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House Members Pass Historic Legislation Legitimizing Retail Cannabis Sales

NORML

This ongoing federal prohibition also places the safety and welfare of these businesses’ customers at risk, as they must carry significant amounts of cash on their persons in order to make legal purchases at retail facilities. What’s Next? Today’s vote is a significant first step, but it must not be the last.

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Arizona: Adult-Use Legalization Initiative Qualifies for 2020 Ballot

NORML

The Act permits those age 21 or older to possess up to one ounce of cannabis and directs revenue from retail cannabis sales to fund various public education and safety programs. The post Arizona: Adult-Use Legalization Initiative Qualifies for 2020 Ballot appeared first on NORML.

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Arizona: Marijuana Legalization Proponents Turn In Nearly Twice The Signatures Required to Qualify for 2020 Ballot

NORML

The Act permits those 21 or older to possess up to one ounce of cannabis and directs revenue from retail cannabis sales to fund various public education and safety programs. The post Arizona: Marijuana Legalization Proponents Turn In Nearly Twice The Signatures Required to Qualify for 2020 Ballot appeared first on NORML.

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How Can Cannabis Professionals Better Educate Consumers?

The Cannigma

Barker, who was named one of the Top 25 Budtenders by Green Entrepreneur in 2019, joined cannabis advocate and entrepreneur Mara Gordon, Six Labs Co-Founder Joe Ori, and cannabis advocate and comedian (and former budtender) Rachel Wolfson on “Cannabis Education in Dispensaries” on Monday night. The frontline workers of cannabis.

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Surgeon General’s Advisory Highlights Need for Further Cannabis Regulation, Not Criminalization

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. “These regulations should include age restrictions, prohibitions on the unlicensed commercial production or retail sale of the plant and rational limits with regard to product marketing.” ” For more information on the public health and safety of cannabis, please see NORML’s fact-sheets here.

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Oakton College at forefront of cannabis education in Illinois

Illinois News Joint

Now, Oakton College is one of the leaders in cannabis education, offering several certificate options and more as part of its Cannabis Studies curricula. The post Oakton College at forefront of cannabis education in Illinois appeared first on Illinois News Joint. A video tour of the lab can be found here.

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What are cannabis coaches and how can they help close the cannabis education gap?

The Cannigma

Cannabis coaching can also serve as a means to expand upon the cannabis retail experience, where budtenders are on the front line of legal cannabis, but often don’t have sufficiently deep expertise on the ins and outs of the cannabis plant. A cannabis coach is ‘a well-trained, experienced and certified health coach’.

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