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Ancillary Marijuana Industry Flourishing in Uruguay

Even though pharmacies in Uruguay have yet to begin selling state-sanctioned marijuana, ancillary businesses have begun cropping up, and more are being founded on an ongoing basis.

One of the more popular business models is boutique shops that sell home cultivation supplies, as it’s legal now to grow privately. There are at least 20 such shops in Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo, according to France 24. Their target market is the country’s estimated 20,000 home growers.

And at least 15 cannabis clubs, which are legally allowed to grow up to 99 plants each, have also sprung up.

Still,

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Congressman Predicts Feds Will Allow States to Set Cannabis Laws

U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, one of the marijuana industry’s biggest allies in Congress, predicted on Thursday that the federal government will adopt a formal policy within five years allowing states to set their own laws on cannabis.

“It will be game over,” Blumenauer said, according to the Portland Press Herald.

Blumenauer, an Oregon Democrat, made the prediction during a trip to Maine, where at least one initiative to legalize recreational marijuana is expected to make the ballot next year. The prediction is an interesting one, given that cannabis has evolved into a fairly nonpartisan issue, with both major

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7 Illinois MMJ Cultivators Approved to Start Growing

Illinois has given final permission so far to seven medical cannabis cultivation centers to begin growing MMJ, bringing the industry a big step closer to the start of sales.

The seven sites that have received the green light so far are PharmaCann, GTI, Nature’s Grace and Wellness, In Grown Farms, Ataraxia, and two by Ace, according to the Associated Press. The centers are spread all over the state, with only one near metro Chicago. The other six are scattered across more rural parts of Illinois.

Eleven more cultivation centers have received initial approval but haven’t yet gotten clearance

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Week in Review: Florida May Lift CBD Cap + Another Tribe Looks at Marijuana & First Vegas Dispensary

By John Schroyer

Florida considers nixing its limit on CBD business licenses, another tribe weighs whether to enter the marijuana industry, and the first medical cannabis dispensary in Las Vegas prepares for liftoff.

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

Opening the CBD Floodgates

Yet another legislative attempt is underway to galvanize the Florida’s lagging CBD program. This week, state lawmakers announced a new bill to expand the initial medical cannabis law – passed last year in an attempt to head off broader MMJ legalization at

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First Las Vegas Dispensary to Open Monday

Though Euphoria Wellness missed the race to be the first medical cannabis dispensary to open in Nevada, it is scheduled to be the first to open in the tourism hub of Las Vegas.
Euphoria, which has had to push back its launch date for months now, is sla…

DC Entrepreneurs Finding Ways to Profit Without Legal MJ Sales

Although recreational cannabis sales remain illegal in the nation’s capital, a number of Washington DC-area businesses have come up with various ways to turn a profit from the adult-use market.

Entrepreneurs of all stripes have been launching or restarting marijuana-related ancillary businesses after voters overwhelmingly approved a new law legalizing recreational cannabis use and possession, which went into effect in February.

The list includes Adam Eidinger, who helped lead the campaign to legalize recreational cannabis in DC. He’s been able to re-open Capitol Hemp, his head shop that local officials forced to close several years ago,

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DeAngelo Brothers Eyeing Expansion of Harborside Health Center in California, Nationally

By John Schroyer
Steve and Andrew DeAngelo are two of the best-known names and most-recognizable faces in the cannabis industry.
Now, the brothers behind Harborside Health Center are looking to bolster their presence in the industry by opening more dis…

Ohio Cannabis Campaign to Fight Ballot Measure Wording

Unhappy with how Ohio officials decided to word its initiative on the November ballot, the group pushing to legalize both medical and recreational cannabis there says it’ll take its fight to the state Supreme Court.

And it has hired a big gun to make its case: Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Andy Douglas.

Douglas, now legal counsel for the cannabis campaign ResponsibleOhio, blasted the Ohio Ballot Board’s wording of the campaign’s amendment as “clearly biased,” saying that it “gives preference to the arguments of marijuana reform opponents.”

Douglas added that he’ll be filing appealing to the state

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Canadian College to Offer Marijuana Business Management Course

Canadian medical cannabis businesses may soon get some help in finding qualified candidates for hard-to-fill jobs.

Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia plans to start offering online courses this fall that train students in the business of marijuana, focusing in large part on the knowledge professionals need for management positions in the cannabis industry, according to the International Business Times.

The course – called Introduction to Professional Management of Marijuana for Medical Purposes in Canada – will teach the next generation of entrepreneurs how to operate within the framework of the country’s MMJ laws.

“There’s a need for

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Guest Column: A Multi-Pronged Approach to Cannabis Branding, Advertising in Maturing Markets

By Micah Johnson
When the novelty of cannabis wears off in a new market, marijuana companies must look for new ways to tap into the lifestyle-driven marijuana culture. Doing that effectively requires maintaining a noticeable presence where cannabis use…