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Priscilla Vilchis Is Set to Become First Latina to Receive California Marijuana License - Cannabis News
Business & Finance
The Supreme Court was scheduled to confer over a major marijuana case Feb. 19 but has postponed the meeting due to late Justice Antonin Scalia’s memorial ceremony at the Supreme Court falling on the same day, according a SCOTUS Blog report.
Marijuana May Be Legal, but Good Luck Filing the Paperwork – Marijuana News
Business & Finance
Marijuana is legal to buy in several states, but no law says that selling it will be free from cumbersome expense and paperwork, especially when it comes to taxation.
20 states report pot legalization measures in 2016 election – Marijuana News
National Issues
Voters in 20 U.S. states could potentially legalize some form of cannabis use in the November 2016 election — part of a historic backlash to the century-old war on marijuana.
New Colorado bill would create guidelines for organic marijuana – Marijuana News
Activism
Colorado marijuana consumers will be able to buy pesticide-free, “certified organic” weed if lawmakers pass a new bill aimed at creating special labels for the state’s legal cannabis industry.
Sonoma State University offers a Finance, Investment and Investment Law seminar, focusing on the state’s legal cannabis industry
Press Releases
PHOENIX - The fight over legalizing recreational pot in Arizona is heating up. A retired DEA agent with 18 years of experience tells ABC15 he believes it should be legalized, taxed and regulated.
80 percent of North Carolinians want medical marijuana legalized, poll says - Cannabis News
Politics
As legal marijuana markets continue to expand in the United States, some experts are arguing that growers have both the need and the opportunity to make their operations, well, greener.
South Carolina farmers could be growing industrial hemp by the end of the year - Cannabis News
South Carolina
California farmers are known for producing some of the finest fruits, vegetables and nuts in the world. But what if the state’s big agriculture also included marijuana?
Sonoma State University’s School of Extended & International Education offers a Cannabis in California workshop in early June, to provide education and provide CEUs for professionals
Press Releases
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A bill that would create a system for manufacturing, dispensing and possessing medical marijuana in Iowa has advanced in the Legislature with several changes.
Heineken is betting on a brew made with marijuana instead of alcohol, and it could help give a boost to the struggling beer industry - Cannabis News
Business & Finance
Marijuana is legal in some capacity in 23 states and the District of Columbia, but Facebook doesn't seem to "like" it very much these days.
Concerns remain about new Hawaii hemp law
Politics
The cannabis plant’s unsteady transformation from outlaw weed to mainstream commodity is poised for another step forward as entrepreneurs lay plans to launch hemp derivatives.
Virginia Lawmakers Pass Bills To Ban Searches Based On Marijuana Odor
Politics
New start-ups have been putting together software that helps banks and dispensaries monitor and record transactions, with the long-term goal of moving transactions away from cash.
California governor signs new bill to protect banks that work with cannabis businesses
Politics
The first thing you notice when you walk into the Bud & Breakfast called "B and B 420" is that it's really, really clean. It's that feeling of relief you get when you realize that the place you're staying will be nice — better than nice, nicer than your house.
Pennsylvania Governor Continues Push For Cannabis Legalization
Politics
With companies marketing drugs directly to consumers promising cures for almost anything, an increasingly destigmatized cannabis seems a likely target for the industry’s next game-changing medicine.
WeedLife.com Cannabis Social Network Launches New Mobile App
Press Releases
Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~ Scalia’s passing could bring a halt to the Supreme Court’s consideration of any major cannabis-related rulings, at least for now.
Brands want to capitalize on 4/20 munchies. Pot advocates say it’s time to grow up - Cannabis News
420 Specific
Medical marijuana is legal in New York, but veterans’ doctors are still forbidden from recommending it.
WeedLife Social Network Partners with CannaMakeADifference to Bring Charity and Community Front and Center at Largest Free 420 Festival in the United States
Press Releases
AURORA, Colo. - A baby girl who began having life-threatening seizures within days of her birth is receiving hemp oil while in the neonatal intensive-care unit at Children's Hospital Colorado, her mother says.

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