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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Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the Cole Memo, which provided protections for states with legalized cannabis, on Thursday.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...

Report projects Florida medical cannabis market to hit 1 billion by 2020

Report projects Florida medical cannabis market to hit 1 billion by 2020

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 1, 2017

Projections from Florida’s medical cannabis market estimate it will exceed $1 billion by 2020 if growth stays consistent. A report from New Frontier Data projected Florida’s market will grow to...

Violent crime decreased after Washington legalized cannabis

Violent crime decreased after Washington legalized cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 30, 2017

An upcoming report from the Department of Justice is expected to link cannabis with violent crime, although statistics from Washington state claimed the opposite. Since voters approved Initiative 502,...

Maine Dept. of Labor says employees cant 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...

Feds visit Colorado to discuss cannabis regulations and black market

Feds visit Colorado to discuss cannabis regulations and black market

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 25, 2017

Five government representatives met with two-dozen state officials to discuss Colorado’s legal cannabis industry last Tuesday.  State officials described the meeting as necessary for documenting...

Projections indicate cannabis jobs will outnumber traditional trades

Projections indicate cannabis jobs will outnumber traditional trades

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 13, 2017

Marijuana Business Factbook 2017 reported the American cannabis industry has created more than 165,000 to 230,000 full-time and part-time jobs, outnumbering those in positions like chefs, commercial pilots,...

Maryland pharmacy school becomes first to offer certificate in cannabis studies

Maryland pharmacy school becomes first to offer certificate in cannabis studies

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 10, 2017

The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy will begin offering courses to students that will groom them for the medical cannabis industry. The courses will be offered online counting toward certifications...

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