Qualified medical marijuana patients will buy their products from a dispensary in an Ottawa strip mall. That dispensary will likely be one of the first to open since the Compassionate Care Act was signed by Gov. Pat Quinn. “Everybody likes things that move fast, but this is a brand new industry. There’s a number of people, a number of groups […]
“Some of them are saying, ‘Hey, we’ve been spotty on our tax payments, and we want to clean our act up so we have a history of good behavior prior to this licensing process,’” McVay said. Gov. Jay Inslee answered that question in April, when he signed a law requiring they obtain licenses and join the state regulatory system. But […]
The mayor, the city attorney and leaders of the local Chamber of Commerce all came for the ribbon-cutting in 2006. The conditions for his business license, including a ban on customers younger than 18 and compliance with California’s medical marijuana laws, were posted on the wall. Charles C. Lynch seemed to be doing everything right when he opened a medical […]
National Access Cannabis confirmed Wednesday it will be expanding its business model across the country. It opened its first location in Victoria last month and plans to set up shop in Vancouver, Halifax and Ottawa, starting with a Hintonburg location at 1111 Wellington St. W. — the current location of Heaven’s to Betsy shop — in the spring. Spokesman Colin Trethewey says the company is also looking […]
For the people and companies scrambling to get the medical marijuana program up and running, setting up the complex, costly system without real market data has been like “building the plane while we’re flying it; changing the car’s tires while we’re driving down the road,” said Assistant Health Commissioner Manny Munson-Regala. Minnesota is just months away from limited legalization of […]
“We’re very pleased with the outcome of this particular ruling, and we’re very eager to continue serving our patients in the Berkeley area,” Victor Pinho, BPG’s director of marketing, told The Huffington Post. “This should be viewed as a small victory in a larger fight to secure safe access to medical cannabis for anyone who needs it in California and […]
Come Feb. 24, “this is the place to get your weed,” said club owner Charlo Greene, whose legal name is Charlene Egbe. Greene gained notoriety after quitting her job as a reporter on-air and revealing herself as the owner of the cannabis club. This can be very dangerous both for Greene and for the community. Green still faces a lot […]
Jesse and his wife Vicca Thompson, are from Sedro-Wolley, Washington, where marijuana use, including recreational, is now legal. Both of them are using marijuana as prescribed by their doctor. Jesse Thompson, a cancer survivor, takes it for pain, while Vicca Thompson, 43, uses it for arthritis and a nervous condition. They run their business, a medical marijuana dispensary and garden […]
Chapter 158 of the Eureka Municipal Code was approved by the council in 2010, providing regulations on the cultivation, processing and distribution of medical marijuana through cooperatives and collectives, and personal cultivation by qualified patients, according to the city staff report. The council voted in November 2013 to let its moratorium on the city’s 2010 medical cannabis ordinance lapse on […]
Salem will have the first medical marijuana dispensary in the state to officially open for business, that is, if all goes well and good. Massachusetts public health officials granted the state’s first certificate of registration for the growth and distribution of medical marijuana to Salem’s Alternative Therapies Group, Inc. (ATG) on Wednesday. “Selecting dispensaries that meet our high standards takes […]
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