Tag Archives: federal government

08 Mar

Featured, Marijuana News

Federal reserve approves Colorado credit union to serve cannabis industry (but there’s a catch)

• March 8, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the Federal Reserve conditionally approved a Colorado credit union, Fourth Corne...

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23 Feb

Featured, Marijuana News

Colorado starts a ‘cannabis conversation’ on driving while high

• March 29, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Driving while high has not risen to the level of havoc caused by drunken driving but it has become enough of a problem that gov...

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13 Feb

Featured, Marijuana News

Cannabis Court Date Against DEA and Jeff Sessions Draws Closer

• March 30, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Our team at The Weed Blog cannot say enough about how wonderful we think the Cannabis Cultural Association is, so when this not...

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07 Feb

Featured, Medical Marijuana

Doctors’ group wants Health Canada, not industry, to design marijuana labelling

• March 30, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

A group representing Canada's doctors says designing marijuana packaging should be left to federal officials and public health ...

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31 Jan

Featured, Marijuana News

CA Treasurer Announces Next Steps to Address Cannabusiness Banking Concerns

• March 30, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

California Treasurer John Chiang announced that the Cannabis Banking Working Group is looking into the necessary next steps to address ...

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08 Jan

Featured, Marijuana Growing

Trump Administration’s Shift on Marijuana Could Imperil Banking Arrangements

• January 8, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

By rolling back an Obama-era memo that shielded legal marijuana users, growers and distributors from federal prosecution, U.S. Attorney...

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06 Jan

Featured, Medical Marijuana

Australia to Permit Medical Cannabis Exports

• January 6, 2018
• By Shelby Pierce

Australia to Begin Exporting Medical Cannabis In a move intended to capitalize on the $55 billion dollar global ca...

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27 Dec

Featured, Medical Marijuana

VA in Arkansas won’t prescribe, pay for medical marijuana

• December 27, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Although Arkansas voters have approved the sale of marijuana for medical purposes, doctors with the U.S. Department of Veterans...

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14 Dec

Featured, Marijuana News

Marijuana is the next big investment, here’s why investors will have to wait

• December 14, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

California is one the latest states to legalize recreational marijuana. With Proposition 64 going into full effect on Jan. 1, 2018, we ...

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13 Dec

Featured, Marijuana News

Canada, provinces reach tax deal for recreational marijuana

• December 13, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Canada's provinces will be getting the lion's share of the lucrative taxation revenues from legal cannabis. The provinces have agreed ...

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