Yesterday, Governor John Kasich signed a bill legalizing Ohio medical marijuana. The Ohio medical marijuana law will permit patients to have up to a 90-day supply. The actual amount has yet to be determined. No one will be able to grow at home or for personal use. Potential patients will need a recommendation from a physician certified by the State...

California Voters went to the polls yesterday and there were more decisions to be made other than whether or not to support Donald Trump, Hilary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders. California voters in Sacramento strongly supported a new marijuana tax on commercial cultivation. However, the total votes in favor of the tax tallied just shy (65.2%) of the two thirds needed...

Lafayette, Colo. – urban-gro, the product solutions expert for the commercial Cannabis cultivator, has launched nationwide sales of Procidic2®, a FIFRA 25b product, the first state-registered organic pesticide labeled specifically for Cannabis crops. urban-gro is the sole U.S. distributor of Procidic2®. Procidic2®, a fungicide and bactericide, is registered with WSDA for Organic Agricultural Use.  Procidic2® works on contact and systemically with the Cannabis crop. It is rapidly absorbed into the...

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed a bill requiring districts to develop a medical marijuana policy on school grounds. The law will only allow students who posses a medical marijuana license for non-smokeable marijuana to medicate on school property. There are several non-smokeable methods for cannabis ingestion including edibles, pills, and tinctures. The need for the school policy stems from the Splitt...

Furthers Mission to Address Unmet Medical Needs Across the Globe TAMPA, Fla., Teewinot Life Sciences Corporation (Teewinot), a global leader in the use of synthetic biology to create pharmaceutical grade cannabinoids, announced today that it was granted the first U.S. Patent covering a commercial process for biosynthetic production of the cannabinoids THCA, CBDA and CBCA.  U.S. Patent No. 9,359,625 ("the...

A company’s trademarks are the most important aspect of the business. Trademarks encompass the brand, name, logo, slogan, and packaging. Without strong trademark protection, customers will not be able to distinguish the product’s quality from the competitor’s products on the shelves. Without good branding or a trademark, cannabis becomes a commodity, no different from types of apples. Do you know...

A new Quinnipiac poll released today shows that a majority of Americans support the legalization of recreational marijuana. The Quinnipiac poll questioned 1561 registered voters across the United States during the week of May 24-31st.   Overall, 54% of respondents would back efforts to legalize recreational marijuana. Men were more likely to back the idea (60-37%) than women (48%-46%). Approval broke...

Lawmakers in California have decided to move forward on raising medical marijuana taxes. Yesterday, the California State Assembly voted 60-12 in favor of SB 987. The bill allows for $9.25 per ounce of marijuana flowers, $2.75 per ounce of pot leaves and $1.25 per ounce of immature pot plants. The new medical marijuana taxes is expected to raise 77 million...

Today recreational marijuana dispensaries began selling infused edibles to customers in Oregon. Candy, brownies, cookies, and chips will only scratch the surface of the products that will hit the market in Oregon. Newly approved regulations will permit edible products containing up to 15mg of THC to be sold to recreational consumers.   The minimum age to purchase edible marijuana is 21. Since...

(SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn.) Growers Supply, the industry leader in greenhouses, high tunnels and hydroponic systems, will be hosting its next CEA Hands-On Workshop June 15-17 at the company’s CEA Learning Center East in South Windsor, Connecticut.     The June CEA Hands-on Workshop offers participants an education-filled three day schedule in which Growers Supply experts and industry specialists educate attendees on the latest...