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Second Hawaii medical marijuana dispensary begins sales

Another dispensary in Hawaii is selling medical marijuana.

Aloha Green opened for business in Honolulu this week after receiving a notice to proceed from the Hawaii Department of Health. The dispensary got the green light from the state after completing lab testing requirements and passing a final inspection.

Aloha Green joined Maui Grown Therapies as the only two MMJ dispensaries currently up and running in Hawaii. Maui Grown Therapies got the go-ahead to open a day earlier than Aloha Green.

Both businesses can sell only flower to patients until the health department certifies a lab to test manufactured

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Week in Review: Nevada marijuana promotions, MMJ banking in Florida & Sessions’ letters

By Bart Schaneman and Omar Sacirbey

A Nevada regulator threatens crackdowns on marijuana promotions, a bank in Florida is openly working with MMJ businesses, and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions writes letters to governors of three recreational cannabis states.

Here’s a closer look at some notable developments in the marijuana industry over the past week.

Not so smoker friendly

Nevada cannabis entrepreneurs are trying creative ways to increase business.

But promoting private consumption and marijuana-themed events is a good way to lose your license, says one industry watcher.

“These license holders that are trying to do this are really putting

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Retail store claims to be first in England to sell CBD products

A CBD store opened this week in the United Kingdom, and its owner says the retail shop is the first of its kind in England.

Scott Hardacre told the Lancashire Telegraph he believes his Cbdrus – located in the town of Burnley – is the first brick-and-mortar store to sell CBD goods in England.

A spokesman for the Burnley Borough Council told the newspaper that Cbdrus isn’t required to be licensed.

Cbdrus has been supplying CBD products from around the world – including oils, sprays and chews – over the internet for about 18 months, according

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MJBizDaily launches cannabis executive survey

Marijuana Business Daily has launched a short survey to gather data and information from cannabis executives about industry trends.

Executives with dispensaries/retail stores, commercial cultivation operations, infused products manufacturers, testing labs, ancillary companies and investment firms are invited to take the survey here.

Responses are completely anonymous, and the survey will take just about a minute or two to complete.

The data will be used in future charts on mjbizdaily.com and in Marijuana Business Magazine.

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Panel: Feds unlikely to crack down on legal marijuana

Legal marijuana businesses shouldn’t be worried about a federal crackdown, a panel of experts from the legal, political and policy realms said.

According to The Boston Globe, the panelists reasoned that the federal government won’t go after marijuana businesses because it lacks the funding to execute an “effective” crackdown.

They also said most U.S. attorneys appointed by President Trump and other officials in enforcement positions would see participating in such crackdowns as politically unpopular and potentially hurtful to their professional careers, the newspaper reported.

Cannabis industry officials are wary about federal interference after recent

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Florida grants two more medical cannabis business licenses

Florida has approved two more business licenses for medical marijuana treatment centers, increasing to 11 the number of companies authorized to grow, process and distribute MMJ.

The Florida Department of Health on Wednesday issued approval letters to the Sun Bulb Company in Arcadia and Treadwell Nursery in Eustis.

A week earlier, regulators issued approval letters to Plants of Ruskin and 3 Boys Farm, both in Ruskin.

The announcements follow news that Florida has added more than 10,000 patients since June.

The four growers have 30 days after receiving the approval letters to ask

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Applications open for Canadian marijuana business accelerator

Budding cannabis entrepreneurs in Canada have a new resource to help get their businesses launched, thanks to some established players in the nation’s marijuana industry.

Leaf Forward, which claims to be the country’s first cannabis business accelerator program, will provide early stage ancillary businesses with mentoring, networking and learning opportunities. The program doesn’t provide seed money.

Applications for Leaf Forward are due by Aug. 31. The first session will be held Sept. 14.

The daylong program will involve leaders from some of the heavyweights in Canada’s cannabis industry: Canopy Growth Corp, which trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange as

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Prepping for California’s evolving edibles arena: Q&A with Auntie Dolores founder Julianna Carella

By Omar Sacirbey

Since founding Auntie Dolores’ edibles company in Oakland nearly a decade ago, Julianna Carella has seen many changes in California’s medical marijuana sector, particularly in infused products.

She says California has made great strides in nine years – “the labs didn’t know how to test edibles” – but more must be done.

Indeed, the sophistication with which edibles companies manufacture their products has increased exponentially in the past few years, with companies like Auntie Dolores complementing tried-and-true recipes with high-tech testing and expensive equipment to ensure their products are accurately and evenly dosed.

But not

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Legal, regulatory obstacles preventing Canadian ‘Big Cannabis’ from diving headfirst into U.S.

By Matt Lamers

Canadian cannabis companies eyeing the U.S. medical and recreational marijuana markets are finding them fraught with legal and regulatory pitfalls, prompting most of the big licensed producers to shun that country altogether – at least for now.

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Arkansas medical cannabis industry group forms 

A former Arkansas attorney general and the chair of the medical board are part of a new group representing entities doing business in the state’s fledgling medical marijuana industry.

Ex-state AG Dustin McDaniel and Medical Board Chairman Dr. Steven Cathey are among the seven board members for the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Association announced Wednesday.

The association’s acting executive director is David Couch, who headed the campaign for the medical marijuana measure last year.

The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Association said in a news release it would be the “leading voice” for cultivators, distributors and businesses serving the medical marijuana industry.

Voters in November

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