Category: Cannabusiness

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Cannabis business news, commentary and analysis

November 12, 2012
11/12/2012
Marijuana in Colorado: Ready for Business, Complete with Regulations

Marijuana in Colorado: Ready for Business, Complete with Regulations

Time covers the Colorado cannabis business ecosystem and why it’s ready for legalized recreational marijuana after the state’s solid experience with medical marijuana.
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November 6, 2012
11/06/2012
Weed Delivery Service Booming Due to Sandy

Weed Delivery Service Booming Due to Sandy

– 11:30AM “I did 34 calls today,” said a salesperson from a popular weed delivery service — who we’ll call Sam — to ANIMAL last night in...
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November 2, 2012
11/02/2012
Legalization Would be a Direct Attack on Cartel Bankrolls

Legalization Would be a Direct Attack on Cartel Bankrolls

According to a study by a respected Mexican Think Tank, the legalization of recreational marijuana, which we will hopefully see after next week, could reduce cartel profits by...
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October 26, 2012
10/26/2012
Forbes’ Top 2012 Tax Cases: #10, The IRS Wages War on Medical Marijuana

Forbes’ Top 2012 Tax Cases: #10, The IRS Wages War on Medical Marijuana

The medical marijuana industry, which is “blessed by state law, but persecuted by the IRS,” has made Forbes’ Top 10 Tax Cases of 2012 given the havoc...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
Comics, Economics and the War On Drugs

Comics, Economics and the War On Drugs

War on Drugs is a powerful, well-produced comic that purveys a message that cannabis advocates empathize with. For some time, Milton Friedman and his fellow economists have witnessed the ills...
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October 1, 2012
10/01/2012
Veteran Emerald Triangle Pot Growers See Their Way of Life Ending

Veteran Emerald Triangle Pot Growers See Their Way of Life Ending

Since the mid-1990s, the price of outdoor-grown marijuana has plummeted from more than $5,000 a pound to less than $2,000, and even as low as $800. Economics...
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September 12, 2012
09/12/2012
Looking at Rule Changes for Seattle Medical Marijuana Businesses

Looking at Rule Changes for Seattle Medical Marijuana Businesses

A proposal to amend Seattle’s land use code would restrict the production and distribution of Seattle medical marijuana in certain parts of the city, including Pike Place Market.
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August 16, 2012
08/16/2012
Big Pharma Infographic: The Stats About Pharmaceutical Companies

Big Pharma Infographic: The Stats About Pharmaceutical Companies

In the spirit of “know your enemy”, here is a great Big Pharma infographic titled: The Stats About Pharmaceutical Companies, from MySpace. Americans know that we’re paying too much...
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August 6, 2012
08/06/2012
US Tax Court: No Medical Marijuana Dispensary Tax Deductions

US Tax Court: No Medical Marijuana Dispensary Tax Deductions

A new US Tax Court decision is slapping San Francisco’s already-forced-to-shutdown Vapor Room dispensary with a massive tax bill by disallowing tax deductions. It sets a scary legal...
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July 26, 2012
07/26/2012
The Culture High Exceeds Goal Raises Over $190,000 on Kickstarter

The Culture High Exceeds Goal Raises Over $190,000 on Kickstarter

The Kickstarter Project: The Culture High has reached their goal of raising $190,000! This is a huge step toward bringing more awareness to the problem of the...
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July 24, 2012
07/24/2012
Video: Tokin Daily: a Day in the Life of Working at a Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Video: Tokin Daily: a Day in the Life of Working at a Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Paul from Tokin Daily recently filmed a day in the life of working at River Rock North, a Denver Colorado medical marijuana dispensary. The first 3:25 is...
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July 18, 2012
07/18/2012
The Wall Street Journal Covers First Licensed New Jersey Medical Marijuana Provider

The Wall Street Journal Covers First Licensed New Jersey Medical Marijuana Provider

Great to see publications like The Wall Street Journal covering the business of medical marijuana. Read more about the Greenleaf Compassion Center, the first licensed provider of medical...
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July 16, 2012
07/16/2012
NorCal Medical Marijuana Enemy #1: US Attorney Melinda Haag

NorCal Medical Marijuana Enemy #1: US Attorney Melinda Haag

Melinda Haag, United States Attorney 450 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 436-7200 Melinda.Haag@usdoj.gov  So why is Melinda Haag medical marijuana’s enemy number 1 and...
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July 6, 2012
07/06/2012
Prohibition, Black Markets, and What is Best for Our Children

Prohibition, Black Markets, and What is Best for Our Children

One of the most prevalent scare tactics from prohibitionists is how a sensible taxation and regulation policy for marijuana will turn our children into 24/7 couch-locked stoners since they’ll...
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June 22, 2012
06/22/2012
Can Marijuana save the United States Postal Service (USPS)?

Can Marijuana save the United States Postal Service (USPS)?

The Dec 15 2011 Daily Show skit Too Big To Mail lovingly poked fun at the continued dismantling by Congress of the 236 year old United States Postal...
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June 9, 2012
06/09/2012
Big Pharma Strives For Cannabis Withdrawal “Medication”

Big Pharma Strives For Cannabis Withdrawal “Medication”

You tell me which is worse, a plant that grows on it’s own and then flowers with a substance that has evolved with the human body over...
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