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Weedmaps prepares to ban ads from unlicensed cannabis sellers

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial September 11, 2019

In an attempt to stop unlicensed cannabis dispensaries from advertising their services to prospective customers, Weedmaps has announced it will be cracking down on illegally-operating businesses. The...

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San Jose is home to the first unionized pot shop in the South Bay

Union membership at San Jose cannabis dispensary means that employees can benefit from two weeks vacation, a salary that is $3 higher than California's minimum wage and they can even indulge in a 40 percent discount on products sold inside the store
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial September 6, 2019

Medmen has secured a partnership with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5 Union to unionize a San Jose cannabis dispensary. Previously, MedMen partnered with UFCW Local 770 to represent its...

Cannabis legalization initiatives are making their way to the 2020 Florida ballot

Cannabis legalization initiatives are making their way to the 2020 Florida ballot

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial September 6, 2019

A number of pro-cannabis politicians are feeling hopeful about an initiative that is headed to the 2020 Florida ballot. So far, cannabis reform has swept across 33 U.S. states and the District of Columbia....

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Sweeney wants to prioritize New Jersey’s legalization ballot issue for 2020 election

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial August 30, 2019

Rumors have been circulating regarding the death of New Jersey's failed cannabis legalization effort, which previously struggled to gain enough votes for a House floor vote. In spite of what people might...

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Report suggests recreational cannabis is outshining the medical cannabis market

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial August 29, 2019
The MED's annual government report has shed some light on consumer buying preferences; Colorado's cannabis consumers love concentrates.
USDA Forest Service researchers discover reduction in illicit cannabis grows in national forests

USDA Forest Service researchers discover reduction in illicit cannabis grows in national forests

“Recreational cannabis legalization is associated with decreased reports of illegal grow operations on national forests,” confirmed the researchers
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial August 13, 2019

A study recently published in Ecological Economics titled, "Cannabis legalization by states reduces illegal growing on US national forests," has shed some light on the impact that recreational cannabis...

West Hollywoods first cannabis cafe will open next month

West Hollywood’s first cannabis cafe will open next month

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial August 13, 2019

The first cannabis restaurant in Greater Los Angeles is getting ready to open its doors and begin ushering in customers. Lowell Farms: A Cannabis Café is located in the West Hollywood district and the...

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New York decriminalizes cannabis and offers medical cannabis delivery services to patients

New York’s Division of Criminal Justice Services claims that Cuomo's decriminalization bill will rid some 24,000 people of low-level cannabis convictions
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial August 13, 2019

The landscape for legal weed in New York is most certainly evolving. Following a failed effort to legalize recreational cannabis in July, weed has now been decriminalized statewide. Unlawfully possessing...

Los Angeles’ cannabis equity program has failed to meet its target

Los Angeles’ cannabis equity program has failed to meet its target

The goal of Los Angeles' Cannabis Social Equity Program is "to promote equitable ownership and employment opportunities in the cannabis industry in order to decrease disparities in life outcomes for marginalized communities, and to address the disproportionate impacts of the War on Drugs in those communities.”
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial August 13, 2019

When California legalized recreational cannabis under the terms of Proposition 64 back in 2016, nobody would have anticipated that it would take so long for former cannabis convicts and financially restrained...

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State releases emergency administrative framework for Michigan’s adult-use cannabis industry

Michigan's new rules for the recreational cannabis industry are not dissimilar to the rules laid out for the state's medical cannabis industry
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial July 30, 2019

At the beginning of July, emergency administrative framework for Michigan's recreational cannabis industry was issued by the state's Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA). Applicants keen to get involved in...

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Is Wisconsin on its way to legalizing cannabis?

July 29, 2019

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers recently said in an interview that he wants to legalize both medical and social use cannabis, but he isn’t sure that the state’s...

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Hawaii’s cannabis decriminalization law to be effectuated on January 1, 2020

A bill to legalize cannabis for recreational cannabis consumption was rejected by Gov. Ige earlier this year
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial July 29, 2019

Hawaii has long been desired as a surfer's paradise and culture-rich vacation spot, but now it is also emerging as a hotspot for cannabis consumption. The tropical volcanic archipelago entices some 10...

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