Posts by Shelby Pierce

07 May

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Marijuana (REIT) Reak estate investment trust to invest up to $15M in Maryland cultivation site

• May 7, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Innovative Industrial Properties, a cannabis-focused real estate investment trust (REIT), said it has agreed to purchase a partially de...

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07 May

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Recreational marijuana legalization drive launched in Michigan

• May 7, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Marijuana proponents have launched a 2018 ballot drive to make Michigan the ninth state to legalize the use and sale of recreational ca...

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07 May

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Bizarre study says smoking marijuana at a young age leads to schizophrenia

• May 7, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Even as cannabis is being explored as an alternative treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety, new ...

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07 May

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Truck driver in St. Paul finds 80 pounds of marijuana in Ford Fusions shipped from Mexico

• May 7, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

NOGALES, Ariz. — A shipment of Ford Fusions traveling by rail from Mexico to Minnesota has been found to have marijuana hidden inside t...

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07 May

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California tribe transforms casino into medical cannabis grow site

• May 7, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

The Iipay Nation in San Diego County has transformed a failed 35,000-square-foot casino into a high-tech medical marijuana cultivation...

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07 May

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State Senate’s Medical Marijuana Bill Also Bans Smoking Weed, Advocate Threatens to Sue

• May 7, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

The campaign to pass Amendment 2, last year's state constitutional amendment that legalized medical marijuana for patients with illness...

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07 May

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Trump Spurns Congress as He Signals Medical Marijuana Fight

• May 7, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

President Donald Trump signaled he may ignore a congressional ban on interfering with state medical marijuana laws, arguing in a length...

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07 May

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Nevada Lawmakers Back Blood-Only Detection impared by Marijuana DUIs

• May 7, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Weighing in on how Nevada should test people for stoned driving, lawmakers advanced a measure on Friday to...

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07 May

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California proposes new rules and standards for marijuana testing laboratories

• May 7, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Laboratories that test marijuana for medical use in California will have to be licensed and show their employees are properly trained, ...

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07 May

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Florida legislature Senate passes medical marijuana legislation implementing bill

• May 7, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The Florida Legislature is on the verge of getting medical marijuana legislation passed. The Senate approv...

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