in 2017

    Colorado marijuana sales continue to hit new milestones, surpassing $1 billion in sales two months earlier in 2017 than they did in 2016, according to tax-revenue data from the Colorado Department of Revenue. Totaling retail and medical marijuana sales tax from sales largely made through August...
  9. Ron Strider

    Nevada Nets $3.7 Million In First Month Of Marijuana Tax Collections

    The Silver State is seeing green, having hauled in $3.68 million in state tax revenue during the first month of legal marijuana sales. The bulk of the revenue was generated by Nevada's 10 percent retail tax on sales of recreational marijuana, totaling $2.71 million in July, the Nevada...
  10. baxbax

    Optimum pH in peat moss

    Hello , Im going to use peatmoss substrate as medium not raw peat i mean peatmoss bagged and sold as substrate they have ph range of 5.5 to 6.5 or 5.2 to 6 (this is what printed on bag ) and they call they have some nutrients for start and wetting agent ... Mixing with 10 percent perlite , 10...
  11. Ron Strider

    First Oregon Marijuana Tax Revenues Being Distributed

    The first distributions of state marijuana tax revenues -- totaling nearly $85 million -- are on their way to the State School Fund; the Mental Health, Alcoholism, and Drug Services Account; the Oregon State Police; the Oregon Health Authority, and Oregon's cities and counties. All...
  12. Ron Strider

    ME: Proposed Recreational Marijuana Law Clears Key Legislative Committee

    A key panel of lawmakers has approved the language of Maine's new recreational marijuana law. The state's Marijuana Legalization Implementation Committee voted to approve the proposed regulations of Maine's recreational cannabis market. Sales tax was discussed Thursday- lawmakers laid out how...
  13. Ron Strider

    Californians Spent $681 Million On Marijuana In 3-Month Period

    To understand Californians' favorite methods for ingesting cannabis, Joshua Hoffman likens it to the different ways of experiencing music. Think of smoking cannabis flowers like attending a live concert, he said. The second most popular method – vape pens – is like listening to a CD on...
  14. Ron Strider

    Maine Panel Divvies Up Tax Revenue From Sales Of Marijuana

    A Maine legislative panel agreed Thursday on how to divvy tax revenue from recreational marijuana sales after putting the kibosh on drive-thru sales, internet sales and home delivery. The Joint Select Committee on Marijuana Legalization Implementation wants to provide 5 percent to towns that...
  15. Ron Strider

    Legalized Cannabis May Be A Windfall For McDonald's And Taco Bell

    The munchies are driving up fast-food sales in states where marijuana is legal. Cannabis has been shown to increase users' appetite, sending many customers of legalized dispensaries to fast-food chains, according to a new study by Green Market Report and Consumer Research Around Cannabis...
  16. Ron Strider

    McDonald's Favorite Fast Food Joint Among Marijuana Users In Legal States

    A Big Mac appears to be the munchie of choice for those who bought marijuana legally, according to a new marketing study. Some 43 percent who bought legal marijuana chose McDonald's as their go-to joint, according to the New-York-based Green Market Report and the Houston-based Consumer...
  17. Ron Strider

    ME: Public To Weigh In On 20 Percent Marijuana Tax, Social Clubs

    The public will weigh in on lawmakers' plans to double the recreational marijuana sales tax to 20 percent and allow for pot drive-thrus and home delivery of pot. The Legislature's Joint Select Committee on Marijuana Legalization Implementation is holding a Tuesday hearing on an omnibus bill...
  18. Ron Strider

    Michigan Lobbyist Group Pushes Recreational Marijuana Legalization

    Recreational marijuana is now closer than ever to becoming permitted by law in Michigan. A ballot petition being circulated by the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol is "well past" 250,000 signatures, according to the group's spokesman Josh Hovey. The state of Michigan requires 252,523...
  19. Ron Strider

    Fewer Young People Than Ever Feel They Have Easy Access To Cannabis

    The number of young people who believe they can easily access cannabis has plummeted since 2002, data published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs reveals. Researchers from Boston University, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of North Carolina and St. Louis...
  20. Ron Strider

    Michigan Has Barely Made Any Money Off Marijuana. That Ends Next Year

    Nine years after the legalization of medical marijuana in Michigan, not only are the rules confusing, but state and municipalities with medical marijuana ordinances have made little revenue from the industry. The product has not been taxed and the hundreds of dispensaries statewide are not...
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