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Netflix launched cannabis pop-up with custom strains to promote new show

Netflix launched cannabis pop-up with custom strains to promote new show

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 29, 2017

In order to market its latest workplace comedy, Netflix took over a dispensary in West Hollywood and offered custom strains with names inspired by their TV shows. Last weekend, the streaming service...

Application process opens for Denver businesses to allow social cannabis consumption

Application process opens for Denver businesses to allow social cannabis consumption

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 28, 2017

The social cannabis consumption program which would allow for cannabis consumption in some businesses is ready to enter the application process. Officials from the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses...

Nevada gaming commission continues to reject cannabis industry

Nevada gaming commission continues to reject cannabis industry

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 28, 2017

On Thursday, The Nevada Gaming Commission said they will not cannabis in casinos anytime soon. In a series of policy discussions, the Nevada Gaming Commission said on Thursday cannabis will not be...

Pictured: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-California

Congressmen address alleged cannabis research obstruction by Justice Department

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 24, 2017

On Wednesday, a group of lawmakers sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions which relayed concern about reported moves by the Justice Department to halt cannabis research. Representatives Matt...

Proposal for on-site cannabis consumption allowed to move forward

Proposal for on-site cannabis consumption allowed to move forward

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 24, 2017

After month-long deliberations whether permitting on-site cannabis consumption at retail stores could be beneficial, the Alaska Cannabis Control Board officially proposed regulations to allow the measure...

Future cannabis tourism haven may be in trouble

Future cannabis tourism haven may be in trouble

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 22, 2017

The company that is looking to make a cannabis tourism destination out of a small town in California may run into legal trouble with the county. Earlier in August, American-Green, an Arizona-based cannabis...

Banks threaten cannabis sales in Uruguay

Banks threaten cannabis sales in Uruguay

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 22, 2017

Uruguay pharmacies are facing challenges as banks refuse to work with companies connected to selling cannabis, although it is legal in the country. An anonymous government official said Uruguayan banks...

Sessions further impedes cannabis research

Sessions further impedes cannabis research

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 21, 2017

An anonymous senior Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) official claimed Attorney General Jeff Sessions had effectively blocked an Obama Administration initiative to expand the number of cannabis suppliers for...

Social cannabis sales in Nevada slow due to lack of distributors

Social cannabis sales in Nevada slow due to lack of distributors

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 21, 2017

Sales from Nevada’s social cannabis program had dropped 20 to 30 percent since it launched in July, according to a report from the Nevada Department of Taxation. A shortage of cannabis distributors...

Pictured: Alaska Gov. Bill Walker

Two more governors respond to AG Sessions’ cannabis claims

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 18, 2017

The governors of Alaska and Washington responded to the letters sent by Attorney General Jeff Sessions which questioned the competence of their social cannabis programs. The governors of Alaska, Colorado,...

Judge repairs cannabis distribution shortage in Nevada for the second time

Judge repairs cannabis distribution shortage in Nevada for the second time

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 18, 2017

A Nevada judge cleared the way for state cannabis regulators to start issuing distribution licenses to businesses other than existing alcohol wholesalers. Again. Carson City District Judge James Russell...

Social cannabis sales delayed in Maine

Social cannabis sales delayed in Maine

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 17, 2017

Maine will not make its February deadline for beginning the sales of social cannabis and will not be ready until next summer at the earliest, according to the committee tasked with implementing legalization....

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