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California: Wine grape growers lose labor to cannabis farms - Cannabis News

Amid a years-long labor shortage, workers in California’s wine region are headed to cannabis jobs offering better pay, working conditions.

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California’s legal marijuana will outsell the black market in 5 years, forecast says

California’s black market for marijuana still rakes in more cash than the state’s legal cannabis industry, but a new analysis suggests the dynamic could flip within five years.

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Napa County Ballot to Include Initiative for Commercial Cannabis Cultivation

Will wine tasters be set off their cabernet sauvignon should Napa County decide to allow farmers to legally grow marijuana? Local vineyard industry leaders told the Napa County Board of Supervisors that they would at a meeting on Tuesday. In response, the board decided to send the issue of local pot grows to the county’s voters in next year’s March elections.

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California Says Its Cannabis Revenue Has Fallen Short Of Estimates, Despite Gains

California's cannabis excise tax generated only $74.2 million in the second quarter of 2019, the state says, announcing numbers that are short of projections that were set months ago. It's the latest sign that the country's largest marijuana market has struggled to take off since sales of recreational pot became legal last year.

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Massachusetts is moving forward with marijuana cafes - Cannabis News

As more and more recreational marijuana shops open across Massachusetts, state regulators turned their focus Thursday toward the next frontier of the industry’s rollout: Social consumption establishments.

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Pot Industry in California Hit by Wildfires - Cannabis News

Burgeoning recreational marijuana industry is being hit by some of the worst fires in state history.

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Adults Are Using Cannabis More Than Ever - Cannabis News

If you think you’re the only one you know lighting up, you probably aren’t.

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KS lawmakers consider measure to conduct research into uses of industrial hemp

PLEVNA, Kan. State lawmakers in Kansas are considering measures to conduct research into the uses of industrial hemp.

The product comes from a sativa plant, like marijuana, but the hemp plant looks much different and is used to create thousands of products.

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Denver approves first social marijuana license, allowing vaping and edibles in Lincoln Park coffee shop - Cannabis News

A Denver coffee shop received city approval Monday for the nation’s first business license to allow marijuana use by patrons under a 2016 voter-approved initiative.

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Arkansas names 5 companies picked to grow medical marijuana - Cannabis News

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas took the first step Tuesday toward launching its medical marijuana program, as state regulators named the five businesses they intend to license to grow the drug.

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Support for marijuana legalization surges to record high, Fox News poll finds - Cannabis News

Support for legalizing marijuana has reached an all-time high, according to a recent poll conducted by Fox News.

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In Seattle US old-timers rediscover the high life on cannabis tours - Cannabis News

Forget bingo, tea dances and seaside trips. Residents from a chain of Seattle retirement homes are going on Pot for Beginners tours to learn about – and buy – cannabis in the city, where it’s now legal.

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More Businesses Removing Cannabis Testing From Pre-Employment Processes – Cannabis News

The Mountain States Employers Council (MSEC) did a survey in December that indicated a shift in employer attitudes toward cannabis.

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California Marijuana Growers Reel From Cannabis Farms Consumed By Wildfires

Mike Ray stands on what's left of his marijuana farm, following the Butte Fire in Calaveras County, California, in mid-September, 2015.  Image: Mike Ray via IBTimes.com
 
The 2015 wildfire season, among the worst in recent memory, took a major toll on the state’s marijuana industry.
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CBN Yourself to Sleep Tonight with These Products

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A University of Georgia graduate student used crowdsourcing to take a look at marijuana prices across the country.
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Have a little music with your Marijuana

A wildfire rages near Clearlake, California. Photo: AP

Growers of medical cannabis say smoke is affecting crops.

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Medical Marijuana partially legalized in Kentucky as governor signs executive order

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A proposal to build a medical marijuana production plant could provide a local economic boost to the region.
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15 Biggest U.S. Cities That Will Have Legalized Marijuana in 2018 - Cannabis News

A medical marijuana dispensary has been given conditional approval for 21 Milk Street in Boston. Image: Jessica Bartlett
 
The Boston Zoning Board of Appeals has given conditional approval to open a medical marijuana dispensary on Milk Street.
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Michigan bill would allow people under 21 to work in weed industry

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Despite two years of delays, the state’s first MMJ dispensary is ready to open its doors.
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A Judge accepts the Biden administration's dubious argument for banning Gun possession by Marijuana users

T-shirts for sale in Albion, Ill. declare that though Albion has a medical marijuana farm, residents can't buy alcohol in local stores. | Becky Schlikerman/Sun-Times
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If you want a bottle of booze in downstate Albion, you have to drive out of town.
But the Edwards County town of less than 2,000 residents is the site of a huge medical marijuana farm.
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