New York’s first eight medical marijuana dispensaries are now operational. This post from Women’s Health answers five of your most burning questions about how these marijuana dispensaries will work. Whether you’re a proponent of the high-flying approach to medicine or not, you’ve probably heard that the first eightmedical marijuana dispensaries opened this week in New York ... Continue Reading
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Denver’s Skewed Marijuana Business Scenario Raises Concerns
Some of the poorer Denver neighborhoods have the most marijuana businesses. This post from The Cannabist highlights this skewed marijuana business scenario in Denver and the concerns it is raising. Recreational marijuana businesses have proliferated so rapidly in some of Denver’s poorer neighborhoods during the past two years that city officials are exploring ways to ... Continue Reading
2015 Review: Biggest Cannabis Victories of the Year
As the year draws to a close, we recap the remarkable progress made by the cannabis movement. This post from Leafly presents a 2015 review with a roundup of the biggest cannabis victories celebrated in the year gone by. It’s been a year of notable progress for cannabis. Although 2015 was perhaps not quite as eventful as 2014 in major wins for cannabis legalization, this year ... Continue Reading
The Heating Up of Coffee and Weed Mashup Industry
A new wave of legal-weed entrepreneurs wants to put the weed in your coffee pot. This post from The Cannabist sheds light on the science, rich history, potential profits and challenges faced by the coffee and weed mashup industry. It was during an endless drive home from a camping trip in eastern Washington that entrepreneur Adam Stites came up with his latest product. “What ... Continue Reading
Report On Impact of Marijuana Dispensaries On Communities
Advocates release a comprehensive guide to crafting fair rules for marijuana dispensaries, to facilitate states setting up new medical marijuana programs. This post from The Daily Chronic reports the release of a white paper by the advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) dispelling myths about medical marijuana dispensaries. On Thursday, advocacy group Americans for ... Continue Reading