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Despite initial hiccups, Women Grow believes new licensing agreement will strengthen company

By John Schroyer

In its transition to a new licensing agreement – which drove off several dozen former chapter chairs – Women Grow’s leadership believes it’s establishing new business practices that will help put the company on more solid footing, both financially and for brand uniformity at events across the country.

For instance, the company has increased its vetting of newly hired chapter chairs, or “market leaders” as they’re now called, as opposed to its early practice of simply allowing chapters to sprout up on their own.

That will allow Women Grow to get a better sense of

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Looking ahead: Women Grow execs confident company has bright future

By John Schroyer

While some industry professionals question whether Women Grow can fully recover from its professional missteps, there are signs the company could be turning a corner.

Since May, Women Grow has cemented contracts to establish eight new “markets” – formerly called chapters – in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio and Washington DC, according to Women Grow CEO Kristina Neoushoff.

Neoushoff also said she’s been inundated with applications from women who are interested in Women Grow’s new licensing contract, which establishes a more formal relationship than in the past between the company and

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Women Grow: By the numbers

A look at some of the contraction – and growth – Women Grow has experienced over the years.

Number of “Markets” (previously called chapters)

• 2014: 9
• 2015: 44
• 2016: 35
• 2017: 21

(2017 as of mid-August; others are end-of-year)

Attendance at Women Grow Leadership Summit

• 2015: 300
• 2016: 1,200
• 2017: 1,000

Note: The company says it capped attendance at the 2017 event based on feedback that members wanted a more intimate gathering.

Dues-Paying Members

1 Year Ago:

• 189 individual memberships
• 115 business memberships

Today:

• 354 individual memberships
• 129 business memberships

Source: Women

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Nevada Gaming Commission to discuss marijuana and casinos 

The Nevada Gaming Commission hopes to address during an upcoming special meeting the problems the industry may face from the state’s recent legalization of recreational marijuana.

The commission will meet Thursday to discuss ways to keep the state’s gaming companies disassociated from something that is federally illegal, the Las Vegas Sun reported.

Even though Nevada has legalized recreational marijuana, the use and sales of cannabis is still a violation of federal law.

State gaming laws and regulations specifically prohibit behavior by gaming licensees that would discredit the industry. Nevada’s gaming regulators say violating a federal law

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Franwell wins contract for Ohio’s medical cannabis program

Ohio medical marijuana regulators have chosen two vendors to develop the state’s seed-to-sale and online licensing systems.

The Ohio Department of Commerce awarded a $1.3 million contract to Franwell for its Marijuana Enforcement, Reporting, Tracking and Compliance (METRC) seed-to-sale system. METRC is used in several cannabis states, including California.

Persistent Systems won a $574,000 contract to design and build Ohio’s e-licensing system to track the licenses required of marijuana growers, processors, testing labs and their employees.

Ohio is targeting a September 2018 launch of its medical marijuana program.

– Associated Press

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Canada approves two more medical marijuana producers

Canada has added two more licensed producers, bringing the number of LPs in the country to 54 as regulators accelerate the licensing of new cultivators.

The latest to win approval are Experion Biotechnologies of Vancouver, British Columbia, and Zenabis of Atholville, New Brunswick.

The pair bring to nine the number of MMJ producers that have been approved since Health Canada streamlined the licensing of cultivators three months ago in an effort to ease the growing backlog of applicants and to increase production.

The additions give British Columbia 13 LPs and New Brunswick two. Seventeen of the licenses were awarded this year.

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Exhibitors, speakers boycott cannabis expo over Roger Stone

Numerous exhibitors and speakers are boycotting an upcoming cannabis conference in Los Angeles because Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, is a keynote speaker.

The Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) is leading the protest against Stone’s appearance at the Cannabis World Congress & Business Exposition (CWCBE), scheduled for Sept. 13-15, L.A. Weekly reported. (Note: Marijuana Business Daily, parent company of MJBizDaily.com, also organizes marijuana conferences.)

According to the newspaper, marijuana industry professionals who are challenging Stone’s keynote role cite his:

• “History of racist rhetoric.”
• Ties to a Trump administration

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Exhibitors, speakers boycott cannabis expo over Roger Stone

Numerous exhibitors and speakers are boycotting an upcoming cannabis conference in Los Angeles because Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, is a keynote speaker.

The Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) is leading the protest against Stone’s appearance at the Cannabis World Congress & Business Exposition (CWCBE), scheduled for Sept. 13-15, L.A. Weekly reported. (Note: Marijuana Business Daily, parent company of MJBizDaily.com, also organizes marijuana conferences.)

According to the newspaper, marijuana industry professionals who are challenging Stone’s keynote role cite his:

• “History of racist rhetoric.”
• Ties to a Trump administration

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Dixie Elixirs recalls some cannabis edibles in Colorado

Dixie Elixirs, one of the biggest names in the edibles business, has issued a voluntary recall for six products in Colorado because of potentially unsafe non-food-grade essential oils.

Left Bank LLC, which does business as Dixie Elixirs in Colorado, recalled four recreational cannabis products and two that are medical, including specific batches of Dixie mints, tablets and chocolate bars, according to a news release from the Denver Department of Environmental Health.

The recall was issued after the Denver agency determined that two essential oils used for flavoring weren’t manufactured specifically for human consumption and therefore pose a public health risk.

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Multiple 2018 marijuana legalization campaigns already underway

By John Schroyer
It won’t be easy to top the landslide 2016 electoral victories for marijuana, but advocates are looking to make serious headway across the country once again on statewide ballots next year.
Campaigns are underway in at least five state…