Tracking Cannabis Taxes: Phoenix, Arizona – This Week in News

The Phoenix, Arizona City Council voted down a measure to increase the dispensary and cultivation yearly cannabis taxes. The proposed bill suggested a 17% tax on State Licensed Arizona dispensaries and cultivators. Cannabis taxes this high could have caused Phoenix dispensaries to go out of business. The concern for local dispensary owners was that a […]

Montana announces Metrc implementation

In January 2018 The Department of Public Health and Human Services, Medical Marijuana Bureau, in Montana, announced its upcoming implementation of Franwell Metrc Track and Trace software. Metrc launched its Montana Customers Home Page giving marijuana businesses answers to frequently asked questions and announcing opportunities for training and credentialing. For more information, checkout Metrc.com/montana or […]

Montana Legislature Ponders Marijuana Legalization Study | MTPR

Montana lawmakers may have the opportunity to study legalizing recreational marijuana in the next year or so. House Joint Resolution 35, heard Monday, would create a committee that would study how recreational legalization would be carried out in Montana. They’d look at things like if liquor control should be a guide for marijuana control, how […]

Delivery or No Delivery?

Image Source: Oregon rolls out marijuana delivery industry FOX25   Lets not pretend marijuana delivery is about stoners being lazy. The modern American consumer demands door to door delivery and instant service with as little effort as possible. This is evident with the booming services of Uber, Ubereats, Doordash, Amazon Prime and the likes. Marijuana delivery […]

Four States End Marijuana Prohibition, Three Adopt Medical Marijuana Laws in Historic Election – MPP

WASHINGTON — California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada voted to end marijuana prohibition and Arkansas, Florida, and North Dakota adopted medical marijuana laws Tuesday in the most momentous election to date for marijuana policy reform. Montana approved an initiative to re-establish patients’ access to medical marijuana providers, which was hindered by state lawmakers, and create a more […]

Court ruling in Montana inspires pro and anti marijuana campaigns

Those for and against marijuana say they plan to carry on with their campaigns and continue to collect signatures. BILLINGS –Just one day after the Montana Supreme Court upheld nearly all of the Montana Medical Marijuana Act, those for and against marijuana say they plan to carry on with their campaigns and continue to collect […]