MMJ Business Daily

28 Jul 2015
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WA Cannabis Shops Busted for Selling to Minors

Nineteen Washington State marijuana stores face suspensions and fines after they failed to properly check identifications during a recent sting operation by the Liquor Control Board. Cannabis shops in the state are subject to a 10-day suspension and a $2,500 fine the first time they’re caught selling to minors, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Those […]

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28 Jul 2015
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Dispensary Bill on Tap in Michigan

Concerned with what might happen if voters legalize recreational marijuana at the ballot next year, a Michigan lawmaker who has been a longtime ally of dispensaries is upping his game to get a statewide regulatory system passed in advance of the presidential election. Republican State Rep. Mike Callton has been attempting to get dispensaries fully […]

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28 Jul 2015
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CDC Calls for Strict Edibles Labeling, Public Education

After evaluating a fatal accident that took place last year in Denver, the Center for Disease Control has issued a statement calling on future recreational states to follow Colorado’s lead on labeling, packaging and dosage limitation restrictions. “Other states permitting recreational marijuana use could potentially reduce adverse health effects by considering similar THC limits in […]

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28 Jul 2015
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‘Monumental’ Meeting Culminates With Call for National Marijuana Business Standards

By John Schroyer Chalk up another first for the cannabis industry. Several marijuana business owners were able to sit down and talk seriously with 20 attorneys general from across the country last week about issues surrounding the cannabis industry, which some participants called a “monumental” development and a “watershed moment.” Not only was the meeting […]

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27 Jul 2015
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Israel to Sell Medical Marijuana in Pharmacies

Israel, one of the world’s leading countries on medical cannabis research, will soon be dispensing MMJ through pharmacies. The move, announced by Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, is intended to relieve administrative pressure on the country’s few dispensaries, which are reportedly overburdened with having to fill prescriptions for more than 21,000 registered patients. “(MMJ) will […]

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27 Jul 2015
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Third Minnesota Dispensary Opens Despite Low Patient Count

Minnesota’s third medical cannabis dispensary has opened despite the low number of patients registered to purchase medical cannabis in the state. Minnesota Medical Solutions (MinnMed) opened a location in Rochester last week, according to news reports, adding to the dispensary it already operates in Minneapolis. Leafline Labs, the other company licensed to grow, process and […]

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27 Jul 2015
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Police Raid Business Owned By CA Industry Association Exec

A business run by the president of the California Cannabis Industry Association was raided and shut down by police, who claim it has been operating as an illegal dispensary. The raid targeted Kiona’s Farm’acy in the town of Merced, where dispensaries are banned. The operation is owned by Lakisha Jenkins, who holds a key role […]

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27 Jul 2015
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Chart of the Week: Marijuana Strain Cultivation in New Jersey vs. Typical Grow Site in U.S.

By Becky Olson New Jersey is home to only a handful of licensed medical cannabis producers, but they cultivate more strains on average than the typical marijuana grow site in the U.S. At the end of 2014, Garden State Dispensary was cultivating 18 different strains – roughly twice as many as the typical grow in […]

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24 Jul 2015
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Illinois Poised to Begin Seed-to-Sale Tracking

As Illinois’ medical marijuana industry ramps up, regulatory officials are preparing to start following medical cannabis throughout the supply chain. The state recently inked a $724,000, three-year contract with BioTrack THC to help track marijuana electronically from the cultivation stage until it’s sold to patients, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. State records show that the […]

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24 Jul 2015
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Washington State Dispensaries to Benefit From PTSD Addition

A week after Colorado shot down an attempt to add post-traumatic stress disorder as a qualifying condition for medical cannabis, a new law goes into effect today in Washington State to do just that. The new law makes Washington the 11th state to allow PTSD patients to obtain medical marijuana. The move will help expand […]

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