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Cannabis sales hit $750 million at 2017 midpoint in Colorado

Cannabis sales hit $750 million at 2017 midpoint in Colorado

August 11, 2017

Colorado cannabis retailers have already amassed more than $750 million in sales halfway through 2017, according to tax data released by the state. The Colorado Department of Revenue published the...

Business boom expected after cannabis licensing change hits Washington

Business boom expected after cannabis licensing change hits Washington

August 11, 2017

A decision by Washington state cannabis regulators to undo a policy limiting businesses or individuals to only one cannabis-production license is expected to encourage a rush of activity in the state. Under...

Senior citizen use of medical cannabis rises exponentially as prescription numbers drop

Senior citizen use of medical cannabis rises exponentially as prescription numbers drop

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 10, 2017

A national study reported senior citizens are the fastest growing demographic among medical cannabis users in the United States. Between the years of 2006 to 2013,  the Society for the Study of Addiction...

First dispensary to begin sales in Hawaii after medical cannabis legalization in 2000

First dispensary to begin sales in Hawaii after medical cannabis legalization in 2000

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 9, 2017

Legal sales of medical cannabis in Hawaii began after patients waited 17 years to purchase the plant through a state dispensary. Maui Grown Therapies received approval from the Department of Health...

Neil deGrasse Tyson says there is "no reason" for cannabis to be illegal

Neil deGrasse Tyson says there is “no reason” for cannabis to be illegal

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 9, 2017

This week, famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said there is no reason for cannabis to have ever been made illegal.   The remark was a response to a question which asked Tyson if he agreed with...

Mass. officials begin crackdown on cannabis-impaired driving

Mass. officials begin crackdown on cannabis-impaired driving

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 9, 2017

Massachusetts officials are vowing to crack down on cannabis-impaired driving as the state prepares for full implementation of its social cannabis law. State law enforcement said Thursday they are increasing...

Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington

State leaders rebuke AG Sessions’ criticism of legal cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 8, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent letters with “serious questions” to the governors of Washington, Colorado, and Oregon on existing cannabis legislation last week, and now state officials have rebuked...

Largest CBD survey says half of people who use CBD stop taking traditional medicines

Largest CBD survey says half of people who use CBD stop taking traditional medicines

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 8, 2017

The largest survey on cannabidiol (CBD) to date found nearly half of participants were more likely to stop taking their traditional medications after using CBD. The survey was conducted by Brightfield...

EPA refuses to test pesticides while cannabis still federally illegal

EPA refuses to test pesticides while cannabis still federally illegal

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 7, 2017

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a statement in which it refused to regulate pesticides used on cannabis crops because of its federally illegal status. With 29 states allowing medical...

Cannabis investment firm purchases small town in California

Cannabis investment firm purchases small town in California

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 6, 2017

A cannabis investment firm recently purchased a small town outside the Nevada-California border with the goal of constructing a cannabis-friendly tourist destination. Arizona-based company American...

VIDEO: States forge path through uncharted territory to legal cannabis

VIDEO: States forge path through uncharted territory to legal cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 6, 2017

USA Today reports on the growing cannabis industry and what it is like for states and patients to pioneer it.

Majority of Americans support legalizing cannabis in some form

Majority of Americans support legalizing cannabis in some form

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 4, 2017

According to a new poll, nearly half of Americans support legalizing cannabis for social use, while a strong majority supported the idea of medical cannabis. The latest Harvard-Harris Poll survey found...

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