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Cannabis Revenues still a banking quandary

    There is still no solution in sight for Californian cannabis companies inability to bank their cash earnings. Federal law conflicts with State law o this point and banks have to obey Federal law and therefore cannot…

In Spain – Crackdown or Backdown?

The Spanish authorities are boasting they increased the number of cannabis plants seized in the past year – but their total haul still only amounts to a move from from hardly any to very few indeed. The Guardia…

Skunk! That’s what Cannabis farm smells like

CARPINTERIA, Calif. — The New York Times has a major investigation into the putrid effect of large-scale cannabis growing operation on the tonier parts of Northern California. Half-mile away from greenhouses that were originally built to grow flowers…

South Australia is Medicinal HQ

Medicinal Marijuana is what they call it in Australia, rather than Medical Marijuana, the term preferred in USA and Canada. the Ozzies aim to use Cannabis to “keep level,” according to observers. Industry Leaders met in Adelaide last…

Pernod Ricard – “no reason to fear Cannabis”

In an interview with Le Figaro, Alexandre Ricard unveiled his new three-year strategic plan for France’s top luxury drink company. And it has nothing to do with Cannabis. “We have no investment project (in North America) today,” he…

Coca-Cola “no plans” for cannabis infused drinks

Cannabis stocks shed some of their early gains Tuesday, after Coca-Cola Co.’s CEO said the drinks giant has no plans for the sector, disappointing hopes that global beverages companies were poised to bring their capital and marketing clout to…

World’s biggest cannabis grower warns citizens not to smoke

South China Morning Post | 6:00 AM – Chinese diplomats in Canada are calling on Chinese citizens, especially students, to avoid contact with marijuana, after Canada legalised the recreational use of the drug this month. Legalisation has become a hot-topic…

Commercial CBD Products sell well, break law

The CBD market for tinctures, oils and food additives is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and it’s projected to surpass $1 billion in the USA alone by 2020. Yet CBD is illegal under the federal 1970 Controlled…

NZ start-up gets Auckland license

New Zealand’s  Ministry of Health has granted a cannabis cultivation license to Helius Therapeutics – the first license to be issued in Auckland and what will be the largest licensed site in the country. Helius can now establish a cannabis…

Republican candidate says Prez plans reform soon

The White House is planning Federal reforms to cannabis law after the midterm elections, according to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif. Notorious surfer-dude and open weed-user Rohrabacher represents the Orange County area and is in a tight election fight. …