CALIFORNIA: LIKE MANY PEOPLE in San Francisco, Sasha Robinson is working on a startup out of his home. His living room is a riot of wires, battery packs, pliers, and metal … Read the full article...
Business
How Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Are Rushing To Cash In On Cannabis.
To Keep Business Growing, Vendors Rebrand Pot’s Stoner Image
COLORADO: From the outside, Jan Cole's recreational marijuana store in Boulder, Colo., just feels welcoming. Big glass windows let in natural light, and the walls are painted … Read the full article...
Cannabis Nuptials In Colorado’s High Country
By David Rheins We recently spoke to Bec Koop, owner of Buds & Blossoms who has created a new line of floral packages for brides and grooms getting married in the high … Read the full article...
Politics
In Brooklyn, Proposing to End Prosecutions for Low-Level Marijuana Offenses
Colorado Governor Responds To New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s Criticism Of State’s Pot Laws
Colorado policymakers fire back at Gov. Christie over pot comments
Push For Medical Marijuana Bill Renewed At Minnesota Capitol
Obama Plans Clemency For “Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands” Of People Sentenced For Drug Law Violations
Hemp
Hawaii Legislature Approves Two-Year Study of Hemp
HAWAII: State lawmakers as we speak accredited a toned-down bill authorizing the College of Hawaii’s school of agriculture to conduct a two-yr research of hemp. Senate Invoice 2175 stated the analysis will concentrate on the potential use of hemp as a biofuel feedstock and to be used in phytoremediation, the use of crops to take away contaminants from … Read the full article...
Tennessee Hemp Bill Hits Homestretch Hiccup
TENNESSEE: A final vote on a measure in the Tennessee Legislature that would legalize the cultivation of industrial hemp was put off for a day. Concerns were raised Monday by some House lawmakers over how the state’s regulation system would work, and sponsor Jeremy Faison, R-Cosby, said he’d seek clarification on the potential for criminal prosecution and … Read the full article...
Colorado Farmers Wonder: How To Get Hemp Seeds?
COLORADO: Farmers in Colorado and at least 10 other states are preparing to plant, cultivate and harvest hemp legally for the first time since the crop was outlawed more than 50 years ago. As they learn about the crop’s preferences and the best methods to harvest the seeds for oil or the long stalks for fiber, they are sidestepping the first part of the … Read the full article...
What’s Up With The Multi Level Marketing Of Hemp-Derived CBD?
If you’re involved in any way in the Cannabis industry – whether you’re a patient, advocate, or cannabis business person – chances are, you’ve heard about Kannaway, or its “Buzz Launch,” or Real Scientific Hemp Oil (RSHO), or hemp vape, or Hemp Meds Px, or Medical Marijuana Inc., or CannVest, or all of the above. And you’ve probably even gotten annoying, … Read the full article...
Stevia Enters Hemp Industry with ‘Real Hemp’
INDIANA: Stevia Corp., a farm management company focused on the economic development of products that support healthy lifestyle, is expanding its business into legal hemp. In a press release, the company announced plans to participate in the successful growth of the hemp industry and particularly hemp seeds, oils and related products which are growing in … Read the full article...
Hemp Farming Could Turn Into Economic Boon For Colorado
COLORADO: A growing farming fad in Colorado is to grow hemp – now that it’s legal, and at least one long-time farming family is hoping to cash in on the crop. Rock ‘n’ Robin’s in Fort Collins sells products that are made of hemp such as t-shirts, handbags and other products. Farmers are hoping it creates a new industry for Colorado. Kirk Eppelsheimer … Read the full article...
Lifestyle
Marijuana Has Come A Long Way Since Last 4/20
Going To Pot? No, NCAA Gets It Right By Reducing Standards On Marijuana
Even Country Music Is Ready for Marijuana Legalization
New Jersey Residents’ Attitudes Toward Marijuana Continue To Soften
Are Baby Boomers Ready To Give Marijuana A Second Chance?
Events
Tens Of Thousands Raise Joints, Pipes And Vaporizer Devices In Denver Pot Party
COLORADO: Tens of thousands of revelers raised joints, pipes and vaporizer devices to the sky Sunday at a central Denver park in a defiant toast to the April 20 pot holiday, a once-underground celebration that stepped into the mainstream in the first state in the nation to legalize recreational marijuana. The 4:20 p.m. smoke-out in the shadow … Read the full article...