CALIFORNIA: So you’ve heard this one before: Venture capitalists are in San Francisco to hear start-up pitches. Well, this time the story’s not about tech. It’s about … Read the full article...
Business
Pot Start-Ups Get Chance To Pitch VCs
American Indian Tribes To Discuss Legal Pot At Conference
WASHINGTON: American Indian tribes wrestling with whether to legalize marijuana have scheduled a national conference on the topic next month in Washington state. Organizer … Read the full article...
Nanaimo’s Marijuana Trade Diversifies Echronomy
CANADA: For better or worse, Canada has all its eggs in one oily basket. These days, that’s not going so well. Forecasts suggest that oil jobs are drying up faster than your … Read the full article...
Politics
American Indian Tribes To Discuss Legal Pot At Conference
Nanaimo’s Marijuana Trade Diversifies Echronomy
Colorado Legislators In A Dither Over Possible Marijuana Tax Refund
Oregon Home Marijuana Possession Limits Are Too High, John Kitzhaber Suggests
Legal Pot Backers In Ohio Trickle Out Details Of 2015 Vision
Hemp
Tribe To Look At Medicinal Marijuana, Hemp
MINNESOTA: The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Council unanimously approved this week a study on how medicinal marijuana and industrial hemp could benefit the Red Lake Nation’s economic development. However, serious doubts were raised about growing or use of recreational … Read the full article...
LOCAL Complications Abound For Hemp Farming In Northwest
WASHINGTON: Hemp advocates have launched a renewed bid to make hemp farming lawful in Washington state. The non-drug variety of the cannabis plant has already been legalized in Oregon and California, but it is not commercially grown there yet. Local boutiques and natural food stores sell a wide … Read the full article...
Another shot at pot: Lawmakers prepare marijuana follow-up bills
WASHINGTON: Two years after Washington voters ended pot prohibition lawmakers are wading through a thicket of proposed reforms that aim to stabilize an industry struggling to get off the ground. “Right now I call it the wild, wild west,” Senate Democratic Leader Sharon Nelson, D-Maury Island, said … Read the full article...
Homegrown Hemp On The Horizon?
PENNSYLVANIA: If state Sens. Mike Folmer and Judith Schwank have their way, the plant that lent its name to East and West Hempfield townships could once again grow here. “We will shortly be introducing legislation to permit the cultivation and processing of industrial hemp in Pennsylvania,” the … Read the full article...
Colorado’s First Legal Hemp Crop Comes In Amid Constraints By Fed Laws
COLORADO: Ask farmers where they procured hemp seeds to plant last spring, and you may get an answer like this one from Bill Billings: "I got them from Mother Nature and God. That's all I can say." Don't-ask, don't-tell characterizes Colorado's newest cash crop. Like its genetic cousin … Read the full article...
French Marijuana E-Vaporizer To Go On Sale
FRANCE: Electronic cigarettes with cannabis extracts are set to go on sale this month. The French makers claim their product is legal, as it lacks the chemicals that cause the mind-altering effects of marijuana. French law is firmly against the use of cannabis. The “legal cannabinoids vaporizer” … Read the full article...
Lifestyle
Pediatric Academy Now Says Medical Marijuana May Help Some Ill Kids
In Case You Missed It, This New Marijuana Study Has A Smoking Revelation
Judge Dismisses Count Against Minnesota Mom Who Treated Son With Cannabis
Philly420: Is Pennsylvania Really Smoking $2 Billion Of Marijuana?
Cannabis Job Fair Met With Enthusiasm And Hope In Oakland
Events
Seattle Hempfest To Feature “Hempfest Business Show” Industry Showcase
WASHINGTON: Seattle Hempfest announces “The Hempfest Business Show” Industry Showcase at Seattle Center on Hempfest weekend August 15 & 16, 2015 Saturday 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Sunday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, 305 Harrison Street Seattle, 98109 With … Read the full article...