MMJ Business Daily

22 Oct 2014
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Seattle Warns 330 MMJ Businesses to Get Licenses

Obtain a state permit or shut down. That’s the gist of a letter Seattle’s Department of Planning and Processing sent to 330 medical marijuana businesses across the city recently. The agency warned the businesses that they have until July – or possibly as late as Jan. 1, 2016, depending on other factors – to get […]

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22 Oct 2014
Posted by Mary Jane
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Making Sense of the Wildly Disparate MMJ Polling Data in Florida

By John Schroyer What the heck is going on in Florida? That’s the question many cannabis entrepreneurs are asking after the release of several new polls showing vastly different support levels for a medical marijuana legalization measure that will appear on the November ballot. A survey taken earlier this month found that Read MoreMaking Sense […]

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22 Oct 2014
Posted by Mary Jane
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Nevada to Weigh Rec Marijuana

Nevada lawmakers will tackle the recreational marijuana issue early next year, whether they’re ready to or not. Advocates have reportedly collected more than 100,000 signatures for a measure that would legalize the production, sale and use of recreational cannabis. As a result, the state Legislature must take up the proposal as a bill and vote […]

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21 Oct 2014
Posted by Mary Jane
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CO Awards $250K Grant to THC Breathalyzer Developer

A Colorado company attempting to develop THC breathalyzers is getting some help from the state – in the form of a sizable cash infusion. Lifeloc Technologies was recently awarded a $250,000 grant by the Colorado Office of Economic Development to develop the breathalyzers, which will be used to assess cannabis consumption levels. Lifeloc already produces […]

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21 Oct 2014
Posted by Mary Jane
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Missouri to Start Taking Hemp Cultivation Applications

Cannabis growers of a different stripe can begin submitting applications to the Missouri government next month for licenses to cultivate hemp. Missouri is one of several states that passed legislation this year permitting the cultivation and use of high-CBD, low-THC cannabis for the treatment of epilepsy. On Nov. 3, the state’s Agriculture Department will begin […]

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21 Oct 2014
Posted by Mary Jane
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Backlash Sinks Proposed Edibles Ban in Colorado

Colorado edibles manufacturers can let out a sigh of relief. A proposal on Monday to ban nearly all marijuana-infused edibles in the Centennial State was torpedoed almost as quickly as it arose after word of the suggestion spread across the Internet and social media like wildfire, generating national headlines and an immediate backlash from the […]

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20 Oct 2014
Posted by Mary Jane
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3 Chicago Dispensary Hopefuls Get Local Green Light

Several businesses have taken a big step forward in their quest to open medical marijuana dispensaries in Chicago. City zoning officials awarded special use permits last week to three groups seeking dispensary licenses. The trio still must win approval from the state, but obtaining local permits is a key part of the overall process. Surprisingly, […]

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20 Oct 2014
Posted by Mary Jane
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San Francisco Delays Decision on New Dispensary

San Francisco, which was at the forefront of the medical marijuana movement a decade ago, has developed a case of cold feet when it comes to a proposed expansion of its MMJ industry. The city’s Planning Commission has decided to wait until December to make a decision on whether a fourth dispensary can open in […]

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20 Oct 2014
Posted by Mary Jane
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Guest Column: Cultivation Conundrum – Expanding Grow Facilities Sustainably and Cost-Effectively

By Noel Remigio How do you design and build a marijuana grow facility to meet the legal and practical demands of the market today, while looking ahead to future business needs and regulatory restrictions? This is one of the most complex and confusing questions in the marijuana industry. Many producers with a background in small-scale […]

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20 Oct 2014
Posted by Mary Jane
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Oregon Judge: Towns Can Ban Dispensaries

An Oregon judge has decided that towns and counties have the right to ban or restrict dispensaries under the state’s medical marijuana laws, a ruling that sets an important legal precedent just weeks before residents weigh in on recreational cannabis. The town of Cave Junction, in the southwestern part of Oregon, sued the state last […]

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