Sentences with phrase «marijuana company operating»

You see, each and every year, Congress has to reapprove the Rohrabacher - Blumenauer Amendment (previously known as Rohrabacher - Farr), which is the amendment that disallows the Justice Department from using federal dollars to prosecute marijuana companies operating in states that have chosen to legalize in some capacity.

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He has purportedly already acquired a Washington - based company that operates two Seattle medical marijuana dispensaries and is close to purchasing others in California and Colorado.

Since that time, Dunn has gone on to create a $ 3 million pot empire, operating a business that sells seeds for marijuana growers, a hemp clothing company, and a brick - and - mortar store that sells pot - related accessories.

No companies in the U.S. can sell marijuana products outside of the state they operate in.)

Banks and insurance companies refuse to do business with cannabis companies because marijuana is illegal under federal law and most financial institutions are federally insured, forcing marijuana businesses to operate in cash.

As it stands NAC operates as a health - care company — consulting with patients, and improving access to prescription medical marijuana.

The companies will join five other firms that have been operating since the medical marijuana program debuted in January of 2016.

But in the signing statement, the governor indicated companies that plan to operate in New York can import medical marijuana should they already be in business in other states that have medical marijuana programs.

The approval of the legislation comes as the state's medical marijuana program is due to come on line by the start of 2016, though whether the five companies that have received licenses to operate, grow and dispense the drug can meet the deadline has been called in question.

Indeed, the New York measures are similar to what is already in place for Minnesota, where medicinal marijuana can not be smoked and the number of manufacturers are limited by regulators and where a sister company, Minnesota Medical Solutions LLC, has been operating for a number of years.

One of four companies granted state licenses last week to operate medical marijuana dispensaries on Long Island has a notable investor: Hempstead Town Councilman Bruce Blakeman.

«It really exemplifies the fact that 80 percent of the public support medicinal cannabis and even a majority of people support a recreational law,» said Kyle Kingsley, the CEO of Vireo Health, whose company is one of five that operate in the state's medical marijuana program, in an interview on Capital Tonight.

New York state health officials plan to announce this week the companies selected to operate medical marijuana dispensaries.

A Globe and Mail investigation has found that while Health Canada performs background checks on those who want to operate medical marijuana companies, the department has not looked into how these same companies conduct themselves in the capital markets, or what they are telling investors.

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