From Los Angeles Cannabis Task Force: Dear CED & Task Force Supporters: On May 18, 2016, the Los Angeles City Council made a motion for legislative staff to study, make recommendations, and report back in 60 days on options for a March 2017 ballot measure that could seriously impact our cannabis industry. This Friday, June 17, at 9:00am, the motion will be heard by the City Council...

From The Nevada Dispensary Association: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA—The Division of Public and Behavioral Health’s first medical marijuana patient card application office, located at 2300 West Sahara Avenue in Suite 800, opens today. The office, a boon for Nevada’s medical marijuana patients, will provide a convenient point of access to local patients, who stand to benefit from this dedicated service. Southern...

Intellichoice Provides Growers With The Opportunity To Reduce The Amount of Electricity They Use. As commercial marijuana grow operations increase, so does the demand for resources to power them. Recent reports indicate power consumption by Colorado marijuana grows is equivalent to that of 35,000 homes and represents almost half of new demand for power. The numbers are even higher in...

From Newswire: The Green Gorilla Hemp and Olive CBD Line is Profiled in the Current (June) Issue of the Popular B2B Monthly, Glossy Publication, mg Magazine. Los Angeles, CA, June 15, 2016 (Newswire.com) - Green Gorilla's Hemp and Olive CBD Line (www.ilovegreengorilla.com) is featured in the current (June) issue of mg Magazine, the Cannabis industry's popular and top-rated Business to Business monthly...

Craft Reserve from O.pen Vape is addressing the industry demand for small batch cannabis products. “When you pair the best oil, the best hardware, the best brand, and the best shops, you have prescribed a recipe for success that the entire cannabis industry can celebrate.”—Dawn Roberts, O.penVAPE COMPANY: O.penVAPE LAUNCH: Craft RESERVE, April 2016 THE IDEA: Make a pen with higher potencies and...

From Green Flower Media: New regulation could triple the price of cannabis in California unless we fix it now. While many industry leaders in California are very excited that we could soon have a fully regulated and above-board cannabis industry, there’s a serious flaw in California’s new Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act (MMRSA) that could double or triple the price...

The plight of a six-year-old child in Ohio highlights what real families go through and why many feel medical marijuana is a necessary treatment for children. Last week, as MG-Daily reported, Governor John Kasich of Ohio signed a medical marijuana bill into law. The new law is expected to benefit many individuals seeking relief. Often lost in the fray of...

Green Gorilla put its ambitious plans for market domination into action late last year with the launch of an inaugural line of CBD-infused products under the Hemp & Olive brand. Philip Asquith and Steven Saxton share a vision for Green Gorilla Inc.: an international brand that eventually will dominate and define a “sustainable, ethical, healthy, organic approach” to business...

From The Creators Project: A John William Waterhouse painting of a Pre-Raphaelite female reclined in nature gets a modern day spin as portrait of a sprite with a cannabis spray in hand. Taking a cue from Miuccia Prada in merging high art with the art of the sell, the anonymous founder of NY-Based personal pot product line, GOODWITCH, takes great care in creating...

LOS ANGELES TIMES (Christopher Guly)— Canadian Health Minister Jane Philpott told a United Nations General Assembly in April that the country would introduce legislation next spring to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana. It would be the law of the land, unlike the state-by-state checkerboard of laws in the U.S. Although a state may legalize marijuana use, the federal government still...