CCMA Greenbrief August 30: Feds Combat Public Support of Cannabis…Illicit Grows Using Lethal Pesticides…Santa Cruz Fairgrounds Approved For Cannabis Events…

CCMA Political greenBrief Wednesday, August 29, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org Inside President Trump’s “War On Weed” And His Secret Anti-Marijuana Committee Of 14 Federal Agencies “We have to respond with the facts and continue to be an example to the nation on how to safely and effectively regulate marijuana. In ...
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CCMA Greenbrief August 29: CVS Pharmacy Applies For 300 Cultivation Licenses… Villaraigosa Joins Board Of MedMen Firm… CA Senate Approves Proposal To Crackdown On Illegal Forestry Conversion…

CCMA Political greenBrief Wednesday, August 29, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org Sen. Mike McGuire’s Legislation That Extends The Length Of Time Cal Fire Investigators And Local District Attorneys Can Prosecute Rogue Cannabis Grows Passes To The Governor’s Desk To Be Signed   “Many in the industry are doing the right thing and ...
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CCMA Greenbrief August 28: Bill Permitting MMJ On School Grounds Advances… CA Regulators Crackdown On Unlicensed Cannabusinesses… Oregon Reduces Patient Purchase Limits…

CCMA Political greenBrief Tuesday, August 28, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org Senator Jerry Hill’s (D-San Mateo) Bill SB 1127 Passed On The Assembly Floor Which Allows School Administration Of Cannabis To Students With Medical Conditions, It’s Next Stop Is The Governor’s Desk “We have received hundreds of complaints to ...
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CCMA Greenbrief August 27: CA Licensed Dispensaries: Less Than 1 Store Per 100K Residents… CA’s 1st Cannabis Insurer Expands Coverage… Alaska Proposes On-Site Consumption..

CCMA Political greenBrief Monday, August 27, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org According To The BCC, 358 Recreational Marijuana Stores Are Licensed In California. That’s Less Than One Store Per 100,000 Residents – About 15 Times Less Than The Number Of Adult-Use Stores In Oregon On A Per-Capita Basis “We are very excited to roll out ...
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CCMA Greenbrief August 24: CA Consumers Blast Licensed Retailers Over High Prices… Sonoma Proposed Dispensaries Within City Limits… Nationwide Cannabis Sales Catching Up With Beer & Wine…

CCMA Political greenBrief Friday, August 24, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org Melinda Rombouts, CEO Of Eve & Co Incorporated, A Cannabis Company West Of London, Aims Cannabis Products Specifically At Women And Wants To Build The Women’s Cannabis Market “We can try to explain to people what’s happening and why, but customers ...
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CCMA Greenbrief August 23: CA Legislature Passes Decriminalization Bill to Governor…U.S. National Cannabis Market Soars To $47 Billion…Crime Rates Don’t Increase With Legalization, New Study Finds…

CCMA Political greenBrief Thursday, August 23, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) Urges Lawmakers To Approve A Bill Requiring California Prosecutors To Erase Or Reduce Thousands Of Marijuana Criminal Convictions Wednesday   “You can’t have the state government imposing all these new tests every year ...
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CCMA Greenbrief August 22: CA Legislature Advances Bill Permitting Medical Cannabis On School Grounds… Controller Yee Prioritizes Enforcement Of Stoned Driving… Washington Establishes Organic Cannabis Program…

CCMA Political greenBrief Wednesday, August 22, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org State Regulators Have Prompted The California Department Of Food And Agriculture (CDFA) To Establish An Appellation Of Origin System For Cannabis Cultivators No Later Than January 1, 2021. Mendocino Cultivator Jerry Munn, Pictured Here, Supports Cannabis ...
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CCMA Greenbrief August 21: No ‘Cannabis Farmers Markets’ On The Horizon After Bill Failure…MedMen Grabs 6% Of Cannabis Sales In CA…What Are Biological Pesticides And Why Does The Cannabis Industry Like Them?…

CCMA Political greenBrief Tuesday, August 21, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org How Biopesticides Are Making Waves For Cannabis Cultivators “We’ve got barrels of cash buried all over the state, businesses being ransacked, and it’s clear that the federal government won’t act. It’s a shock to me that the state government may not act this year ...
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CCMA Greenbrief August 20: Illicit Market Meddles With CA State Tax Revenues…The DEA Calls For More Cannabis For Scientific Research…Why There Is Still A Ban For Medicinal Cannabis In Schools…

CCMA Political greenBrief Monday, August 20, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org The DEA Announces The Need For Cannabis Cultivation & Research “It’s time that Congress look at the 28,000 plus peer-reviewed studies currently hosted on the National Institute of Health’s online database and reform federal law by removing ...
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CCMA Greenbrief August 17: CA Legislature Kills Cannabis Bank Bill… CA Insurance Commissioner Named Chair Of National Insurance Committee… CA Bill Permitting Distributor To Distributor Transfer Advances…

CCMA Political greenBrief Friday, August 17, 2018 www.cannabismanufacturers.org CA Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Appointed As Chair Of The National Cannabis Insurance Commissioner “As state insurance regulators, one of our responsibilities is to understand new legal businesses and their insurance needs and then work to encourage the ...
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