Sentences with phrase «for legal marijuana»

The currency has partnered with Alt36 to integrate Dash payments into a point - of - sale system for the legal marijuana industry.

PotCoin aims to provide an ultra-secure digital cryptocurrency, network and banking solution for the legal marijuana industry.

PotCoin (POT) is a peer - to - peer cryptocurrency developed with the aim of becoming the currency of choice for the legal marijuana industry.

The federal government's slow move toward a controlled market for legal marijuana in Canada is set to take a step forward this week with the delivery of a task force report that includes advice on a minimum age, product warnings and measures to prevent drug - impaired driving.

The city council agreed Wednesday to a package of regulations for legal marijuana commerce, clearing the way for legal sales to begin on January 1.

Last week, along with a few members of my Green Chip Stocks community, I met up with a couple of legal marijuana growers and retailers in Denver, which is basically ground zero for the legal marijuana industry.

King 5 Up Front Polls, September 11, 2012 KING 5 poll: Widespread support for legal marijuana, same - sex marriage The KING 5 poll also suggests broad support for two other initatives — I - 1240 [up 52 - 26 %] The KING 5 poll also suggests broad support for two other initatives — I - 1240, which would authorize the creation of up to 40 public charter schools in the state, and I - 1185, the Tim Eyman - backed initiative that would affirm a state law that requires two - thirds majorities in the legislature to approve a tax increase... [Return to Top]

The currency has partnered with Alt36 to integrate Dash payments into a point - of - sale system for the legal marijuana industry.

Should federal tolerance for legal marijuana one day end, bank accounts full of marijuana profits may be seized, he said.

* Canadian cannabis producers extended sharp rallies as California opened the largest U.S. state market for legal marijuana, with Canada expected to follow by mid-2018.

The booming market for legal marijuana is creating big opportunities for entrepreneurs catering to the market for alternative pot - based products, like high - end edibles and beauty products.

Justin Hartfield has been involved in the business of selling marijuana for years, running the Yelp - style website WeedMaps.com and serving as the gate keeper and advertiser for legal marijuana dispensaries across the U.S.

The next steps for the states that voted «yes» on their respective ballot measures will vary, as regulators in each state will likely spend several months deliberating on the specific framework for a legal marijuana market.

Colorado has high hopes for legal marijuana.

It will take a lot for legal marijuana to win over law enforcement officials.

A rising tide This sea change on the state level reflects a rising tide of enthusiasm for legal marijuana.

The demand for legal marijuana, which has outstripped many lofty expectations, isn't the only thing small - business owners in the pot gold rush are surprised about.

Not exact matches

«Given marijuana is not legal anywhere in Australia, we would refer anyone who we suspect to be bringing marijuana out of the U.S. to a Customs official,» said Annabelle Cottee, a spokeswoman for Australian airline Qantas.

Early this month, Canopy Growth Corp., the largest legal marijuana producer in the Canadian market, announced it was buying competitor Mettrum for $ 430 million.

On New Year's Day, the sale of marijuana for recreational became legal in California, the country's most populous state.

The Hood Incubator derives from a bold idea: build political and economic power for people of color in the legal marijuana industry through community organizing, policy advocacy, and economic development.

The Frequently Asked Questions section of the Coachella website includes a boilerplate response about whether festival attendees can bring marijuana to the festival now that the drug is legal in all forms in California for anyone over the age of 21.

For example, the Justice Department wants to make sure pot profits in states where marijuana is legal are not being funneled to gangs or cartels.

To be fair, though, medical marijuana has been legal in California for nearly two decades, but past Coachella festivals also have prohibited attendees with medical clearance to use the drug or bring it onto the festival grounds.

As the federal government moves slowly but surely toward the decriminalization of marijuana, Shoppers is looking to stake out its spot in the future market for legal weed.

The goal is for legal medical marijuana to bring back jobs lost over the past decades by the decline in the steel industry.

Voters have made marijuana legal for medical use in a majority of U.S. states and for recreational use in seven states and the District of Columbia.

But that's not all; The vape was also selected for its cultural relevance, reflecting both e-cigarette's momentous rise in popularity along with dramatically shifting attitudes and policies towards marijuana use (weed is now legal in Colorado and Washington, and will soon be in Oregon, Alaska and Washington, D.C.)

Aeron Sullivan, the co-founder of Tradiv, an online wholesale marketplace for legal pot businesses to buy and sell marijuana, says there is no doubt pot production will be outsourced to other regions of the world and the southern states in the U.S.

The association has praised the feds for providing a roadmap for financial institutions that want to work with legal marijuana businesses.

Frerichs asked Trump for some assurance that «responsible financial institutions» will not face criminal charges or penalties for offering services to state - licensed legal marijuana growers and dispensaries.

Legal marijuana might do for flagging sales at the Golden Arches what McDonald's marketing hasn't.

Marijuana became legal for recreational purchase and use in Colorado on the first of this year, and adult - use facilities are doing a booming business.

«Adult use» is the marijuana industry's preferred euphemism for legal recreational use of cannabis, weed, pot — call it what you like.

Tree — who said the policy change restored a price support for growers by reintroducing a «federal risk premium» — told Business Insider that while consumers in states were marijuana was legal were probably used to a high - quality and tested product, he suspected cracking down on legal marijuana production and sales would incentivize trafficking of lower - quality marijuana to states where the drug is still illegal.

Leafly, a Yelp - like website for the legal cannabis industry, has a list of California cities in which legal recreational marijuana will soon be going on sale, though the site notes that not all dispensaries are likely to be fully licensed by Jan. 1.

Recent polls suggested roughly 60 % support for the ballot to legalize recreational cannabis in California, which legalized medical marijuana two decades ago and already sees an estimated $ 2.7 billion from legal medical pot sales.

A judge in Arkansas has ruled that the state commission assigned to award licenses for growing legal medical marijuana awarded the contracts in an unfair manner.

However, it also points out that minorities continue to get arrested for marijuana in disproportionate numbers and could get shut out of the legal marijuana industry.

California's vote Tuesday likely had the greatest implications for the burgeoning legal marijuana industry, adding the state's more than 38 million residents to an already rapidly growing legal pot market.

One potential major obstacle for California's legal marijuana boom could be the federal government.

While medical marijuana has been legal in California for two decades — accounting for roughly $ 2 billion in annual sales — state residents must wait until January 2018 before they are able to legally buy marijuana in California without a doctor's approval.

Essentially, the two states are an island of marijuana legalization in the middle of a large swath where marijuana is not legal for any purpose, medical or recreational.

(Last month a federal bill was introduced that would shield banks from potential liability for serving legal marijuana businesses.)

Aside from technology, the company is also expected to benefit from a contract it landed with the Ontario government, which said earlier this week that it would use Shopify's e-commerce platform for cannabis sales online and in stores as part of its plan to be the province's sole distributor of legal recreational marijuana.

The news of Sessions» plan comes just days after pot shops opened in California, launching what is expected to become the world's largest market for legal recreational marijuana.

Sessions, a longtime opponent of marijuana, has hinted at initiating a federal crack down on state - legal marijuana businesses for the better part of a year.

MMA fighters consume a bizarre, lucrative and not always legal array of supplements, including amino acids, whey proteins ($ 79.95 for a 2.3 kg tub), testosterone replacement injections and, in at least one case, medical marijuana.

While campaigning for the White House, Trump voiced support for legal medical marijuana and Spicer echoed that support on Thursday, noting that the president sees its benefits in treating various types of pain and illnesses.

Ironically, it is only now that marijuana is legal — at least under state law — that it is getting scientific scrutiny for safe use.