Tag: fundraisers

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May 14, 2015
05/14/2015
Cannabusiness: How Crowdfunding Can Help Ganjapreneurs

Cannabusiness: How Crowdfunding Can Help Ganjapreneurs

Launching a business from scratch is tough, and the hardest part can be getting the cash together to make it happen. A number of ganjapreneurs have opted...
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February 19, 2015
02/19/2015
Featured Weedist: Nickie D. Dank

Featured Weedist: Nickie D. Dank

Nickie has moved around a lot within our community. This has given her a very unique perspective and a wide array of cannabis contacts both within Oregon...
By: Anna Diaz
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February 10, 2015
02/10/2015
Snoop Dogg Aims to Raise $25M for Cannabis Startups

Snoop Dogg Aims to Raise $25M for Cannabis Startups

Snoop Dogg (a.k.a. Snoop Lion) is putting together a fund specifically to aid in weed startup companies.
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January 22, 2015
01/22/2015
European Activism: The Medical Cannabis Bike Tour

European Activism: The Medical Cannabis Bike Tour

The Medical Cannabis Bike Tour is a non-profit organization riding to change the way marijuana is perceived in Europe. In November, it handed over 100,000 Euros to...
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December 22, 2014
12/22/2014
Pasadena Firefighters Hold Fundraiser for Cannabis

Pasadena Firefighters Hold Fundraiser for Cannabis

Pasadena firefighters recently held a fundraiser to help mitigate the medical costs of 3 year old Cecelia von Harz, the daughter of one of the county’s fireman.
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September 30, 2014
09/30/2014
Marijuana Industry Makes Political Donations

Marijuana Industry Makes Political Donations

The entrepreneurs of the young U.S. marijuana industry are taking another step into the mainstream, becoming political donors who use some of their profits to support cannabis-friendly...
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September 10, 2014
09/10/2014
Is Medical Marijuana the Solution for ALS?

Is Medical Marijuana the Solution for ALS?

The ice bucket challenge has raised a huge amount of awareness for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) — popularly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.  With the help of celebrities,...
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August 6, 2014
08/06/2014
Pro-Marijuana Advocates Raise $1 Million in Oregon

Pro-Marijuana Advocates Raise $1 Million in Oregon

Supporters of a recreational marijuana ballot initiative in Oregon have raised $1 million in their effort to legalize, regulate and tax use of the drug by adults,...
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July 8, 2014
07/08/2014
DC Marijuana Initiative Hands in Plenty of Signatures

DC Marijuana Initiative Hands in Plenty of Signatures

It now looks extremely likely that the residents of the nation’s capitol will vote in November on whether to legalize the possession and cultivation of small amounts...
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May 14, 2014
05/14/2014
See How Much the Medical Marijuana Effort Has Raised in Florida

See How Much the Medical Marijuana Effort Has Raised in Florida

A political committee helping spearhead a ballot effort to legalize medical marijuana in Florida raised an overall total of $3.1 million through April while also receiving $1.9 million...
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April 22, 2014
04/22/2014
Book Review: “Wake and Bake: a Cookbook”

Book Review: “Wake and Bake: a Cookbook”

Since marijuana began to be sold in legal retail stores in Colorado this year, one of the biggest demands has been for marijuana-infused edibles, which are much...
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March 11, 2014
03/11/2014
Spending Minimal So Far for August Alaska Marijuana Initiative

Spending Minimal So Far for August Alaska Marijuana Initiative

The upcoming August 19 ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana under Alaska state law has seen little early campaign spending by advocates and none by opponents. The...
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January 27, 2014
01/27/2014
German Cannabis Activist George Wurth Wins a Million Euros!

German Cannabis Activist George Wurth Wins a Million Euros!

Big congratulations are in order for our German brethren. They have scored a major publicity and resource coup that will definitely help them advance the cause. Cannabis...
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December 27, 2013
12/27/2013
2013: The Year in Review – NORML’s Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy

2013: The Year in Review – NORML’s Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy

NORML and NORML Foundation are supported by cannabis consumers and other caring citizens. Please see our annual report and help us to keep going strong into 2014 by making...
By: NORML
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December 23, 2013
12/23/2013
The Season of Giving Abounds in the Cannabis Community

The Season of Giving Abounds in the Cannabis Community

As the holiday season ramps up, the cannabis community has stepped up to help those less fortunate, too. We have certainly mainstreamed as can be evidenced by...
By: Anna Diaz
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November 26, 2013
11/26/2013
Drug Reform Funder Peter Lewis Dead at 80

Drug Reform Funder Peter Lewis Dead at 80

Peter B. Lewis, the billionaire head of Progressive Insurance and a leading funder of drug reform efforts in recent decades, died Saturday at his home in Coconut...
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November 13, 2013
11/13/2013
MMAR Coalition Against Repeal Benefit Concert Tonight

MMAR Coalition Against Repeal Benefit Concert Tonight

A benefit concert is being held for MMAR Coalition Against Repeal featuring the Rascalz at Fortune Sound Club in Vancouver, BC at 7pm tonight.
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October 3, 2013
10/03/2013
Boro Derby 2013 Seattle Begins Tomorrow: Glass World Faces and Races Off

Boro Derby 2013 Seattle Begins Tomorrow: Glass World Faces and Races Off

The elite artists of the borosilicate glass world (ya know, the crazy headie pipe guys) are making truly unprecedented money right now. Wouldn’t it be nice if...
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October 1, 2013
10/01/2013
NORML Match Grant Extended to Lament Founding of Prohibition

NORML Match Grant Extended to Lament Founding of Prohibition

Dear NORML members and supporters, Over the last month, $26,650 has been raised by NORML members and supporters in a $100,000 donor match put forward by new NORML...
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September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
Medical Marijuana Patient Needs $5,000 to Protect His Daughter From CPS

Medical Marijuana Patient Needs $5,000 to Protect His Daughter From CPS

Ten month old Lilly Fisher has been in CPS custody since April when her father requested their help rescuing her from an extremely unsafe situation while in...
By: Mercedys
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