Tag: economics

(79 posts)
March 25, 2013
03/25/2013
The Green Rush is Spreading Across America

The Green Rush is Spreading Across America

The Green Rush is on. Cannabis deregulation is opening up so many new possibilities that economists are comparing it to the Gold Rushes of the 1800’s. Suddenly...
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February 25, 2013
02/25/2013
$8,750 Cost to B.C. Taxpayers for Each Pot Conviction, Most for Simple Possession

$8,750 Cost to B.C. Taxpayers for Each Pot Conviction, Most for Simple Possession

It costs B.C. taxpayers about $8,750 per pot conviction, most of them for simple possession. Estimates show decriminalizing cannabis would save B.C. taxpayers over $10.5M per year....
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February 25, 2013
02/25/2013
North Dakota Welfare Drug Testing Bill Defeated

North Dakota Welfare Drug Testing Bill Defeated

A bill that would have required welfare recipients to undergo drug testing died Friday in the North Dakota House. It was defeated soundly on a 72-19 vote....
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February 11, 2013
02/11/2013
Lawmaker Seeks to Study Regulating Marijuana in New Mexico

Lawmaker Seeks to Study Regulating Marijuana in New Mexico

New Mexico State Senator Ortiz y Pino requested that the Economic Development Department conduct a study on the financial implications (of both revenue and cost savings) of taxing...
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January 23, 2013
01/23/2013
Excellent Infographic – National Marijuana Prices

Excellent Infographic – National Marijuana Prices

This excellent infographic describes the varying prices of marijuana. Made by floatingsheep.org using data from the anonymous feedback site PriceOfWeed.com, this map describes the low prices of...
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January 21, 2013
01/21/2013
Industrial Hemp Reform Emerging from Marijuana Legalization Election Victories

Industrial Hemp Reform Emerging from Marijuana Legalization Election Victories

013 One of the major public policy and business fronts to end cannabis prohibition in America is to pressure the federal government to allow American farmers the...
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January 17, 2013
01/17/2013
Big Cannabis: Growing the Next Great American Industry

Big Cannabis: Growing the Next Great American Industry

For entrepreneur Troy Dayton, providing basic services like insurance and capital management amounts to revolutionary business. The support his firm ArcView supplies might sound standard, but the...
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January 14, 2013
01/14/2013
Washington State Seeks Marijuana Consumption Experts

Washington State Seeks Marijuana Consumption Experts

On Jan. 14,  the Washington State Liquor Control Board will issue a request for consultants to gauge marijuana consumption in WA state under Initiative 502. About 70 applications...
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December 20, 2012
12/20/2012
Increased Real Estate Interest in Medical Cannabis Lenient States

Increased Real Estate Interest in Medical Cannabis Lenient States

Houses.com, a real estate website, is detecting a small yet increasing trend under-current in the ocean of politics. There is an amplified interest in the states where medical...
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December 18, 2012
12/18/2012
Study Shows Marijuana Often Substituted for Alcohol and Other Drugs

Study Shows Marijuana Often Substituted for Alcohol and Other Drugs

I remember one of the clients I had on internship. He’d been drinking a fifth of bourbon a day for years. As you’d guess, his liver was...
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December 13, 2012
12/13/2012
HSBC Bank Admits Cartel Money Laundering

HSBC Bank Admits Cartel Money Laundering

01:52am The London-based HSBC Group, Europe’s largest banking entity, has agreed to forfeit $1.256 billion and pay an additional $600 million-plus in fines for laundering money...
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December 10, 2012
12/10/2012
Washington Could Become Pot Source for Neighbors

Washington Could Become Pot Source for Neighbors

As Washington state sets up a cannabis supply system (barring the Feds stepping in), it could become a greater source of pot for users in Oregon and...
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December 7, 2012
12/07/2012
Sir Richard Branson: War on Drugs a Trillion-Dollar Failure

Sir Richard Branson: War on Drugs a Trillion-Dollar Failure

Sir Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group and a member of the Global Drug Commission poses the simple question on drug prohibition; What do we have to...
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December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
How to Sell Marijuana Legally, In Four Inconvenient Steps

How to Sell Marijuana Legally, In Four Inconvenient Steps

John Davis, who runs a legal medical marijuana business in Washington, shares with NPR 4 key steps in trying to operate in the cannabis industry, as it’s really...
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December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Jamen Shively: Microsoft Executive Turned Marijuana Entrepreneur

Jamen Shively: Microsoft Executive Turned Marijuana Entrepreneur

Jamen Shively, a former Microsoft executive, has decided to enter the marijuana gold rush about to occur in Washington state “by creating the category of premium marijuana,...
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December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Marijuana’s Fate May Hinge on Raisins and Wheat

Marijuana’s Fate May Hinge on Raisins and Wheat

The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear from California raisin producers who are challenging a federal price support program granted by the Constitution’s Commerce Clause and...
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December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Legal Marijuana: a $46 Billion Industry?

Legal Marijuana: a $46 Billion Industry?

The Medical Marijuana Business Daily, an industry new service, projects that if marijuana were legalized nationwide it would result in a market potentially worth more than $46 billion.
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November 20, 2012
11/20/2012
Long Term Costs of Grow Lights

Long Term Costs of Grow Lights

How much does it really cost to run a grow light? Electrical costs are one feature of growing your own that can be surprising to many new...
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November 13, 2012
11/13/2012
Medical Marijuana Stock Prices Soar Following Legalization Votes

Medical Marijuana Stock Prices Soar Following Legalization Votes

02:58pm The Medical Marijuana Business Daily reports that several publicly traded companies serving the medical cannabis industry have soared in the stock market since the election:...
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November 12, 2012
11/12/2012
Marijuana Votes Have Mexicans Talking Legalization

Marijuana Votes Have Mexicans Talking Legalization

04:18pm With US public support for marijuana legalization now at the 50% mark, and state legalization efforts now starting to come to fruition, people are naturally...
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