Netherlands Approves Bill to Allow Cultivation of Marijuana February 22, 2017 AggregatedNews Cultivation, International 0 Comments Dutch MPs have narrowly approved a bill that would permit the growing of cannabis, removing a legal grey area that left “coffee shops” able to sell the drug but unable to supply themselves without fear of prosecution. The measure passed… Read More→
Australia Issues First License to Grow Medical Marijuana February 21, 2017 AggregatedNews International 0 Comments Australia has issued its first licence to grow medical marijuana to Cann Group. The permit issued by the Office of Drug Control (ODC) allows Cann to legally cultivate medicinal cannabis and conduct research on the use of cannabis for medicine,… Read More→
Germany Has New Medical Marijuana Laws – Here’s What You Need to Know February 17, 2017 AggregatedNews International 0 Comments Germany will also start growing its own weed. This will replace the old medical marijuana law, which granted permits for people to grow their own. So recreational growers will not have any excuses for ‘exotic houseplants.’ The drug dealers of… Read More→
Health Canada Will Hold Random Medical Marijuana Tests February 8, 2017 AggregatedNews Cultivation, Lab Testing 0 Comments Health Canada will begin randomly testing pot from licensed medical marijuana producers to ensure that unauthorized pesticides are not used in the growing process, after two growers were found to be using banned pesticides, the agency announced Wednesday. The random… Read More→
From Farming to Regulations, Colorado Shares Its Pot Knowledge With Several States February 7, 2017 AggregatedNews Compliance and Regulations, Cultivation 0 Comments North Carolina wants to know if marijuana could one day replace tobacco as a cash crop. Louisiana is wondering how cannabis holds up in high humidity. And Washington state has questions about water supplies for weed. Colorado agriculture officials this week… Read More→
Lacking Options, Marijuana Home Growers on the Rise in Massachusetts January 9, 2017 AggregatedNews Cultivation, Massachusetts 0 Comments FOXBOROUGH - At Harvest Moon Hydroponics, a shiny tent in the window holds everything a budding indoor gardener might need. Dangling from the top, a fluorescent light fixture shines down on a collection of young plants. An instrument lying on… Read More→
Want to Grow Medical Marijuana in Arkansas? Get Ready to Pay Big Bucks January 6, 2017 AggregatedNews Arkansas, Cultivation 0 Comments Arkansans hoping to grow medical marijuana will have to pay an annual $100,000 fee to operate a cultivation facility, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission decided Tuesday. Would-be growers will also need to have access to cash to ensure the stability… Read More→
Maine Governor Signs off on Marijuana Vote; Legalization Begins Jan. 30 January 4, 2017 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has signed a proclamation verifying the results of a November ballot question on recreational use of marijuana, and Mainers will be able to legally possess and grow the drug Jan. 30. However, there will be… Read More→
Uruguay Looks to Lead by Example With First Latin Marijuana Legalization Program November 14, 2016 AggregatedNews South Of The Border 0 Comments Diego Prandini is bent over in a small, brightly lit room, watering marijuana plants of all shapes and sizes. He crawls into a corner to reach some smaller specimens, labeled with names like “Ushua” and “RGB1,” all of which will… Read More→
Damian Marley Is All in With California’s Marijuana Industry October 12, 2016 AggregatedNews Industry People 0 Comments Damian Marley was born into two worlds – reggae and marijuana. So the singer understandably laughs as I sit with him at L.A.’s storied Sunset Marquis and ask him about his collaboration with Ocean Grown Extracts, a company whose about… Read More→
Netherlands Near Legalizing Regulated Marijuana Cultivation September 23, 2016 AggregatedNews Compliance and Regulations, Cultivation 0 Comments A majority of MPs now seem likely to back draft legislation from the Liberal democratic party D66 which would regulate legalised marijuana cultivation under government control. The bill, drawn up by MP Vera Bergkamp, was backed by Labour, GroenLinks, the… Read More→
Now A Marijuana Grower, Former CSU Football Player Joins Conversation September 12, 2016 AggregatedNews Cultivation, Industry People 0 Comments If college athletes want to use marijuana, the NCAA likely won't catch them, and Treyous Jarrells is proof of that. He says he was high in almost every game he played. Now he has given up his dream of a football career… Read More→