Ohio working on marijuana ‘seed to sale’ tracking

The Ohio Department of Administrative Services on Feb. 3 started advertising for bids for a system that can track medical marijuana plants from seeds to cultivation to harvest as well as track the cannabis through the testing labs, processors and dispensaries.  Ohio DAS will accept bids until 1 p.m. March 10 and expects to award […]

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 […]

Rule Making for Florida Seed to Sale is Underway

Picture Source: Florida officials, voters clash over medical marijuana rules Three months after Florida voters approved new medical marijuana legislation rule makers and Florida citizens are add odds on how detailed rules should be written. This means rule making for Florida seed to sale is underway. Amendment 2 was voted on and passed by over 71 […]

Massachusetts Senator seeks to pull marijuana businesses out of banking limbo

According to wcvb.com and ABC news network, Sen. Elizabeth Warren is leading an effort to make sure vendors working with legal marijuana businesses don’t have their banking services taken away.After voters in Warren’s home state, [Massachusetts], approved a November ballot question to legalize the recreational use of pot, she joined nine other senators in sending […]

Florida Medical Marijuana Amendment Goes Into Effect Tuesday January 3

The constitutional amendment, which was approved by 71 percent of Florida voters, allows higher-strength marijuana to be used for a wider list of medical ailments. NEXT STEPS Five more legislative committee weeks are scheduled before the start of the Florida Legislature on March 7. The Florida Senate’s Health Policy committee held a workshop in early […]

Colorado marijuana sales: $1 billion in first 10 months of 2016

In the first 10 months of 2016, Colorado marijuana shops reached a significant milestone they had barely missed in all of 2015: $1 billion in legal, regulated cannabis sales. Source The Cannabist: Colorado marijuana sales: $1 billion in first 10 months of 2016

After legalization, teen marijuana use drops sharply in Colorado – The Washington Post

One of legalization opponents’ greatest fears has so far failed to materialize… Teen marijuana use drops sharply in Colorado in the years 2014 and 2015, after the opening of that state’s recreational marijuana market, new federal survey data show…. Year-over-year teen marijuana use fell in most states during that time period, including in Washington, the […]