Interest in both retail and medical marijuana has increased ten-fold over the last two years. While this is not surprising with the recent shift in public opinion to pro-cannabis, mostly due to the anticipated tax revenue, it’s entrepreneurs who...
On September 2, 2014 Seattle City Council unanimously approved legislation to extend legal medical marijuana production, processing, and access points operating within the Seattle city limits. There are limitations though. First, the extension only applies to medical marijuana facilities...
Taxes have been a primary motive for legislators to consider the legalization of retail marijuana sales. With Colorado collecting $2.5 million in cannabis-related excise taxes during the first two months of sales and $30 million in sales, the apparent...
In Washington, the numbers indicate that monthly recreational marijuana sales more than doubled to hit nearly $7 million in August vs. $3.2 million in July. (Note: The July number is lower than a previously reported figure of $3.8 million....
After less than a week in sales, the few Washington’s retail marijuana shops that opened ran dry, and now some are expecting the shortage to last months. Brian Stroh – who owns CannaMan Farms, a cultivation site in Clark...
The Obama administration believes marijuana policy is a states’ rights issue, the White House said Monday in opposing Republican led legislation that would prevent Washington, D.C., from using local funds to decriminalize marijuana possession. The GOP-sponsored House amendment would...
Retail marijuana went online in Washington on Tuesday July 7, and Cannabis City Manager Amber McGowan knew before they opened that the 10lbs they had in stock was not going to be near enough to keep their doors open....
The Washington State Liqueur Control Board handed out the first of the retail marijuana facility licenses just a couple days ago, and today the first stores are opening their doors. The state Liquor Control Board issued recreational licenses to...
July 8, 2014 That’s the day that Seattle’s (and possibly Washington’s) first retail marijuana shop Cannabis City is scheduled to open. Owner James Lathrop currently only has 10 pounds of product, which he is expecting to sell out of...
Originally listed as a Schedule 1 drug in 1970, the Food and Drug Administration is conducting an analysis at the Drug Enforcement Administration’s request on whether the U.S. should downgrade the classification of marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug....
