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Mother considering filing wrongful death lawsuit after worker dies at Truelieve Holyoke cannabis cultivation facility

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LORNA MCMURREY, a 27-year-old West Springfield woman, died in January after a shift working at a Holyoke cannabis cultivation facility. Reports Commonwealth Magazine The company, Trulieve, was fined $35,200 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which found that McMurrey could not breathe after inhaling ground cannabis dust.

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Hawaii’s New Hemp Regulations Could Deter Cultivators

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Hawaii has put forth new regulations surrounding the cultivation of hemp, a class of cannabis plants that contain 0.3% Called “the new billion-dollar crop” by Popular Mechanics magazine in the 1930s, hemp has seen a wide variety of legality changes in various states over the years. or less THC. Although the U.S.

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Director of Cultivation, Standards and Practices Cresco Labs

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Recently named one of Entrepreneur magazine’s Top 100 Cannabis Leaders, Cresco Labs is one of the largest vertically-integrated multi-state cannabis… Read More. The post Director of Cultivation, Standards and Practices Cresco Labs first appeared on Cannabis Law Report.

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Grow Tech: Gadgets for the Home Cannabis Cultivator

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By becoming your own master cultivator, you gain autonomy throughout the entire growth process, ensuring both safety and quality. Home cultivation can improve your health and wellness. Certain pesticides, funguses and fertilizers found in cannabis originating from industrial cultivation facilities can have detrimental effects.

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Nation’s Largest Event for Black Cannabis Professionals Returns, Kicks Off in New Orleans from November 18-20

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Black CannaBusiness Magazine, the premier publisher of B2B content for African Ameicans doing business in the cannabis industry, is pleased to announce the second annual Black CannaConference & Expo (“Black CannaCon”), the only B2B conference for Black professionals in cannabis. Here’s their press release.

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Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Conference Announce Inaugural Cannabis Leadership Awards Recipients

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The six winners were selected from nominations of cannabis industry professionals from cultivation and/or vertically integrated companies (with cultivation and retail operations) in North America. Kevin Kuethe – VP of Cultivation, Lume Cannabis Co. Josh Malman – VP of Cultivation, Jushi Holdings Inc. 24-26, 2021.

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Hempcrete Approved for Residential Construction in the United States

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According to Hempbuild Magazine, the approval of hempcrete buildings will be added as an appendix to the 2024 International Residential Code (IRC), which governs 49/50 American state residential building codes. The magazine explains that the outlying state is Wisconsin and that the Hempcrete appendix will be under the title “Appendix BA.” .

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