Recreational marijuana sales became legal in California this year, and the industry is targeting tourists as well as locals, with tours, shops, lodging and ads.
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May 2018
NORML Chapters Continue State-Level Push for Marijuana Law Reforms
NORML Chapters Continue State-Level Push for Marijuana Law Reforms | NORML
Since the beginning of the year, NORML Chapters throughout the country have been busy organizing lobby days for the 2018 legislative session. With the hope of reforming various aspects of their state’s marijuana policies, NORML affiliated activists have been meeting with…
BDS Analytics, a Boulder-based cannabis data leader, lands $3.5 million investment
Boulder’s BDS Analytics, a leading data repository for the cannabis industry, just landed a cash infusion to fuel its ambitions of national and international expansion.
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Pennsylvania Regulators Expand Medical Marijuana Program
Pennsylvania Regulators Expand Medical Marijuana Program | NORML
HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine has signed off on a series of recommendations expanding patients’ access to medical cannabis. The changes, previously recommended by the state’s medical marijuana advisory board, expand the pool of patients eligible to receive medical cannabis therapy to include those suffering from…
Denver marijuana tech firm Baker gets scooped up in four-way merger, with IPO planned
Under a four-company merger announced Tuesday, Baker will serve as a key ingredient of Tilt Holdings Inc., a newly formed provider of an assortment of cannabis services, technologies and products to feed the mushrooming multibillion-dollar global cannabis industry.
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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Announces Expansion of State Medicinal Marijuana Program
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Announces Expansion of State Medicinal Marijuana Program | Drug Policy Alliance
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on Tuesday announced steps to expand New Jersey’s long-stalled Medicinal Marijuana Program. The Governor acted quickly after taking office, issuing an executive order mandating the Department of Health to review…
Marijuana growers turning to hemp as CBD extract explodes
A glut of legal marijuana is driving Oregon pot prices to rock-bottom levels, prompting some nervous growers to start pivoting to another type of cannabis to make ends meet — one that doesn’t come with a high.
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