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Cannabis to be Displayed and Judged at Oregon State Fair

In what might be a cannabis marketing first, marijuana plants will be displayed and judged at the Oregon State Fair – just like pumpkins, pigs and onions.

The Oregon Cannabis Business Council is sponsoring the exhibit of nine plants, which will be displayed in a greenhouse at the fairgrounds, according to The Oregonian.

Only people 21 years of age and older will be allowed into the greenhouse, which will be monitored by a security guard and have its own entrance and exit.

Fair spokesman Dan Cox said cannabis’ inclusion in the fair reflects the plant’s legal status in

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On the Campaign Trail: Q&A With Congressman Earl Blumenauer

By John Schroyer

Earl Blumenauer is an Oregon congressman. Yet he’s traveled to places such as Maine to help pass marijuana legalization initiatives in several states this fall.

Blumenauer, a longtime marijuana advocate, recently took time to discuss national cannabis politics with Marijuana Business Daily.

Voters in nearly a dozen states may be voting in November on whether to legalize recreational or medical marijuana. The results could have enormous implications for the marijuana industry at both the state and national levels.

Blumenauer – a Democrat from a state where recreational and medical marijuana are legal –  is going

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Minnesota MMJ Industry to Get Boost From Pain

Minnesota medical marijuana dispensaries can now serve patients with intractable pain, a change that could provide a significant boost for the two state-licensed MMJ producers.

According to an analysis by Marijuana Business Daily, pain accounts for over 64% of patients in eight combined MMJ states, including Minnesota.

The Associated Press reported that almost 500 intractable pain patients registered for the state’s MMJ program in July, which is more than five times the number that had signed up before the first dispensary opened last summer.

“This really is the shot in the arm that

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Nevada AG Opposes California Doctor MMJ Recommendations

Nevada’s attorney general delivered potentially bad news for at least some of the state’s medical marijuana dispensaries, recommending they no longer be allowed to accept California doctors’ recommendations from out-of-state MMJ patients.

Attorney General Adam Laxalt penned his recommendations in a letter to the director of Nevada’s health department, Richard Whitley. Whitley had asked Laxalt’s office for clarification on two issues: whether dispensaries in the state can accept either California doctors’ recommendations or copies of completed Nevada MMJ applications, according to the Las Vegas Sun.

Nevada’s health department will decide whether to codify and implement Laxalt’s recommendations.

Nevada dispensaries will

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CO Online Wholesaler Partnering With Cannabis Software Firms

Colorado-based online wholesale platform Cannabase has entered into an exclusive partnerships with seed-to-sale tracking software companies MJ Freeway and BioTrackTHC.

The partnership, announced by the companies, will bring new weight to Cannabase’s pricing and inventory information, given that it will now be backed by MJ Freeway’s and BioTrackTHC’s data. In a news release, Cannabase said the arrangement would provide:

• Streamlined buying and selling transactions to deliver real-time instantaneous execution and real settlement
• Improved product and price transparency
• Increased opportunities and prospects for sourcing and selling

“MJ Freeway’s integration with Cannabase will bring solutions that

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Chart of the Week: Clinton, Trump or Johnson? How the Cannabis Industry Plans to Vote

By Eli McVey

If the presidential election were held today, how would the cannabis industry vote?

Hillary Clinton would win in a landslide, with 43% of marijuana executives and professionals saying they would vote for her at this point vs. just 26% who prefer Donald Trump, according to a poll by Marijuana Business Daily. 

The online survey, conducted July 27 and 28, found that support for Clinton and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson is higher in the marijuana industry than in the U.S. at large. At the same time, support for Trump is much lower.

Though 1 in 10 cannabis

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CA Dispensary Promises Court Fight Over $767K Tax Ruling

A California district court has ruled that Medimarts dispensary in San Jose must pay the city $767,058 in taxes and late fees, but the owner says the municipality’s not getting a dime.

Medimarts president David Armstrong says his group is a collective where members are co-owners who don’t buy marijuana, but rather make an “equitable contribution” toward the marijuana that is grown, NBC Bay Area reported.

“My next step is do whatever it takes to maintain my caregiver status for the 10,000 plus, active medical marijuana patients that we serve,” Armstrong told the NBC news station. “We all have equal

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10 Massachusetts Lawmakers Endorse Rec Initiative

Countering the Republican governor, the Democratic mayor of Boston, and numerous other public officials that are campaigning against adult use marijuana legalization in Massachusetts, a solid bloc of 10 state lawmakers on Thursday announced their support for the campaign that’s trying to get voters to approve recreational cannabis this November.

The ten, which were revealed in a press release on Thursday by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, are all endorsing Question 4, the initiative supported by the campaign and by the Marijuana Policy Project, which would legalize rec in the Bay State.

The ten are all Democratic state

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Week in Review: AdverseTrademark Ruling, Ohio’s Cannabis Diversity Plan & MJ at the DNC

By Omar Sacirbey and John Schroyer

Cannabis trademark issues resurface, questions arise over a plan to increase diversity in the industry, and marijuana makes inroads at the Democratic National Convention.

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

Trademark Setback

A federal board has issued a major setback to marijuana businesses seeking federal protection for trademarks and patents, but there are still ways entrepreneurs can defend their brands.

As we wrote about this week, the appeals board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled recently that owners of state-licensed

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Maryland to Award Cultivation, Processing Licenses on Aug. 15

Officials overseeing Maryland’s medical marijuana program plan to announce winners of cultivation and processing licenses on Aug. 15, the Baltimore Sun reported Thursday.

The move, should it materialize, would galvanize Maryland’s medical cannabis industry, which has experienced numerous delays in the licensing process.

The state will reveal which applicants receive the 15 cultivation and 15 processing permits allowed under the law, though winners of dispensary licenses will be announced later this year, according to the Sun.

The state has delayed the licensing application process due to overwhelming interest: it received 146 applications for the 15 available cultivation licenses,

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