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California county faces backlash for imposing cannabis cultivation ban after collection millions in taxes from cannabis farmers

California county faces backlash for imposing cannabis cultivation ban after collection millions in taxes from cannabis farmers

Annureet Kaur January 24, 2018

On Jan. 10, the Calaveras County Board Supervisors declared all commercial cannabis farms illegal after May 1, sending the whole county of 45,000 residents and over 1,600 commercial cannabis growers into...

Alcohol sales dropped 15% in medically legal cannabis states

Alcohol sales dropped 15% in medically legal cannabis states

Annureet Kaur January 24, 2018

A recent joint study done by researchers in U.S. and South America found that the drop in alcohol consumption directly correlates to the legality of medical cannabis. The researchers used the Nielsen...

Vermont becomes first state to legalize social cannabis via a legislative act

Vermont becomes first state to legalize social cannabis via a legislative act

Annureet Kaur January 23, 2018

Vermont just made cannabis history, becoming the first state to legalize social cannabis via a legislative act after Gov. Phil Scott signed bill H.511 allowing all adults over 21 to socially consume cannabis...

86 percent Americans consider cannabis safer than alcohol, tobacco or sugar, Wall Street Journal poll suggests

86 percent Americans consider cannabis safer than alcohol, tobacco or sugar, Wall Street Journal poll suggests

Annureet Kaur January 22, 2018

According to a new Wall Street Journal poll released Friday, Americans feel that cannabis safer than alcohol, tobacco or sugar. Forty-one percent of Americans chose tobacco the most harmful to health,...

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Legal cannabis states ask Congress for legal banking

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial January 22, 2018

As of today, 29 states and a number of U.S. territories have legalized medical cannabis. Nine of those states have legalized it for social use and this year, social cannabis legalization will be considered...

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Only 16 percent of Americans approve of current cannabis laws

January 19, 2018

That's right. Only 16 percent of Americans believe the current cannabis prohibition laws should be kept in place, according to a new poll conducted earlier this year by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy. What's...

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5 cannabis technologies to expect big things from in 2018

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial January 19, 2018

Remember the dot-com bubble? Of course you do. It was one of the most memorable moments in technological history. The beginning of the Internet as we know it, the dot-com bubble saw rapid growth in the...

Medical cannabis legalization may reduce crime

Medical cannabis legalization may reduce crime

January 19, 2018

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor Cannabis critics love to claim that legalizing medical cannabis will cause crime to go up, but it’s looking like the opposite might be true. According to...

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8 publicly-traded cannabis stocks predicted to rise in 2018

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial January 19, 2018

Oh, to be a budding entrepreneur with a fat wallet. Actually, this could be you if you are a wise cannabis stock investor, with the industry steadily becoming one of the most lucrative markets out there....

This plan could help stop Jeff Sessions from coming after cannabis

This plan could help stop Jeff Sessions from coming after cannabis

January 18, 2018

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor  A lot of people in the cannabis industry and beyond are worried about Attorney General Jeff Sessions using the Justice Department to come after legal cannabis....

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New Jersey’s new Governor pledges to make the state cannabis-friendly

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial January 17, 2018

Today, cannabis advocates in New Jersey breathed a sigh of relief as the state governor, Philip Dunton Murphy, vowed to "align" New Jersey's vision and leadership by lifting the laws on cannabis. The...

Residential real estate value goes up in areas near dispensaries

Residential real estate value goes up in areas near dispensaries

Annureet Kaur January 17, 2018

New study finds that dispensaries selling cannabis for social use had a positive impact on residential real estate prices in their vicinity. In the recent years, people have seen various impact of cannabis...

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