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International Cannabis Brand Cookies Opens Its First U.S.-Based Consumption Lounge on West Coast

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Consumption Lounge Will Complement Newest Retail Location in Central California and Feature Cookies’ Line of Top-Shelf Cannabis Products. consumption lounge in Coalinga, a city in Fresno County. Access to the consumption lounge requires an online reservation. COALINGA, Calif.–(BUSINESS Durian Ave. Attendees must be 21+.

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The Economic Impact of the Medical Marijuana Industry: Trends and Projections

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Recent trends indicate a growing interest in alternative forms of consumption, such as edibles, topicals, and concentrates, in addition to traditional flower products. Policy decisions related to taxation, zoning, and advertising also impact the industry’s operations and growth trajectory.

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Clarifying NY State Decriminalization and Marijuana Possession Related Penalties

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Penal Law 220 relates to “controlled substances” offenses which include possession of “concentrated cannabis” which is defined as being more than 2 1/2% by volume of the total volume of cannabis seized. PL 220 then imposes escalating grades of punishment depending on the weight of concentrated cannabis.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/4/19

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At the state level, Alaska regulators have voted in favor of plans to permit on-site marijuana consumption at designated retailers. The pending measure permits adults 21 and over to possess up to one ounce of marijuana and/or up to five grams of concentrate, and to grow up to six marijuana plants. Pennsylvania. NH resident?

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/1/19

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At the state level, activists in Florida and Missouri gathered in their state capitals along side state and local NORML chapters to lobby state lawmakers in favor of sensible marijuana policy reform. 182 is scheduled for a hearing in the Health Policy Committee on 2/4/19 at 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building. John Fetterman, Lt. Update : S.

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AZ: Maricopa County Attorney’s Office to expunge marijuana convictions

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207 allows expungements for people arrested, charged, convicted or acquitted of the following offenses: Possessing, consuming or transporting two and one-half ounces or less of marijuana, of which not more than twelve and one-half grams was in the form of marijuana concentrate. ” Downing believes that Prop.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/25/20

NORML

At a more local level, city council members in Springfield, Illinois approved the state’s first marijuana consumption space. 2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies.