MMJ Business Daily

06 Apr 2015
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Chart of the Week: Much of Oregon Set for Messy Grand Re-Opening

By Becky Olson A common reaction of local municipal governments to medical and recreational marijuana laws is to enact moratoriums, thus preventing licensed shops from opening. One case in point: 72% of Oregon’s 36 counties enacted temporary bans on medical marijuana businesses following passage of the state’s dispensary law in 2013. Businesses operating in the […]

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03 Apr 2015
Posted by Mary Jane
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Washington Senate Votes To Eliminate Marijuana Excise Taxes

There may be a glimmer of hope for what is widely considered an untenable tax structure in Washington State. The Washington State Senate passed a bill removing the excise tax on recreational marijuana sales by producers and processors, and will tax only retail sales. As it stands, a 25% excise tax at three transfer points: […]

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03 Apr 2015
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Tribes Weigh Pros and Cons of Entering Marijuana Industry

Though some Native American tribes have already taken the plunge into cannabis cultivation and commerce, plenty are still debating whether the move makes sense. Among the primary worries: potential legal repercussions in an uncertain regulatory environment. “We’re relying on a set of four different memos which is not federal law,” said Janet Hipp Simms, an […]

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03 Apr 2015
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Two More Lawsuits Filed Over Illinois Cultivation Licenses

It’s going to take a while for the legal situation to clear up in Illinois. Two more lawsuits have been filed in Illinois over the state’s medical marijuana program as would-be MMJ companies that failed to win permits to operate take action against those rivals and the Agriculture Department. Madison County Labs, which didn’t win […]

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03 Apr 2015
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‘Fort Knox’ Proving Popular Among Michigan Caregivers

In a state without a dispensary law, it’s difficult to operate safely in the marijuana industry. Not only do business owners risk legal prosecution, setting up safe and secure cannabis cultivation locations is tricky as well. Matthew Herman, a criminal attorney in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has developed a popular solution for the state’s small operators […]

‘Fort Knox’ Proving Popular Among Michigan Caregivers is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

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03 Apr 2015
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Week in Review: Cheers & Jeers for MPP Head, Delivery App Asks for Help + Final New York Regs

By John Schroyer Members of the cannabis community weigh in on a controversial move by the director of the Marijuana Policy Project, an embattled ancillary company seeks help for its legal bills via crowdfunding, and final MMJ regulations in New York disappoint potential licensees. Here’s a look at key developments in the marijuana industry this […]

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02 Apr 2015
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PTSD Study Using MMJ Moves Forward After Year Delay

A long-planned study on the effects of MMJ on post-traumatic stress disorder may finally begin after the National Institute of Drug Abuse said it is ready to supply the smokeable cannabis needed for the study. The research project was approved more than a year ago by the the Department of Health and Human Services, the […]

PTSD Study Using MMJ Moves Forward After Year Delay is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

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02 Apr 2015
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DOJ Enforcements Proceed Despite Congressional Mandate

Medical marijuana business owners may not be as protected from federal enforcement as they thought, coming off the December federal spending bill which included an amendment preventing the Department of Justice from spending funds prosecuting state medical marijuana programs. A Department of Justice spokesman asserted that Congress’ instruction to the DOJ in that bill allow […]

DOJ Enforcements Proceed Despite Congressional Mandate is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

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02 Apr 2015
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Application Window Opens for Investor Pitch Event

Cannabis entrepreneurs can now submit applications to take part in a mock investor pitch session at the Spring Marijuana Business Conference and Expo to be held in Chicago next month. The deadline for applications to participate in the Marijuana Business Pitch Slam is April 10. The session will be held from 11 a.m. to noon on […]

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02 Apr 2015
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Minorities Avoid Cannabis Industry as History of Arrests, Incarceration Drive Fears

By Tony C. Dreibus Very few minorities work in the cannabis industry in any capacity, let alone hold executive positions at dispensaries, grows, edibles companies or even ancillary firms. Diversity is so scarce that Lakisha Jenkins said it sometimes seems as if she’s the only African American in the marijuana industry. “I feel like I’m […]

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