WASHINGTON, DC. 21 May, 2015 – In a significant first, the U.S. Senate bowed to veterans’ calls for medical marijuana access in states where it is legal. On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed, by an 18 –12 vote, an amendment allowing Veterans Administration (VA) doctors to recommend medical marijuana ...
Read More »2016 Presidential Candidates on Cannabis
WASHINGTON D.C. 18 May, 2015 — As the field of likely and announced 2016 presidential candidates expands, stances on legalizing cannabis seem to have narrowed to a shortlist: Over my cold, dead body (Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson) or; Let states do the dirty work (most contenders) ...
Read More »Brits Open First UK Hemp Products Pharmacy
LONDON, U.K. 16 May, 2015 — Our British friends opened the first UK hemp products pharmacy yesterday, in Twickenham, South London. “Carun” is offering a range of high-end CBD- and hemp-based health and beauty products aiming to provide customers with the “healing super-powers” of hemp. In answer to questions as ...
Read More »CNN Reporter Gets High Covering Pot Story
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Read More »CNBC Alternative Investing: Industrial Hemp
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Read More »Vote Hemp: Bees & Kentucky Hemp
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Read More »Tennessee Gets DEA Permit for Hemp Seeds
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. 15 May, 2015 — The hemp seeds should have gone in the ground three weeks ago, but just as farmer threw up their hands, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) finally approved Tennessee’s application to import certified industrial hemp seeds from Canada for research purposes. The seeds can ...
Read More »Invest In Cannabis Brings Technology to the Weed Industry
REPOST: iDigitalTimes Eddie Miller, the 30-year-old founder of a budding pot empire, doesn’t come off as your typical weed advocate. And yet, his company eCann Inc., is an extensive technology platform for the weed industry that could add more steam to the end of prohibition movement sweeping the country. READ ...
Read More »CanopyBoulder Startup Boot Camp Fall 2015
BOULDER, CO. 15 May, 2015 – Attention cannabis startups! Applications close 1 June for business accelerator CanopyBoulder’s Fall 2015 boot camp in Boulder, CO. The class kicks off on 1 September, and lasts for three months. In partnership with the ArcView Group, CanopyBoulder is a seed-stage investment program for startups ...
Read More »House of Jane Partners Up in Nevada
Nevada – 15 May, 2015 House of Jane, a not-for-profit corporation involved in the cannabis-infused beverage industry, announced on Wednesday that it is teaming up with Silver State Trading, a Nevada cultivator, manufacturer and distributor of medical-grade cannabis and associated products, to bring Jane’s Brew™, a line of cannabidiol (CBD) ...
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