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Los Angeles Votes To Scale Down Marijuana Merchants

We are very sad to report that voters in Los Angeles voted to pass Proposition D which would limit the number of dispensaries in the city yesterday. Almost 63 percent of voters supported the limit-and-tax option, known as Proposition D, which caps dispensaries at the 135 stores that registered before the 2007 moratorium and which [...]

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Arizona: Experiments in MMJ

In the emerging marketplace for medical marijuana we are going to see a complete spectrum of business models given a try.  The presentation will run from the almost hap-hazard to the highly organized.  It’s that “highly organized” extreme that is being attempted in Tempe, AZ.   The name, Harvest of Tempe, on the modest storefront [...]

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Aurora, Colorado Considers Keeping All the Action In-House

I have wondered how long it would take for some local government to figure out how much revenue could be won by being the only pot dealer in town.  Here’s one: The city of Aurora could be getting into the pot business — and make itself the exclusive grower and seller of the drug without [...]

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Los Angeles: Which Way To Go?

For states debating which way to structure their local MMJ system, take a look at what is brewing out in California, Los Angeles, specifically. It was about a year ago when the feds were stomping all over our buds in Cali — today we are debating business plans. Read just a bit and we’ll speak, [...]

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Will Alaska Be # 3?

Here’s a new entrant in the race to be the third state to re-legalize.  Alaska, home to lots of independent types, is in the race. Alaska voters may get the chance next year to make their state the third in the country to approve the recreational use of marijuana by adults 21 and older. Backers [...]

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Meet William Breathes, America’s First Marijuana Critic

Here’s an interesting story about one of our brothers blazing new trails.  Wish they had called it “Cannabis Critic,” but, hey, baby steps.  We should expect the uninitiated to be curious about what they have always been told was dangerous and thus, forbidden.  Now they would like to hear the truth.  William Breathes will be one [...]

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Massachussets Issues Medical Cannabis Regulations

  The state of Massachusetts has issued the official regulations for the newly implemented medical cannabis program.

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Medicated Monday: The Art Of Sending Marijuana By Mail

Sending marijuana by mail can be the easiest but one of the most stressful ways of distributing marijuana. You have to worry about only two things while sending marijuana. Getting caught is obviously the biggest threat. Breaking federal and state laws are no joke. You’ll be looking at some jail time. Unless, you’re loaded with [...]

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CannaBusiness: “MMJ Business Daily”

Rhode Island entrepreneur Anne Holland is on a high — not that kind of high — after a sold-out conference for her latest venture, Medical Marijuana Business Daily, and the launch of the cannabis industry’s first factbook. Over the years, Holland has earned millions of dollars starting niche business publications, but her most recent — [...]

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Colorado: Still More Rules to Write

Some tools intended to help enforce Colorado’s medical marijuana regulations have not been fully realized: LAB TESTING State statute allows the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division to contract with a laboratory for independent testing to determine whether products contain molds, pesticides or other substances. The division, however, did not address testing in its original round of [...]

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