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Weekly Cannabis Roundup November 5

Veriheal

New York’s rec market is slowly but surely rolling out, a peer-reviewed study linked state cannabis prohibition to high race-based arrests, and an analysis of thousands of Army records revealed that recruits with a history of cannabis use are just as likely as their peers to excel. Let’s dive into this week’s cannanews. Despite the U.S.

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How Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation Weathered the State’s Winter Storm

SpeedWeed

How did you find yourself one of the few history makers in the cannabis industry? In 2008, I was invited by a colleague to sit on the Board of the San Diego Medical Marijuana Collective, and subsequently ended up purchasing the company. After owning and operating that company I opened a second dispensary, Chi Holistic Collective.

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Looking Back on 25 Years of California Cannabis: Growing Pains (STILL) Persist

Canna Law Blog

First, a bit of history. a “closed loop system”) for enterprising patients and caregivers to essentially commercialize medical cannabis through large scale grows and dispensaries (with no government oversight or regulation). At the same time, Prop. 215 opened the door for a collective model (i.e., 64 and MAUCRSA.

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Verano Holdings Enters into Agreement to Expand Arizona Footprint

SpeedWeed

How did you find yourself one of the few history makers in the cannabis industry? In 2008, I was invited by a colleague to sit on the Board of the San Diego Medical Marijuana Collective, and subsequently ended up purchasing the company. After owning and operating that company I opened a second dispensary, Chi Holistic Collective.

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Former State Rep. Diane Russell on Maine’s Cannabis Legalization Woes

NORML

At the time, the state’s legalization bill was one of the most progressive, which included protections for home growers, preservation of one of the nation’s best medical marijuana programs, and a social consumption clause that would’ve made Maine one of the first states to host licensed cannabis bars and lounges.

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

Cannabis Law Report

Congress is The Most Marijuana-Friendly Congress In History. has a medical marijuana use program of some kind operating in their home state. . . ” Ultimately, however, in order to make our state program a success, Florida must start the slow process of turning on all the lights in the pitch-dark collective cannabis closet. .

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Introducing Invert: A Visionary Net Zero Company

Cannabis Law Report

Rade holds a BA from the University of Guelph and graduated from the General Management Program at Harvard Business School. Rade holds a Baccalaureate of Arts degree from the University of Guelph and graduated from the General Management Program at Harvard Business School. About Phil Shaer.