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Cookies Humboldt Grown Initiative Pays Tribute to Famed Cannabis of Emerald Triangle

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Cookies Celebrates Renegade Cultivators and Region’s Decades-Long History With The Launch of New Craft Cannabis Line. With a history dating back to 1960s counterculture, the Emerald Triangle has long been considered the top cannabis growing region in America. Julie Dietel. Grasslands: A Journalism-Minded Agency.

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Introducing Invert: A Visionary Net Zero Company

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Having previously led advocacy, government relations and human resources, as well as legal, Phil has a deep understanding of the value and application of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practices and of corporate governance best practices. He brings extensive M&A experience, as well as intellectual property expertise.

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California Cannabis Litigation: Alta Sierra v. Kern County and Protecting the Will of the Voters

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Kern County has a long and sordid history when it comes to regulating cannabis. After adopting a moratorium on new dispensaries, in 2011 the Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance banning all dispensaries throughout the County.

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

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During her terms, she introduced two marijuana legalization bills, first in 2011 and again in 2013. In your experience, why wasn’t Maine ready to legalize in 2011? To find out, we spoke with one of the state’s most ardent cannabis backers, Diane Russell, who currently resides in Portland, Maine.

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Alterman Opinion Suggests Cannabis Businesses Apply Double Diligence In Records Keeping

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Alterman involved income tax deficiencies and penalties asserted by the IRS for 2010 and 2011 against individual taxpayers who owned and operated a small Colorado cannabis dispensary. The individual taxpayers had filed joint returns for 2010 and 2011 in which they reported the income from their cannabis dispensary. Memo 2018-83.

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CBD Ban: Brits Take Up Fight And Send Lawyers To Brussels

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and derived products containing cannabinoids are considered novel foods as a history of consumption has not been demonstrated. He has been an approved Bar Advocacy Trainer for 10 years and was appointed as counsel at the United Nations (ICTR) in 2005 and Queen’s Counsel in 2010. Notable cases.

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A Hidden Origin Story of the CBD Craze

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There was a strong sense that this was really going to be something, if when people use these strains they have any kind of experience like the mice did in the laboratories,” said Martin Lee, a writer who at the time had been finishing a book about the social history of marijuana for Simon & Schuster.

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