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Growing Pains: Can Sustainable Farmers Survive Legalization?

Project CBD

The California counties of Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity, which comprise the Emerald Triangle, emerged as the epicenter of domestic cannabis cultivation in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. After the Golden State legalized medical marijuana in 1996, the nascent cannabis industry spread throughout much of Northern California’s remote regions and into the Central Valley.

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Honoring Dennis Peron

Americans for Safe Access

The medical cannabis community is mourning the death of medical cannabis pioneer Dennis Peron, who died on Saturday at the age of seventy-two. Dennis was the founder of the legendary San Francisco Cannabis Buyers Club in San Francisco and a crusader for the right to safe access to medical cannabis in California. Called the “Father of Medical Marijuana,” he inspired the grassroots movement that adopted Proposition 215 legalizing medical cannabis in California in 1996.

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Comment on In Groundbreaking Ruling, Illinois Judge Says 11-Year Old Can Use Medical Marijuana at School by Walter Schwenk

Medical Marijuana, Inc.

Thankful for the progress. So far, there has been no reports of canna treated kids going off the deep end, unlike the ritalin kids, and those on the other gov’t sanctioned antidepressants. Cannabis as medicine is a very welcome return to sanity, after 80 years of true reefer madness.

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Growing Pains: Can Sustainable Farmers Survive Legalization?

Project CBD

The California counties of Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity, which comprise the Emerald Triangle, emerged as the epicenter of domestic cannabis cultivation in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. After the Golden State legalized medical marijuana in 1996, the nascent cannabis industry spread throughout much of Northern California’s remote regions and into the Central Valley.

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Where the Money Grows: Learning the Industry Trends in Medical Cannabis, Recreational Marijuana, Hemp, and Beyond

Speaker: Jonathan Bench, International Cannabis and Securities Business Attorney at Harris Bricken

The U.S. cannabis industry is still in its infancy, even though states began engaging with legalization in one form or another in the late 1990s. Today, many opportunities exist for individuals and businesses that want to engage in the industry. Some want to directly own licensed businesses, while others prefer to keep the industry at an arm’s length and merely profit from it.

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Comment on In Groundbreaking Ruling, Illinois Judge Says 11-Year Old Can Use Medical Marijuana at School by Walter Schwenk

Medical Marijuana, Inc.

Thankful for the progress. So far, there has been no reports of canna treated kids going off the deep end, unlike the ritalin kids, and those on the other gov’t sanctioned antidepressants. Cannabis as medicine is a very welcome return to sanity, after 80 years of true reefer madness.