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Nevada's second largest city to allow cannabis sales this week

Nevada’s second largest city to allow cannabis sales this week

Sara Tiradossi October 19, 2017

Beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, five dispensaries in the most populous suburb in Nevada will be able to sell adult-use cannabis legally. The Henderson City Council voted on Tuesday to approve the opening...

Sales of Canadian cannabis edibles will be delayed, despite growing interest

Sales of Canadian cannabis edibles will be delayed, despite growing interest

Sara Tiradossi October 18, 2017

In Canada, edible cannabis sales may have to wait a year after social cannabis legalization, which is set to happen in July 2018. After a vote by the Canadian House of Commons Health Committee, edible...

Can you guess the five states likely to put cannabis on the 2018 ballot?

Can you guess the five states likely to put cannabis on the 2018 ballot?

Sara Tiradossi October 17, 2017

The North American legal cannabis market has been growing with sales increasing by 34 percent in 2016, and are expected to grow by an average of 26 percent each year through 2021. Compared to the Mexico,...

Washington strikes a blow to random drug tests

Washington strikes a blow to random drug tests

October 13, 2017

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor Washington State’s Supreme Court ruled recently that the state cannot subject those who have been arrested for DWIs to random drug tests while they await...

Social cannabis consumers spend more than $100 per month on cannabis

Social cannabis consumers spend more than $100 per month on cannabis

Sara Tiradossi October 12, 2017

The average consumer of legal social cannabis spends about $111.05 per month on cannabis, according to a new study by LendEDU. LendEDU, a New Jersey-based online marketplace for student loans and other...

Cannabis sales in Colorado top $1 billion in eight months

Cannabis sales in Colorado top $1 billion in eight months

Sara Tiradossi October 12, 2017

Colorado’s cannabis sales have peaked in 2017 with more than $1 billion from the combined sales of medical and social cannabis. Counting more than a 20 percent increase in overall cannabis sales,...

California Gov. Jerry Brown is cool with you smoking on the beach

California Gov. Jerry Brown is cool with you smoking on the beach

October 10, 2017

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor California Gov. Jerry Brown has an unsurprisingly reasonable take on people smoking on the state’s beaches and in its parks. He thinks you should be allowed...

A growing problem: Cannabis farms look into reducing carbon footprint

A growing problem: Cannabis farms look into reducing carbon footprint

Sara Tiradossi October 10, 2017

A typical cannabis indoor farm may not be the most environmental-friendly operation. In a protected, controlled environment, a cannabis farm uses a massive amount of electricity and releases harmful carbon...

Pictured: A member of the Yerington Paiute Tribe performs a dance at a local dedication ceremony

Feds threatening Nevada tribes looking to tap into legal cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen October 6, 2017

According to tribal members residing Nevada, federal agencies are threatening cannabis businesses on tribal land even though state social cannabis sales began in July. Although Nevada’s tribal cannabis...

Cannabis sales in Alaska break records for six month in a row

Cannabis sales in Alaska break records for six month in a row

Sara Tiradossi October 6, 2017

Alaska has hit new record-high cannabis sales, according to a report from the Alaska Department of Revenue. In August, the state collected $694,364 in cannabis taxes, marking it as the sixth consecutive...

Pictured: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Canadian prime minister announces dollar-a-gram tax on social cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen October 6, 2017

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a proposal for the nation’s social cannabis program which would place a dollar-a-gram excise tax on cannabis sold for $10 a gram or less. Cannabis...

Should the cannabis industry hire people with past drug convictions?

Should the cannabis industry hire people with past drug convictions?

Sara Tiradossi October 5, 2017

As the fast-growing, multi-billion-dollar industry continues to draw attention, cannabis businesses are debating whether they should hire people with previous drug convictions in the industry. Where...

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