State officials will begin accepting applications to license 24 medical marijuana grow operations in June and will review them in July. Once awarded, license holders will have nine months to meet all the requirements of the program. The Ohio Department of Commerce plans to release application forms and instructions in the next two to three […]
“Canadians will get their first look at the Liberal vision for legalized marijuana on Thursday, CBC News has confirmed” as MSNBC reports. Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau has assured Canadians that legalizing marijuana will make it harder for young people to access pot and take profits away from organized crime. It’s expected the government will follow a […]
As officials work to [lift a ban on] medical marijuana sales in the city, they are taking a different approach to the sale of recreational marijuana. A ballot question in November will ask voters if they want to ban the sale of recreational marijuana in the city. The statewide recreational marijuana initiative passed last November, but […]
The process to open the Jacksonville dispensary started back on Dec. 20, 2016, when initial permits were filed with the Jacksonville Building Inspection Division. Since then, Trulieve has had to file seven separate building inspection requests, the most recent on March 30. The Tallahassee-based company, Trulieve, has begun the process of constructing a medical marijuana […]
SAN LEANDRO — Three approved medical marijuana dispensaries will have to pay more to operate in San Leandro now that the city has imposed a 6 percent business tax that will climb to 8 percent by 2021.San Leandro will levy a 6 percent business tax on cannabis businesses that will increase to 8 percent by July 2021. […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — State regulators in Ohio acknowledge that proposed licensing fees for medical marijuana businesses could initially exceed the state’s costs of operating the program. Missy Craddock, of the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program, told an advisory panel Friday the program is requested roughly $2.5 million a year for operational costs in each of […]
WASHINGTON – Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz and Democratic Congressman Darren Soto have joined forces in a bipartisan effort to make it easier for ill-patients and scientific and medical researchers to obtain marijuana. The proposed legislation, “to provide for the rescheduling of marijuana into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act”, is aimed at rescheduling marijuana […]
Uruguay’s three-year process of legalising recreational cannabis consumption reached its final stage on Thursday, when the government said it would authorise pharmacies to begin selling the substance as of July. Source: Uruguay government legalises sale of recreational cannabis in pharmacies | The Independent
Massachusetts collects more than $7 million from marijuana in 2016 As of Jan. 31, 2017 nearly 40,000 patients had been certified for a medical marijuana card and paid a fee of $50, which needs to be renewed each year. Fees for patients, doctors and medical facilities added up to more than $7 million in the […]
The 99-plant growing limit previously established in Colorado statute was far higher than any other marijuana state in the nation. Sponsored by House Majority Leader KC Becker, D-Boulder, supporters of House Bill 1220 believe that reducing the residential growing limit to 12 plants can help law enforcement agencies better deter black market growers, investigate massive, illegal operations […]
