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Big-name tech investors are pouring millions into the marijuana industry
OAKLAND, California — The storied Silicon Valley venture firm Benchmark Capital has launched a slew of tech companies: Twitter, Uber, Snapchat, Instagram. Now its search for the next big thing has led...
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Longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone apologizes for racist comments after...
Roger Stone, a longtime Republican strategist and frequent advisor to President Donald Trump, is apologizing for racist and misogynistic remarks he made after cannabis activists and executives...
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Cannabis media company HERB raises millions to expand to NYC and LA
Canadian cannabis media company HERB closed a $4.1 million seed round Tuesday in a bid to expand to the US and ramp up production of video content."This is a monumental moment for HERB and a testament...
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Giving marijuana to your dog might not be as good an idea as some think
Only in California would cannabis and canines be seen as a viable pairing.Various marijuana dispensaries across the state are selling cannabis products which are formulated specifically for pets.From...
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The House Rules Committee just blocked a vote on a critical cannabis amendment
House Rules Committee blocks a vote on a critical cannabis amendmentThe Rohrabacher - Blumenauer amendment protects medicinal cannabis users and distributors from federal interferenceMedicinal cannabis...
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I'm a sleep psychologist — here's what we know about marijuana and sleep
If you speak to someone who has suffered from insomnia at all as an adult, chances are good that person has either tried using marijuana — or cannabis — for sleep, or has thought about it.This is...
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California is planning to ban marijuana deliveries by drone
California is planning to ban marijuana deliveries by drone when recreational sales begin in the state on January 1.California's Bureau of Cannabis Control released a study on Wednesday describing...
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Hawaii will become the first state to handle marijuana sales without cash
HONOLULU — Hawaii said Tuesday that it aims to be the first state to have marijuana sales handled without cash, saying it wanted to avoid robberies and other crimes targeting dispensaries.All of...
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A new website wants to be 'CNBC for cannabis'
A new website launched Tuesday aims to be the cannabis industry's preeminent source for in-depth financial reporting. The Green Market Report will publish news briefs on all facets of the cannabis...
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Top Republican senator introduces a medical marijuana research bill, says...
Senator Orrin Hatch introduced a bipartisan bill Wednesday to facilitate medical marijuana research in an especially pun-filled manner. "It's high time to address research into medical marijuana," the...
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This is how migrants are being trafficked to grow marijuana in the UK
It was “like a dog’s life”, one Vietnamese women told me about her experience of living in the UK. She had been trafficked into the country and said she had “no fixed job and no fixed accommodation”....
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Students can now major in 'medical plant chemistry' — or marijuana — at a...
• Students at Northern Michigan University can now major in medicinal plant chemistry.• The school created the program in response to growing demand for trained analytical chemists in the marijuana...
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Washington D.C. has a marijuana loophole — you can't sell it, but you can...
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s hard to justify $45 for an ordinary black cotton T-shirt, but the customer at a store in Washington D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood does so without question. The clerk grabs a...
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McDonald's is crushing Taco Bell and Burger King in states that have...
Marijuana consumers prefer McDonald's as their munchies of choice by a huge margin.Forty-three percent of consumers who purchased marijuana from a dispensary in states where the plant is legal ate at...
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Snoop Dogg's venture capital firm is leading an investment in a cannabis tech...
A cannabis-specific venture capital firm that counts Snoop Dogg among its partners is investing in a Toronto-based cannabis tech company.Snoop Dogg's fund, Casa Verde, led a $2 million seed round in...
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Former exec charged in elaborate insider trading scheme that involved a...
A former executive on Friday was charged with orchestrating an elaborate insider-trading scheme that involved a kickback of over ten pounds of marijuana, the Securities and Exchange Commission said. In...
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A man hailed an Uber while running from the cops
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah police say a man hailed an Uber during a wild chase that ended with officers finding 15 packages of marijuana in the car he’d been riding in.A Salt Lake County jail booking...
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A company just inked the first ever deal to supply US-grown hemp fiber to an...
A Nebraska-based company signed Thursday the first contract to supply US-grown hemp fiber to a sustainable apparel company, according to an investor close to the deal. Bastcore, LLC, purchases raw hemp...
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Marijuana could get more expensive after California wildfires wiped out a...
California wildfires have hit the state's marijuana industry, burning dozens of farms and leaving many more engulfed in smoke.The price of marijuana could spike as much as 20% in the aftermath of the...
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Jeff Sessions says it would be 'healthy' to have 'more competition' among...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants to expand the supply of medical marijuana grown for researchHe is wary of expanding the program too much Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican, co-sponsored a bill to...
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