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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Trump’s Tariff War with China Will Hurt Both the Marijuana Industry and the Consumer

Trump’s tariff war with China is going to hurt the American cannabis industry and, in the end, it will probably be the consumer who will have to pay the price. This is the gloomy picture being painted by economists who predict anything but a pot of gold at the end of the cannabis industry’s present-day rainbow. And they blame Trump’s tariff war with China as the reason why the 2018 record-breaking year will come to an abrupt end. Trump’s ploy backfired Trump has made no bones about pointing the finger…

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Smoking weed is not conducive to good driving

It’s a well-known fact that statistics can be tweaked to achieve the desired outcome but studies have proved, and no-one can deny the fact, that smoking weed is not conducive to good driving. Marijuana affects our ability to concentrate and also impairs our spatial concepts such as time and distance.Studies have shown that this lack of judgement when behind a steering wheel increases our chances two-fold of being involved in a motor accident. One glaring flaw But there is one glaring flaw in studies undertaken to establish marijuana use and…

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Registered but unlicensed cannabis grow raided in Northern California

The latest raid on a legally registered Calaveras County marijuana grow farm in which Sheriff deputies seized more than 170 pounds of processed weed and 1,300 plants, illustrates the impossible survival odds being faced by small operators in California. Calaveras County has raked in almost $10 million in cultivation taxes since 2016 but in a shock turnabout County supervisors dashed the dreams and years of hard work of growers, giving them until the 7thJune 2018 to cease operations. In the raid on the legally registered Railroad Flat grow, three adults…

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Employers have to walk a tightrope when evaluating Federal versus State medical marijuana laws

Employers walk a legal tightrope when confronted with candidates for job vacancies who test positive for marijuana. Their dilemma has been created by the federal government’s anti-weed stance and the contradictory regulations that have been introduced by state governments which have legalized pot. Employers are therefore faced with a Catch 22 situation when wanting to appoint a qualified candidate who screens positive when undergoing a drug test. Currently, there are 29 states (and the District of Columbia) that have legalized medical marijuana but others, like Pennsylvania, are only now beginning…

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Canada gears itself for a billion-dollar marijuana industry as D-Day looms

Speculation is rife about just how big a slice of the marijuana pie will be devoured by Canada when it – in all probability – “goes green” on 7th June. But needless to say, billions upon billions of dollars will be made when recreational weed becomes legal on that date when the green bill is presented for the vote by the Canadian Senate. Considering that the Senate voted 44-29 in favor of the pro-cannabis bill in the first stage of the law-making procedure last March, it would appear more than…

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Seven astounding facts about marijuana sales that will leave you gob-smacked

Staggering amounts of money will be generated by marijuana sales now legal in nine American states, pumping billions of dollars into the economy and creating thousands of jobs in the workplace. It does not matter how vociferous the voices of anti-weed campaigners may ring, cannabis is Big Business and the taxes from pot sales will enrich the lives of thousands of US citizens. One just has to glance at the cold, hard facts to realize that legal weed spells an economic force to be reckoned with. Take the stock market…

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More children are admitted to hospital EDs because of secondhand smoke – be it from marijuana or tobacco

A combination of secondhand marijuana and tobacco smoke inhalation has been attributed to the increase in the number of children admitted to hospital emergency departments (ED) suffering from respiratory conditions. Dubbed SHMS – secondhand marijuana smoke – the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) could not say for sure that the same problems existed in children exposed to only one type of secondhand smoke inhalation – be it marijuana or tobacco. Presenting the findings of the first study of its kind, PAS says that the research was undertaken to establish an association…

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The decision by Zimbabwe to legalize weed could jump-start the African economy

Zimbabwe has legalized cannabis for the medical and scientific markets in a move that could snowball throughout Africa, bringing with it much needed financing for impoverished countries Despite the fact that Africa is the world’s second-largest consumer of marijuana and produces some of the best strains available globally, governments have frowned on legalization although, traditionally, weed has been widely used on the continent for untold decades. Zimbabwe’s Minister of Health, Dr David Parirenyatwa, rang the bells of change with the announcement that marijuana can now be grown, transported and sold…

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A Marijuana Bank is a priority of the California Cannabis Authority’s newly-appointed president

The contentious issue of legal banking facilities for California’s burgeoning marijuana industry is going to be put under the spotlight by the newly-appointed president of the state’s Cannabis Authority, Estelle Fennell. This go-getter is no stranger to the public, serving as 2nd District  Supervisor of Humboldt County for a number of years. After her appointment earlier this week, Fennell referred to cannabis banking – or rather the lack thereof – as an issue “that rises to the fore”. Fennell says that while counties and states have imposed tax structures for…

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