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Mike Tyson is now a player in the cannabis industry

Mike Tyson is now a player in the cannabis industry

January 5, 2018

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, along with some of his business partners, broke ground on a 40-acre ranch in California. Here they are expecting to pave the way for a new destination for...

Breaking: Attorney General Jeff Session rescinds cannabis protections

Breaking: Attorney General Jeff Session rescinds cannabis protections

January 4, 2018

Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the Cole Memo, which provided protections for states with legalized cannabis, on Thursday. The move comes only three days after the most populous state in the...

Newsweek 01/02/18

These five states are the most likely to pass cannabis legislation in 2018

Annureet Kaur January 3, 2018

With the elections coming up, cannabis legalization has become a hot topic nationwide, once again. After California, Nevada, Maine and Massachusetts legalized social cannabis use in 2016, no other states...

California's first batch of legal cannabis may contain pesticides

California’s first batch of legal cannabis may contain pesticides

Sara Tiradossi December 21, 2017

California’s first crop of cannabis was grown without safety regulations in place. As a result, the state’s inaugural batch of fully legal cannabis may have greater levels of pesticide, mold, or contaminants...

Las Vegas may have cannabis lounges within a few months

Las Vegas may have cannabis lounges within a few months

December 20, 2017

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor We’ve talked about Nevada’s need for cannabis lounges before, but it looks like Las Vegas could be on its way to making them happen. According to the...

Postal Service will not allow cannabis imagery on custom stamps

Postal Service will not allow cannabis imagery on custom stamps

December 20, 2017

The U.S. Postal Service said stamps may not contain any images of cannabis, according to their final ruling they are expected to release sometime this week, yet images of alcohol, tobacco and guns are...

California issues first social cannabis licenses for businesses

California issues first social cannabis licenses for businesses

Sara Tiradossi December 20, 2017

California regulators awarded 20 social cannabis business licenses on Thursday, including retail stores, extract and edible producers, distributors and "micro businesses" that grow, distribute and sell...

Ohio may vote on legalization in 2018

Ohio may vote on legalization in 2018

December 19, 2017

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor Some Ohio residents are making a bold move by attempting to amend the state’s constitution to legalize social use cannabis in 2018. According to Dayton...

Texas takes small steps toward medical cannabis

Texas takes small steps toward medical cannabis

Sara Tiradossi December 18, 2017

Texas is the last major state to allow some form of medical cannabis. The state's limited program only allows for an oil extract that is very low in the psychoactive component THC. The license fees...

Hemp production increases, acreage doubles in 2017

Hemp production increases, acreage doubles in 2017

Sara Tiradossi December 15, 2017

Despite federal prohibition, hemp continues to rise, with a production of 23,343 acres in 2017. The 2017 Hemp Crop Report, which records state-by-state progress of hemp legislation passed in 2017, as...

New cannabis regulations ban cartoon characters to increase safety

New cannabis regulations ban cartoon characters to increase safety

Sara Tiradossi December 14, 2017

New state regulations in Colorado are now banning edibles shaped like humans, animals or fruit, and products that resemble realistic animal fruit, including artistic, caricature, cartoon characters or...

WHO: CBD should not be a scheduled under the Controlled Substances Act, carries no addiction risks

WHO: CBD should not be a scheduled under the Controlled Substances Act, carries no addiction risks

Sara Tiradossi December 14, 2017

The World Health Organization has declared that cannabidiol (CBD) should not be a scheduled drug. The WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence released findings and scheduling recommendations on Wednesday...

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