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CNB Exclusive Interview: Tribal member predicts outcome for legal cannabis on indigenous lands

CNB Exclusive Interview: Tribal member predicts outcome for legal cannabis on indigenous lands

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 28, 2017

Cannabis News Box sat down with Mark Anthony Rolo, a member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa tribe in north Wisconsin, to discuss what legal cannabis would mean for his tribe and the Native...

Maine Dept. of Labor says employees can't be fired for testing positive for cannabis

Maine Dept. of Labor says employees can’t be fired for testing positive for cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 27, 2017

The Maine Department of Labor said the majority of businesses won’t be able to fire employees who test positive for cannabis unless employers can prove impairment on the job. Backers of the measure...

Cyprus parliament gives green light for medical cannabis

Cyprus parliament gives green light for medical cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 26, 2017

Cyprus, an island nation near Greece, has legalized cannabis for medical use. The island nation’s cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill allowing the cultivation and sale of medical cannabis in the Republic....

Retired Jets player sues AG Sessions to decriminalize cannabis

Retired Jets player sues AG Sessions to decriminalize cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 25, 2017

Former Jets player Marvin Washington is suing Attorney General Jeff Sessions to decriminalize cannabis. Washington is one of the five plaintiffs including one veteran with PTSD, two children with seizure...

Meet the world's first cannabis sports car

Meet the world’s first cannabis sports car

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 25, 2017

A sports car made entirely out of woven hemp made its debut when TV presenter Jay Leno got behind the wheel. Retired Dell company manager Bruce Dietzen invested $200,000 into Renew Sports Cars as a...

VIDEO: North Dakota farmers hope to grow medical cannabis

VIDEO: North Dakota farmers hope to grow medical cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 24, 2017

Source: WDAZ One North Dakota family explores the growth of hemp, while more farmers in the state are becoming open to cultivating medical cannabis.

Gallup Poll claims 40 percent of Americans have tried cannabis

Gallup Poll claims 40 percent of Americans have tried cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 23, 2017

A Gallup poll released Tuesday found 45 percent of Americans said they have tried cannabis at least once. Stemming from the 1969 poll that showed four percent of adults had tried cannabis, Gallup claimed...

AG Sessions revokes directive preventing unlawful civil property seizures

AG Sessions revokes directive preventing unlawful civil property seizures

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 23, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions revoked a directive on Wednesday which prevented local law enforcement from circumventing state restrictions on seizing property of individuals suspected of a crime. The...

Tax revenue from cannabis hits half billion milestone in Colorado

Tax revenue from cannabis hits half billion milestone in Colorado

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 22, 2017

Colorado’s cannabis programs hit a milestone when VS Strategies reported a total of $506 million in state coffers since 2014. TAX BREAKDOWN $117.9 million was used for fund school construction. ...

Legal cannabis could reinvigorate indigenous economy, former AFN chief says

Legal cannabis could reinvigorate indigenous economy, former AFN chief says

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 21, 2017

Former Assembly of First Nations chief Phil Fontaine says indigenous community involvement in the Canadian legal cannabis industry will make them strong, healthy, vibrant places. One hundred First Nation...

Mass. court rules employees can't be fired for medical cannabis

Mass. court rules employees can’t be fired for medical cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 20, 2017

The highest court in Massachusetts ruled on Monday that a local woman who was terminated for positively testing cannabis in an employee drug screening can sue the company for handicap discrimination. Cristina...

Uruguay is the first country to legalize social cannabis nationwide

Uruguay is the first country to legalize social cannabis nationwide

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 19, 2017

Uruguay pharmacies began selling social cannabis directly to consumers on Wednesday after legalization efforts began three years ago. The country is the first in the world to legalize the entire process...

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