Sentences with phrase «marijuana dispensaries»

She worked as a matchmaker in Chicago, followed by a job with a cannabis consultation firm that advised medical and recreational marijuana dispensaries in emerging markets.

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.

Weedmaps provides the menus and pricing of legal marijuana dispensaries across the United States.

Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services said credit and debit purchases at licensed marijuana dispensaries are relatively safe.

He founded his company Weedmaps, a sort of Yelp for marijuana dispensaries, in 2008, and now serves on the board of directors for the National Cannabis Industry Association, the Marijuana Policy Project and the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, which most people know as NORML and for which he also serves as treasurer.

Kate Rogers introduces us to the entrepreneurs behind a new medicinal marijuana dispensary in New York.

Whether that's impacted by the fact that there are more marijuana dispensaries in the city than Starbucks, we're not sure.

Many marijuana dispensaries currently operate as cash - only businesses because of the non-acceptance of banks and the issues associated with working within the traditional financial system.

The proposed regs, which were discussed by Cuomo administration on Thursday, would bar medical any of the state - sanctioned medical marijuana dispensaries from opening within 1,000 - feet on the same block of a school or church.

More recently, the artist's meditations on branding have led to two new series of camouflaged map paintings that put Warhol, Madison Avenue, Big Pharma and the shelf of the local marijuana dispensary into a blender.

The point was underscored days later as police carried out raids on more than a dozen marijuana dispensaries across the country, laying charges of possession and trafficking on nearly 20 people.

A leading judge in Argentina even decided that it was «unconstitutional» to legislate against marijuana dispensary merchant account possession.

Plus, a Denver marijuana dispensary already is experiencing a short - term shortage, a 3D Cannabis employee told CNBC last week.

However, these general findings were driven by states that had laws allowing for loosely regulated marijuana dispensary systems.

Netflix description: «Pot activist Ruth Whitefeather Feldman runs a medical marijuana dispensary while encouraging her loyal patients to chill out and enjoy the high life.»

MedMen, a cannabis retail company that operates a chain of slick, high - end marijuana dispensaries, plans to open a new flagship store on Manhattan's 5th Avenue on April 20.

Some of the roughly 1,000 existing medical marijuana dispensaries statewide, which also must apply for new state licenses, are likely to be among the first to land new licenses for both medical and recreational cannabis sales.

Because medical marijuana dispensary laws vary so much from state to state, and there's not always one department set up to govern the medical marijuana trade, Bedrick recommends that an entrepreneur should first check with the Department of Health Services as a good starting point.

Fun fact: The average marijuana dispensary or recreational store brings in about $ 974 in annual revenue per square foot, about the same as a Whole Foods store.

He switched to Greenito, a Denver - based company that sells a form of voucher to customers who use it as credit at participating marijuana dispensaries.

«Girl Scout sells more than 300 boxes of cookies at San Diego marijuana dispensary,» read the headline on the KGTV / Channel 10 website.

There will be a medicinal marijuana dispensary right off New York City's Union Square come January 2016.

«I don't see the Supreme Court getting involved in something that half the country supports,» said Andy Williams, chief executive of Medicine Man, Denver's largest single marijuana dispensary.

Local Product of Colorado is a boutique marijuana dispensary located just a few blocks from the Denver Art Museum, 420 Rally @ Civic Center Park and the State Capital in the Golden Triangle Neighborhood.

Rob Rowe, a lawyer with the American Bankers Association, said on Wednesday that while the «industry certainly appreciates any additional guidance on the ability to bank marijuana dispensaries in states where use is legal, it really doesn't change the fundamental prohibition.»

In order to restrict dispensaries to certain areas, Miami Beach had to either change zoning laws for pharmacies or ban medical marijuana dispensaries altogether.

Could a restaurant stuck between a hostess bar and a former marijuana dispensary steal the top spot on this year's list?

What does spring out of Colorado's model is that of the numbers: in the first month of commercial sales, the state collected $ 2 million (# 1.21 million) in «recreational» sales alone, with the tally rising to $ 3.2 million (# 1.93 million) with existing medical marijuana dispensaries factored in.

Erie County will have two medical marijuana dispensaries as of early next year, one in an Amherst office park and one in an unidentified medical building outside the City of Buffalo, according to the companies behind the projects.

At several medical marijuana dispensaries around the state, customers entered, but it was not clear if any actually bought the drug, or were qualified to do so under the state's strict guidelines.

«We're looking to be the first LEED - certified registered marijuana dispensary in the country,» said DeMena.

It would also limit the number of manufacturers statewide to 20, because lawmakers don't want marijuana dispensaries «popping up all over the place,» she said.

Etain products on display during an Open House at their Albany medical marijuana dispensary Thursday Jan. 7, 2016 in Albany, NY.

«While our study finds that medical marijuana dispensaries reduce some of the harms associated with the misuse of opioids, there is little evidence that this is happening because a large number of patients suffering from pain are using marijuana instead of opioid medications,» Pacula said.

In a proof - of - concept study, a team led by a Johns Hopkins researcher reports that the vast majority of edible cannabis products sold in a small sample of medical marijuana dispensaries carried labels that overstated or understated the amount of delta -9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

She and her co-authors from Yale and Emory universities examined county voting patterns in the 2012 referendums that legalized marijuana sales in the two states and how medical marijuana dispensaries responded.

In communities where the majority voted against such initiatives, medical marijuana dispensaries maintained a more traditional approach, accentuating the therapeutic benefits of marijuana as an alternative medicine.

However, where the majority voted in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana sales, medical marijuana dispensaries adopted marketing strategies that de-emphasized the medical orientation and sought to attract recreational customers.

Find the best marijuana dispensaries and cannabis collectives in the Bay Area.

This seems like a better business model than most young galleries have: L.A.'s ShowGrow is a combination marijuana dispensary and art gallery.

The City of Toronto squared off last week in court against a chain of illegal marijuana dispensaries («Canna Clinic») and their owners in a bid to shut the stores down once and for all.

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