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Earlier this week on election day Michigan voters said YES to Proposal 1 which legalized recreational marijuana in the state, however some Universities have already stated that they will not permit students to possess cannabis on campus. Specifically the president of Oakland University spoke out this week saying that due to the college accepting federal financial aid ...

Word has been getting around that major brands like Coca-Cola Co. and others are looking to branch into the cannabis-infused drink business, but word from Coke is that they're going to be taking things slowly.  Until there is a scientific consensus of safety ontop of being legal, Coke will not be adding any new ingredients, they say. However CBD, the non-psyc...

Most countries around the world consider marijuana illegal and follow through with harsh penalties when caught with the plant, however South Korea holds their cannabis policies much higher. South Koreans are held to their home country's laws on illicit substances even when they visiting or living in another country that may have legalized that substance. For examp...

It's been less than one week that recreational cannabis has been legal in Canada and already many businesses have listed in their stores and on their websites that they are low or out of certain products. The first official day of legal sales exceeded expectations with over 12,500 transactions inside stores and 30,000 online. Different provinces are handling certa...

This week Canada legalized recreational cannabis and even though most U.S. states bordering their northern neighbors have some form of legalized cannabis it is still federally illegal to cross the border with it. Not only is crossing the Canada/US border with marijuana enough to get you banned from entering the U.S. it appears that even being associated with lega...

One of the most important factors in legalizing a regulated cannabis industry is setting the right price. The legal market must be competitive in price with the illicit market otherwise many consumers will just continue buying from their current source. Canada is experiencing this problem right now as they legalized recreational cannabis this week and they already hav...

Canada's new recreational cannabis market will be handled a little differently throughout each province. Ontario is one market that will handle all deliveries by mail meaning an influx for the Canadian postal system, but the different postal companies say they're prepared for however much comes at them. One challenge added into the large amount of mail de...

In California the Moreno Valley City Council voted earlier this year to limit the number of cannabis businesses that were allowed to open in their city shortly after California's recreational program went live at the beginning of the year. With no more than 27 cannabis businesses permitted in the city that leaves 8 dispensaries, 8 cultivators, 5 manufacturers, 2 t...

Colorado has had one of the most famous legal cannabis industries in the U.S. as they were among the first to legalize recreational use alongside Washington back in 2012. Since then several other states have legalized recreational cannabis while over half of the country has legalized medical cannabis. Though legal cannabis has become popular in many parts of the count...

Earlier this year Facebook made a major change to it's search function by beginning to filter out searches related to cannabis. While the intention was to hault illicit sales that were taking place on the social network they also filtered out many legitimate state legal businesses, government entities, and advocacy and industry groups purely because the word canna...

Governor Bruce Rauner of Illinois has been a key component in the progress of the state's medical marijuana program this year as he has not only added important qualifying conditions for the program but he also recently signed a bill that allows medical cannabis to be an alternative option where prescription opioids would be given. Despite his great support of the...

The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board is in charge of regulations for the state's cannabis industry and their new ruling has some cannabis businesses upset and worried for their financial future. The board announced last week that starting in January it will no longer be legal to manufacture or sell hard candy, tarts, fruit chews, colorful chocolate, jell...