Deschutes County’s New Cannabis Rules Will Have a Drastic Impact on the Industry

Deschutes County’s long-awaited reassessment of its marijuana rules could have a drastic impact on the cannabis industry in that area. County commissioners are considering a 75 percent cutback on land already in use for marijuana cultivation, as well asother stringent measures that will have massively negative implications for industry players in this central Oregon County. Antagonists versus protagonists As is to be expected, the hearings focused on the antagonists versus the protagonists. Anti-pot residents opposed marijuana businessmen who voiced their concerns about being inadequately represented in the decision-making processes. The…

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How New Senate Bill Will Clear Up California Marijuana Law Confusion

A new Senate bill could help to clear up the confusion around California’s marijuana law. Residents in areas that are surrounded by counties that prohibit cannabis could begin to see marijuana being delivered to their door. Currently, marijuana delivery within California is limited because individual cities and counties exercise their right to ban pot. The new legislation could allow delivery services to travel through these restricted counties in order to deliver marijuana to far-reaching areas. Despite Cannabis being legal throughout California under Proposition 64, many people struggle to legally obtain…

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You can fly high but is it worth it when you land at one of America’s legal marijuana states?

It may be fine to fly high but make sure that you don’t come crashing down to earth! It’s summer vacation time and now that recreational marijuana is legal in several U.S. states, thousands of holidaymakers are asking whether or not they can travel with marijuana either in the air or on the road. It is NEVER legal to fly with weed because airports fall under the federal government’s jurisdiction and, as we all know, they don’t take kindly to cannabis because it remains as a fed-listed Schedule I drug.…

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The Link Between Marijuana and Lung Disease

Marijuana is still being researched by scientists and the American Lung Association is encouraging consumers to consume cannabis by any means other than smoking a joint. While the jury is still out on the specific effects of marijuana, it is clear that the way cannabis adversely, or otherwise, affects health is heavily dependent on how the marijuana is consumed. For many years marijuana was primarily consumed by smoking it, whether mixed with tobacco or not, and these blunts or joints are smoked just as a cigarette is. Not only are…

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Santa Rosa’s Industrial Buildings Fill with Pot Businesses

In a quiet industrial building invisibly nondescript in southwest Santa Rosa, blue-gloved workers in white laboratory coats pre-roll joints with high quality cannabis buds. Each carries the Marley Natural label founded by the legendary reggae artist’s estate. Under a constant 67-degree thermostat, its white walls are an international pot investment firm’s entry into California’s medical marijuana industry.   Privateer Holdings, Seattle-based self-proclaimed first private equity firm focusing exclusively on cannabis, considered basing its headquarters nearer Southern California’s hungry consumer market. However, last year the company chose Santa Rosa, renting a…

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