California Cannabis Banking Passes State Senate
A bill that would allow financial institutions to offer limited banking services to the state’s legal cannabis businesses cleared the state Senate... Read More
Cryptocurrency: Solution for a Cashless Cannabis Industry?
Marijuana prohibition never stopped marijuana sales. Blocking legal marijuana businesses from the legal banking system isn’t working, either. Source: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/313905 The legal marijuana... Read More
California Loosens Rules Separating Adult-use and Medical Cannabis Businesses
CALIFORNIA AGENCIES ANNOUNCE PROPOSED READOPTION OF EMERGENCY REGULATIONS States largest organization of cannabis growers and business owners celebrates progress while calling attention... Read More
CBD the Key to Quitting Smoking?
A chemical found in cannabis plants – that is safe to ingest and doesn’t make you high – could hold the key... Read More
Contra Costa Cannabis Ordinance Goes to Planning Dept. for Adoption
OnWednesday, May 23, 2018 at 7:00 P.M. the Contra Costa County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on adoption of a... Read More
Cannabis Bigger than Organic Produce…Video Games?
Chart: Putting the $55 billion US retail cannabis market in perspective With revenue of $5.8 billion-$6.6 billion, sales of legal recreational and... Read More
WeedMaps in Hot Water, So its Execs Seek Distribution License
Two of the masterminds behind Weedmaps – perhaps the most successful online advertising platform for cannabis businesses – are working to set... Read More
Facebook Data: What You Don’t Know
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, went to Capitol Hill this week to explain to members of Congress how the detailed personal information... Read More
Sessions says prosecutors won’t pursue “small marijuana cases”
Law enforcement lacks resources to take on ‘routine cases’ and will focus on gangs and larger conspiracies, attorney general says. Federal prosecutors... Read More
Trump Administration Cautions Against National Hemp Expansion
The Trump administration doesn’t want to see hemp expanded nationwide in the next Farm Bill because of concerns about overproduction, an official... Read More