Massachusetts Senator seeks to pull marijuana businesses out of banking limbo

According to wcvb.com and ABC news network, Sen. Elizabeth Warren is leading an effort to make sure vendors working with legal marijuana businesses don’t have their banking services taken away.After voters in Warren’s home state, [Massachusetts], approved a November ballot question to legalize the recreational use of pot, she joined nine other senators in sending […]

Florida Medical Marijuana Amendment Goes Into Effect Tuesday January 3

The constitutional amendment, which was approved by 71 percent of Florida voters, allows higher-strength marijuana to be used for a wider list of medical ailments. NEXT STEPS Five more legislative committee weeks are scheduled before the start of the Florida Legislature on March 7. The Florida Senate’s Health Policy committee held a workshop in early […]

Colorado marijuana sales: $1 billion in first 10 months of 2016

In the first 10 months of 2016, Colorado marijuana shops reached a significant milestone they had barely missed in all of 2015: $1 billion in legal, regulated cannabis sales. Source The Cannabist: Colorado marijuana sales: $1 billion in first 10 months of 2016

After legalization, teen marijuana use drops sharply in Colorado – The Washington Post

One of legalization opponents’ greatest fears has so far failed to materialize… Teen marijuana use drops sharply in Colorado in the years 2014 and 2015, after the opening of that state’s recreational marijuana market, new federal survey data show…. Year-over-year teen marijuana use fell in most states during that time period, including in Washington, the […]

Medical marijuana in Florida

In November 2016 Florida approved medical marijuana through Amendment 2. The amendment to the Florida Constitution allows for those with cancer, HIV/Aids, epilepsy and a list of other “debilitating conditions” to use marijuana if recommended by their doctor. The amendment passed with more than 70% yes votes. According to the Miami Herald, “The Florida Department […]

9 Tips for Selecting and Implementing Your Seed to Sale Software System

We are not going to reinvent the wheel here.. or pretend like the cannabis industry is different from every other industry. Companies transition to new enterprise resource planning (ERP) software all the time, in every industry. This happens as new and improving software and technologies advance. Below, we will outline 9 Tips for Selecting and […]

Will Donald Trump’s Appointment for Attorney General Wage War on the Marijuana Industry? 

This week, Politico.com summarized the status and fear of the cannabis industry following last months election when 8 states voted to legalize cannabis (bringing the total to 29 states) and this months nomination of Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III for attorney general, by President-elect Donald J. Trump. “In Florida, medical marijuana won nearly 2 million more […]