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Weed is legal in Michigan: Will Indiana follow suit?

Weed is legal in Michigan: Will Indiana follow suit?

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial November 23, 2018

Its official, weed is legal in Michigan, making the Great Lake State the first Midwest state to embrace cannabis reform. At the election on Tuesday, November 6, voters in Michigan passed Proposal 1....

Data indicates Colorado’s legal weed industry is on-track to earn billions of dollars this year

Data indicates Colorado’s legal weed industry is on-track to earn billions of dollars this year

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

While some states have just gotten round to launching their recreational cannabis markets, such as Michigan, Colorado is already five years deep in the adult-use segment of the legal weed industry. Here...

Jeff Sessions is OUT - How will Trump's new AG affect the cannabis industry?

Jeff Sessions is OUT – How will Trump’s new AG affect the cannabis industry?

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

The results of the recent election will understandably have repercussions on the cannabis industry, some of which will last for a while and some that will have a temporary effect. Michigan experienced...

Cannabis is legal in Michigan and the market could be worth $1.7 billion

Cannabis is legal in Michigan and the market could be worth $1.7 billion

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

Voters in Michigan made legal weed a reality at the recent elections after an adult-use measure was approved to legalize cannabis for recreational purposes. No other state in the Midwest has given recreational...

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What’s next for Utah after approving medical cannabis

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

An initiative has been approved by voters to permit medical cannabis in Utah. The Medical Marijuana Initiative, better known as “Utah Proposition 2,” was featured on the ballot in Utah as an initiated...

https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2018/02/23/481466.htm

MedMen Enterprises files application to trademark the word ‘cannabis’ for T-shirts

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

An application has been filed by MedMen Enterprises to trademark, wait for it… the word “cannabis” for print on t-shirts. MedMen filed the application to trademark “cannabis” at the beginning...

BMO Report: Cannabis cultivators will be competing in a $194 billion market within seven years

BMO Report: Cannabis cultivators will be competing in a $194 billion market within seven years

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial November 18, 2018

A new report from the Bank of Montreal (BMO) has shone a light on the profitability of global weed. So promising is the outlook, that the sky-high valuations we currently see for major Canadian cannabis...

https://www.ganjapreneur.com/topic/acreage-holdings/

10 new retail locations receive annual cannabis business permits in California

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial November 16, 2018

On November 2, the California Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) declared that a dozen annual cannabis business permits in California had been approved in 10 separate locations. In addition to this, one...

Studies suggest that cannabis is successfully fighting the opioid epidemic

Studies suggest that cannabis is successfully fighting the opioid epidemic

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial November 16, 2018

Every day, as many as 115 Americans will lose their life as a consequence of opioid overdose. Addiction to pharmaceutical opiates claimed 200,000 lives between 1999 and 2016, according to the Centers for...

http://thesource.com/2018/11/02/2-chainz-launches-marijuana-brand-gas-cannabis-co/

Rapper 2 Chainz inaugurates his cannabis brand named ‘GAS Cannabis Co.’

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial November 15, 2018

Tauheed Epps, better known by his rap name 2 Chainz, has followed in the footsteps of artists like Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, Rae Sremmurd and Waka Flocka Flame to launch a business in the cannabis industry....

http://marijuana.heraldtribune.com/2014/11/24/massachusetts-push-grows-full-cannabis-legalization/

Legal recreational cannabis sales expected to begin in Massachusetts within two weeks

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial November 15, 2018

A major cannabis regulator in “The Bay State” is planning to launch the state's recreational weed market very soon indeed. This news comes just four months after the Massachusetts cannabis market launch...

https://eu.fotolia.com/id/211187232

Attitudes towards cannabis are changing in Asia, say cannabis executives and investors

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial November 15, 2018

Cannabis investors clustered inside a conference hall in Hong Kong on November 1 to discuss the outlook for pot investment opportunities, in addition to clearing up some misconceptions about cannabis in...

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