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  1. Ron Strider

    Five Things To Know About Marijuana In Massachusetts

    One year after Massachusetts voters passed a ballot question legalizing marijuana, legal pot sales remain several months away.One year after Massachusetts voters passed a ballot question legalizing marijuana, legal pot sales remain several months away. One year after Massachusetts voters...
  2. Ron Strider

    Are Marijuana Lounges The Next Frontier In Cannabis Legalization

    Recreational marijuana legalization is more or less an unstoppable force at this point. More Americans support the cause than ever before, and state governments are jumping on board as well. But once we've accomplished recreational legalization, what's the next step for marijuana movement? Well...
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    Thanks for the add

    Hello, I'm a new member from Ohio As of September 8, 2017 MMJ is legal in Ohio. Time to get the hang of this. Thanks for the add.
  4. Ron Strider

    Ready Or Not, Recreational Marijuana Use Is Coming To Canada

    Behind a forbidding high-security fence topped with razor wire, Supreme Pharmaceuticals is busy preparing for the legal marijuana trade, with workers expanding a greenhouse complex where the lucrative crop grows. But while Supreme looks like it will be ready for the day when prohibition ends...
  5. Ron Strider

    Legal Marijuana Support At Record High In U.S.

    The 64% of Americans who say cannabis should be legal in a new Gallup poll released on Wednesday represents the highest level of support in the organization's 48 years of polling on the topic. The new survey also shows that a majority of Republicans -- 51% -- support legalization for the...
  6. Ron Strider

    MA: Executives And Activists Mingle For The First Legal Cannabis Trade Show In Boston

    The fourth annual Cannabis World Congress and Business Exposition (CWCB Expo) was surprisingly sober. At the Hynes Convention Center, legal cannabis startups mingled with investment groups and established companies trying to get into what they see as a burgeoning market. "It's like the...
  7. Ron Strider

    Maine Marijuana Convention To Focus On Newly Legal Status

    The organizers of the 2017 Maine Cannabis Convention say this is a critically important year for the event because of the state's recent move toward legal marijuana. The convention is scheduled to be held in Portland on Saturday and Sunday. Organizers say it's an event for businesses...
  8. Ron Strider

    The Money Behind Marijuana

    In the United States, marijuana has come a long, long way. In 1931, the state of Texas declared marijuana a "narcotic," allowing a life sentence for possession of pot. In 2016, California, Nevada, Maine, and Massachusetts all legalized recreational marijuana through a ballot initiative...
  9. Ron Strider

    More Than 25% Of Legal Marijuana Customers Spend More On Cannabis Than Restaurants

    One aspect about legalizing marijuana that no one talks about is budgeting. No, not how government budgets. Personal budgets. It turns out people who purchase marijuana are actually becoming smarter with their budgets. A new study examined the consumer habits of marijuana purchasers in legal...
  10. Ron Strider

    South Australia Should Become The First State To Legalize Recreational Cannabis

    While the focus of the cannabis debate in South Australia has been on legalizing it for medical uses, the real job and investment creation opportunity lies in building a recreational cannabis industry. There are now nine states in the US, including California, where cannabis for recreational...
  11. Ron Strider

    Californians Will Soon Be Able To Buy Marijuana; They Need Legal Places To Smoke It

    Adults in California 21 and older will soon be able to buy marijuana legally for recreational use. But where will they smoke it? Under Proposition 64, approved by state voters last year, it will be legal to grow, buy and sell marijuana beginning in January. However, the ballot initiative...
  12. Ron Strider

    Support For Marijuana Legalization Higher Than Ever. So Is Number Of People Arrested

    Though marijuana is now legal in 29 states for either medical or recreational use, the number of arrests involving marijuana have actually increased across the country. Those numbers come from the Uniformed Crime Report compiled by the FBI from data sent to the agency from law enforcement...
  13. Ron Strider

    ME: Marijuana Drive-Thrus And Online Weed Orders Are A Real Possibility In This State

    Few industries are growing as quickly as the legal marijuana industry. Within the U.S. -- according to data from Marijuana Business Daily's most recent annual report, entitled Marijuana Business Factbook 2017 -- legal pot sales are expected to grow by 30% in 2017 and 45% in 2018, and push higher...
  14. Ron Strider

    Legal Pot Sales In Nevada Projected To Raise $120 Million In Tax Revenue

    Sin City–and other areas of Nevada–are raising some serious cash with their latest vice. July was the first month of legal recreational marijuana sales in the state, which has just announced the tax impact. All totaled, medical and recreational cannabis sales generated $3.68 million in tax...
  15. Ron Strider

    Can Legal Pot Make You Rich

    I often get asked for advice about how to get rich on legal weed. Friends, family, strangers, amateur investors — everyone seems to believe that cannabis is some kind of magical industry where anyone can make millions overnight with little to no effort. After all, according to the folks over at...
  16. Ron Strider

    California Today: What If Legal Pot Costs More Than Black-Market Pot

    California has a marijuana conundrum. As regulators in California prepare for the start of recreational marijuana sales in January, people in the industry say they are concerned that the rollout may not be as smooth as was promised by the promoters of Prop 64, the ballot measure last November...
  17. Ron Strider

    This Country Is Tapping Into Lucrative Marijuana Industry That Could Make Africa Rich

    Lesotho has become the first African country to grant a license for medicinal marijuana. The country's health ministry licensed Verve Dynamics, a South African company that describes itself as "a vegan friendly manufacturer of highly purified botanical extracts and specialty ingredients."...
  18. Ron Strider

    Canada: Alberta NDP To Release Cannabis Plan Within Weeks

    Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley says she's not expecting "complete consensus" as Alberta prepares to release its plan for legal cannabis in a matter of weeks. As the federal Liberal government prepares to legalize the recreational use of marijuana on July 1 of 2o18, it falls to the provinces...
  19. Ron Strider

    Why Hollywood's Marijuana Portrayals Are Out Of Step With The Times

    Hollywood has a drug problem. As America slowly crawls out from under the devastating weight of a failed War on Drugs, much of the entertainment industry still treats legal marijuana as a low-hanging punch line or forgettable, if buzz-worthy backdrop – as opposed to the most significant drug...
  20. Ron Strider

    Canadian Cops Claim They Won't Be Ready For Marijuana Legalization By 2018

    The Canadian government plans to legalize marijuana by July 2018, fulfilling a pledge made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before he was elected prime minister. But police are urging Parliament to delay the legalization effort, insisting they need more time to learn how to enforce the new laws...
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