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July 3, 2014
07/03/2014
An Industry Emerges: The NCIA Cannabis Business Summit in Denver

An Industry Emerges: The NCIA Cannabis Business Summit in Denver

The exhibition hall in the Denver Convention Center last week was a wonder to behold. Automated, high-capacity marijuana trimming machines. Industrial strength cannabis oil extraction devices. Marijuana...
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July 2, 2014
07/02/2014
Colorado Retail Marijuana Application Rules Changed to Open Market

Colorado Retail Marijuana Application Rules Changed to Open Market

It’s been exactly six months since legal retail marijuana sales began in Colorado, and today is the first day that retail marijuana business licenses are open to...
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July 2, 2014
07/02/2014
Colorado Recreational Marijuana Industry Begins Major Transformation

Colorado Recreational Marijuana Industry Begins Major Transformation

Colorado’s recreational marijuana industry starts a transformation Tuesday that could add hundreds of new pot businesses to the state and reconfigure the market’s architecture. Previously, only owners...
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July 1, 2014
07/01/2014
Mother Says Medical Cannabis Cut Daughter’s Seizures 95%

Mother Says Medical Cannabis Cut Daughter’s Seizures 95%

In January, 4 yr old Haleigh Cox stopped breathing and had to be resuscitated. Doctors at a hospital in Georgia told the family there was nothing else...
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June 30, 2014
06/30/2014
Colorado Sting Operations Fail to Bust Any Marijuana Shops for Sales to Minors

Colorado Sting Operations Fail to Bust Any Marijuana Shops for Sales to Minors

State regulators and state police recently performed sting operations on 20 different marijuana stores in the Denver and Pueblo areas to determine compliance with state law, reports...
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June 27, 2014
06/27/2014
Number of Citations Issued for Public Marijuana Use in Denver Spikes in 2014

Number of Citations Issued for Public Marijuana Use in Denver Spikes in 2014

Public use of marijuana is prohibited throughout Colorado. Now six months into legalization, 7NEWS has discovered a spike in the number of citations issued in Denver. According...
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June 25, 2014
06/25/2014
Charlatan’s Web: A CBD Debacle

Charlatan’s Web: A CBD Debacle

The medical cannabis community has recently received some major support from well known doctors, Dr. Oz and Dr. Sanjay Gupta. This trend of physicians supporting medical cannabis...
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June 24, 2014
06/24/2014
Group Marches Through NC in Support of Medical Marijuana

Group Marches Through NC in Support of Medical Marijuana

As lawmakers try to decide if they’ll legalize a form of medical marijuana, a group of men supporting a broadening of medical marijuana use is walking across...
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June 23, 2014
06/23/2014
Marijuana Considered for Looser Restrictions by U.S. FDA

Marijuana Considered for Looser Restrictions by U.S. FDA

The Food and Drug Administration is conducting an analysis at the Drug Enforcement Administration’s request on whether the U.S. should downgrade the classification of marijuana as a...
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June 23, 2014
06/23/2014
Tips for Buying Legal Weed in Colorado: Shake, a Great Deal on a Budget

Tips for Buying Legal Weed in Colorado: Shake, a Great Deal on a Budget

Colorado is now six months into recreational sales of marijuana, and by all rational accounts everything is going really well. Business is steady with customers both from the state...
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June 20, 2014
06/20/2014
350 Pounds of Hemp Seeds Seized at US-Canada Border

350 Pounds of Hemp Seeds Seized at US-Canada Border

Hundreds of pounds of industrial hemp seeds bound from Canada to Colorado have been seized by federal authorities in North Dakota, marking the latest bump along the...
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June 19, 2014
06/19/2014
Hillary Clinton Changes Her Tune on Marijuana Policy

Hillary Clinton Changes Her Tune on Marijuana Policy

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seems to have changed her mind when it comes to marijuana policy, according to National Journal. Clinton had previously expressed that...
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June 18, 2014
06/18/2014
International Cannabis Update: Russia Feels Ripple Effects From Colorado Legalization

International Cannabis Update: Russia Feels Ripple Effects From Colorado Legalization

As Colorado grapples with the recent changes to state policies on marijuana use, journalists, analysts and politicians seem eager to discuss just about every aspect of the...
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June 17, 2014
06/17/2014
Burglaries at Denver Marijuana Shops Slow, But Industry Still Worried

Burglaries at Denver Marijuana Shops Slow, But Industry Still Worried

Even with the start of legal recreational marijuana sales 5½ months ago, burglaries and robberies at all pot businesses in Denver are on pace for their lowest...
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June 16, 2014
06/16/2014
Colorado to Spend $9 Million on Medical Marijuana

Colorado to Spend $9 Million on Medical Marijuana

Colorado is preparing to begin the largest state-funded study on the benefits of medical marijuana, The Denver Post reports. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed a bill that will...
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June 16, 2014
06/16/2014
Federal Government Survey Dispels Myth That Rolling Back Marijuana Prohibition Laws Will Lead to an Increase in Teen Marijuana Use

Federal Government Survey Dispels Myth That Rolling Back Marijuana Prohibition Laws Will Lead to an Increase in Teen Marijuana Use

Federal Government Survey Dispels Myth That Rolling Back Marijuana Prohibition Laws Will Lead to an Increase in Teen Marijuana Use Biennial CDC survey finds rate of current...
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June 13, 2014
06/13/2014
Just Say No to Marijuana Tax, ‘No Over Taxation’ Sues

Just Say No to Marijuana Tax, ‘No Over Taxation’ Sues

Colorado overtaxes marijuana and is engaging in criminal activity by taxing something that is federally a crime, a “registered issue committee” called No Over Taxation claims in...
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June 12, 2014
06/12/2014
My Favorite Strains: G13

My Favorite Strains: G13

With so many different growers being able to breed and grow new strains of marijuana for both the medical and now recreational markets, there are many new...
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June 11, 2014
06/11/2014
Colorado Recreational Marijuana Sales, Taxes Boomed in April

Colorado Recreational Marijuana Sales, Taxes Boomed in April

Colorado recorded its biggest recreational marijuana tax haul yet in April, topping more than $3.5 million in sales and excise taxes on over $22 million in revenue....
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June 11, 2014
06/11/2014
Mexico May Follow Colorado and Washington on Marijuana Policy

Mexico May Follow Colorado and Washington on Marijuana Policy

Mexico’s president is hinting that he is considering making marijuana legal south of the border, San Francisco Weekly reports. In an interview published Sunday in El Pais, President...
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