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Maine marijuana regulators had a busy week as they approved how much taxes are going where and they decided on several new rules for the incoming industry. Maine voters said YES to legalizing recreational marijuana last year and sales have been pushed back to February 2018 at the soonest. When sales begin customers will be paying a 20% tax on cannabis products, which ...

After a tough competitive process, Vermont officials finally awarded the state's 5th medical marijuana license to PhytoScience Institute. The dispensary won over 4 other applicants and were judged on business plan, health needs, registered patients and more. As of Aug. 24 the state has only 4,609 registered patients, but 6th dispensary license will be available on...

Marijuana business owners in Pennsylvania want to make sure people know that legal medical cannabis exists, it's coming to their state, and if they have 1 of 17 medical conditions they can talk to their doctor about a prescription. What better way to let people know than a big billboard or newspaper ad? These ads will be put into production far before the state...

Good news for Colorado Springs medical marijuana patients may be coming soon as city council members discussed extending closing times of medical dispensaries by 2 hours. The proposal came with no opposition, which would be hard to justify since state law allows medical dispensaries to stay open until midnight but Colorado Springs medical dispensaries currently m...

A Los Angeles council committee has passed legislation that would allow dispensaries to sell retail marijuana before january and legitimize the incoming recreational cannabis industry in California. In order for currently operating medical marijuana dispensaries to participate in this opportunity they would be forced to close their doors and await this new licens...

Last year Maine voters approved of legalizing marijuana like alcohol, which means that since you can buy alcohol in a drive-through, the same is now true for cannabis. While it's not 100% official due to this weeks public hearing, it's safe to say that making cannabis as legal and available as alcohol is an important goal for many officials in charge of regula...

The state of Massachusetts has both adults and business owners alike excited for this year's first crops of cannabis to be grown, many who have already completed their first harvest. It seems that both large size outdoor growers and personal-use growers at home all had plenty to learn as they grew their first crop, some learned lessons the hard way and some h...

Public opinion of cannabis has never been higher in the U.S. Multiple states have legalized different forms of cannabis just last year, but it seems that our policing of cannabis "crimes" are still too present. Marijuana possession made up over 5% of all arrests in 2016, making more arrests than all violent crimes put together. Though the public is much more...

There is always something to do at any point of the day or night in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, but now the famous strip will have a 24/7 marijuana dispensary. Current policy makes the local dispensaries close between 3am and 6am, but owners are saying they consistently have customers still when they close at 3am, and waiting at 6am. Many businesses in the area are...

Florida lawmakers have gone back and forth countless times on medical marijuana and now the state has not only implemented it's program, but it will be expanding it by offering 5 new business licenses to grow the plant. The state currently has 12 active licenses, and no more than these 17 will be awarded until the state has registered over 100,000 patients, curren...

In a recent study done by the group Consumer Research Around Cannabis, they surveyed over 1,200 locals near denver and found a large number of adults who use cannabis primarily use the drug to sleep (47.2%). Pain relief, anxiety and depression were among the other highest reasons consumers choose cannabis. Even expanding creative outlets was an answer chosen for ...

It's been a busy few years for marijuana law reform and some states have become surrounded by the trend of legal cannabis. Nevada's recreational marijuana program began this year making it the third state bordering Idaho with recreational marijuana. While certain Idaho lawmakers have made it clear they have no intentions for recreational cannabis, they have st...