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California county faces backlash for imposing cannabis cultivation ban after collection millions in taxes from cannabis farmers

California county faces backlash for imposing cannabis cultivation ban after collection millions in taxes from cannabis farmers

Annureet Kaur January 24, 2018

On Jan. 10, the Calaveras County Board Supervisors declared all commercial cannabis farms illegal after May 1, sending the whole county of 45,000 residents and over 1,600 commercial cannabis growers into...

Alcohol sales dropped 15% in medically legal cannabis states

Alcohol sales dropped 15% in medically legal cannabis states

Annureet Kaur January 24, 2018

A recent joint study done by researchers in U.S. and South America found that the drop in alcohol consumption directly correlates to the legality of medical cannabis. The researchers used the Nielsen...

86 percent Americans consider cannabis safer than alcohol, tobacco or sugar, Wall Street Journal poll suggests

86 percent Americans consider cannabis safer than alcohol, tobacco or sugar, Wall Street Journal poll suggests

Annureet Kaur January 22, 2018

According to a new Wall Street Journal poll released Friday, Americans feel that cannabis safer than alcohol, tobacco or sugar. Forty-one percent of Americans chose tobacco the most harmful to health,...

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Legal cannabis states ask Congress for legal banking

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

As of today, 29 states and a number of U.S. territories have legalized medical cannabis. Nine of those states have legalized it for social use and this year, social cannabis legalization will be considered...

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5 cannabis technologies to expect big things from in 2018

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

Remember the dot-com bubble? Of course you do. It was one of the most memorable moments in technological history. The beginning of the Internet as we know it, the dot-com bubble saw rapid growth in the...

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8 publicly-traded cannabis stocks predicted to rise in 2018

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

Oh, to be a budding entrepreneur with a fat wallet. Actually, this could be you if you are a wise cannabis stock investor, with the industry steadily becoming one of the most lucrative markets out there....

This plan could help stop Jeff Sessions from coming after cannabis

This plan could help stop Jeff Sessions from coming after cannabis

January 18, 2018

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor  A lot of people in the cannabis industry and beyond are worried about Attorney General Jeff Sessions using the Justice Department to come after legal cannabis....

Residential real estate value goes up in areas near dispensaries

Residential real estate value goes up in areas near dispensaries

Annureet Kaur January 17, 2018

New study finds that dispensaries selling cannabis for social use had a positive impact on residential real estate prices in their vicinity. In the recent years, people have seen various impact of cannabis...

New Mexico continues efforts to legalize social cannabis

New Mexico continues efforts to legalize social cannabis

Annureet Kaur January 15, 2018

Medical cannabis has been legal in New Mexico for 10 years now, and while advocates have made repeated efforts to legalize cannabis for social use, the opposing side continues to win the battle. This...

New study shows federal cannabis legalization could create 1 million new jobs

New study shows federal cannabis legalization could create 1 million new jobs

Annureet Kaur January 15, 2018

A new analysis found that legalizing cannabis on the federal level would lead to more than $130 million in tax revenue as well as over 1 million new jobs by 2025. New Frontier Data, a research and marketing...

It looks like cannabis vending machines are coming to California

It looks like cannabis vending machines are coming to California

January 12, 2018

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor Cannabis vending machines for social use cannabis are coming to California, according to High Times. The first one is already in place at Berkeley Patients...

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San Francisco begins cannabis sales for social use

Annureet Kaur January 9, 2018

January 1 official started legal social use of cannabis in California. Although the City of San Francisco started legal social cannabis sales one week later, it has stepped up in full gear with six dispensaries...

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