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Grown Rogue Appoints Tom Fortner As Chief Operating Officer

Cannabis Law Report

–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Grown Rogue International Inc. Together, they built Willow Creek Greenhouses, a horticulture business specializing in bedding plants which served customers in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Utah and West Texas. MEDFORD, Ore.–(BUSINESS of cultivation infrastructure.

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Understanding Medical Marijuana Laws in California

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Legal Framework for Medical Marijuana in California California’s legal history towards establishing a comprehensive legal framework for medical marijuana began in 1996 with the passing of Proposition 215, also known as the Compassionate Use Act.

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World Wide Weed: Risks and Best Practices for Advertising State Legal Cannabis on the Internet

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The website Weedmaps bills itself as “a community where businesses and consumers can search and discover cannabis products, become educated on all things cannabis, review cannabis businesses and connect with other like-minded users,” but is more succinctly described as Yelp for pot. PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. John McKay.

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Smokeable Hemp Sparks A Firestorm

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Smoking is common to most cultures and across large swathes of history. Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, the grandfather of cannabinoid medicine, published a paper in 2003 with Linda Parker on the connections between alcohol and our endocannabinoid systems. Rod Kight is an attorney who represents hemp farmers and hemp businesses.

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FBI Sting Catches Cannabis Stock Manipulators: PotNetwork Holdings Exposed

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PotNetwork has changed their business plan multiple times but eventually began selling CBD products. Vaccaro has a history of bad behavior. He ran a broker dealer called FI trading that was expelled from FINRA in 2003. Brochstein is also the owner of media outlet, New Cannabis Ventures.

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Sacha Baron Cohen Sues Dispensary for $9 Million Over Billboard Ad

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Solar Therapeutics erected a billboard on a busy interstate highway in Massachusetts that features a picture of Baron Cohen as Borat, with his thumbs up and the words “It’s Nice!,” Baron Cohen denies any involvement with Solar Therapeutics and does not smoke cannabis, although it’s a topic he jokes about frequently. It also read “Happy 4/20!”

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Lighting Up Florida Medical Marijuana People: The Crusaders, Part 7

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Congress is The Most Marijuana-Friendly Congress In History. Parts 7-8 will attempt to illuminate some of these various dark and grey areas about the many businesses, individuals and groups who work diligently in cooperation with the Florida Department of Health and the state’s OMMU , or The Crusaders, as I like to call them.