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Maine?s Free Recreational Marijuana Delivery Service

May 15, 2017 admin Pot, Recreational Marijuana

A new a delivery service was founded by two people from the Portland area, and it?s not food-based.

It is really not yet legal to sell recreational marijuana in Maine, but it?s legal to give it away, and that?s how Logan Martyn-Fisher and Ashley Small are developing their business.

Elevation 207?s Facebook page clearly says in several different areas that the pot they?re delivering is a gift and that it is free, and any costs are for the delivery fees. Those prices range from $75 dollars to $250 depending on the quantity of cannabis being delivered.

Martyn-Fisher says they began delivery service of recreational marijuana in February, and since then, business is booming.

?There?s no way for people to get it the recreational way, so they come to us,? says Small.

They say the majority of their customers are new to the marijuana world and who are more advanced in age. They want to experience it, however don?t have idea as to how to get it.

Will Michigan be the Next State to Legalize Recreational Marijuana?

May 15, 2017 admin Feature, General, Legal, Legalization

Marijuana would be legalized for recreational uses and taxed at a rate of 16% under a petition which was turned in to the Secretary of State on Friday.

In the event that the state Board of Canvassers approves the petition, the group driving the initiative ? the Coalition to Regulate Marijuan Like Alcohol will have 180 days to gather 252,523 signatures from valid registered voters in Michigan. As a way to get a cushion to account for signatures which may be thrown out, the group is establishing a target of accumulating 350,000 signatures.

That?s a job which will require money, said Josh Hovey, a spokesman for the Coalition. The group hopes to raise between $8 million and $10 million as payment for people who will gather the signatures needed to get on the ballot and to wage a campaign to get the measure passed in November 2018.

?Prohibition is a failed big government program,? said former state Rep. Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor, who?s the political director of the coalition. ?We have 20,000 individuals detained every year in Michigan. And we?re now going to be in a position to provide our citizens an option to stop that.?

Arizona Marijuana Supporters Joined Million Marijuana March in Phoenix

May 15, 2017 admin General

The Safer Arizona Cannabis Legalization Political Action Committee joined groups around the country and marched as part of the Million Marijuana March last Saturday in Phoenix.

The Arizona group?s march is aiming to legalize, decriminalize and repeal prohibition of cannabis in Arizona for recreational use for those age 21 and older.

?In our perspective, it?s unfair, immoral and unethical that anybody goes to prison for a plant,? said Alex Gentry, chairman of the Safer Arizona Cannabis Legalization Political Action Committee.

Paperwork has been filed by the committee with the Arizona Secretary of State?s Office to start gathering signatures to get on the November 2018 ballot. It would have to accumulate 156,042 signatures from valid Arizona voters by July 5, 2018, to qualify.

It was proposed by the Safer Arizona Legalization Act to legalize ?the possession, consumption, cultivation and sales of cannabis for adults? at least 21 years old, decriminalize cannabis-related violations and replace prison sentences with fines and misdemeanors.

Alaska?s Legal Marijuana Reached a Pinnacle of Sales and Production

May 9, 2017 admin Alaska, Blog, Feature, General, Pot, Pricing, Recreational Marijuana

New figures from the Alaska Department of Revenue reveal Alaska?s legal marijuana industry has reached a pinnacle of sales and production.

Last March, 27 growers paid the state $220,229 in tax revenue. Alaskans purchased 225 pounds of weed or flower and 169 pounds of other plant parts commonly used as raw material for concentrates.

Every one of those numbers are the highest since the state?s first legal marijuana sales happened in the last days of October.

Tax figures trail real sales by one month; numbers for March are released at the end of April. April?s numbers will probably be released at the end of May.

$693,029 in marijuana tax revenue from cultivators has been collected by the state of Alaska. Flower is taxed at $50 per oz and other plant parts are taxed at $15 per oz.

The Alaska Department of Revenue has predicted the state will collect $2 million in the fiscal year that ends July 1. Sales would need to average $433,000 in April, May and June to reach that amount.

Colorado Marijuana Sales Expected To Break Records

May 9, 2017 admin Blog, Colorado, General, Legal, Pricing, Recreational Marijuana

Following the November elections, eight states currently offer legal adult use of marijuana. But regardless of the growing competition, Colorado, which have the greatest number of marijuana sales this past year, will probably still bag higher marijuana sales compared to the other states in 2017.

Only four months into the year, the Centennial State is already on course to possess its highest grossing year yet in marijuana sales. During January and February, Colorado racked up $235 million in overall marijuana sales, a 30% spike when compared with the state?s recreational and medical marijuana sales during the same time in 2016, based on a report by Cannabis Benchmarks, a company that monitors marijuana sales and prices.

With Colorado?s city streets filled with marijuana stores selling medical and recreational marijuana goods and its booming cannabis tourism, marijuana sales across the state kicked off 2017 at full throttle. In January of this year, $109 million worth of marijuana was sold in Colorado in medical and recreational markets, a more than 38% increase from what the state had in January 2016, when marijuana consumers bought $88.5 million in cannabis products. Sales in February were even more remarkable, with the state generating $126 million in marijuana purchases compared to February 2016?s $92.7 million.

Meet the ?Weed Nuns? of California

May 9, 2017 admin Feature, General, Recreational Marijuana

Located close to the town of Merced in the Central Valley, which generates over half of the fruit, nuts and vegetables grown in the country, the Sisters of the Valley grow and reap their very own cannabis plants.

However, despite the moniker, the sisterhood stresses that its seven members don?t belong to any order of the Catholic Church.

?We are against religion, so we are not a religion. We consider ourselves Beguine revivalists, and we reach back to pre-Christian practices,? said Sister Kate, who founded the sisterhood in 2014.

The group says its Holy Trinity is the marijuana plant, specifically hemp, a form of marijuana which has really low levels of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive compound in the plant which gives a high.

The hemp is turned by members into cannabis-based balms and ointments, which they say have the ability to enhance health and well-being.

More than two dozen U.S. states have legalized some form of marijuana for medical or recreational use, but the drug remains illegal at the federal level. California legalized recreational use of marijuana in November 2016.

Austin’s Potential to be the Capital for Marijuana Start-ups

May 9, 2017 admin Blog, General

Anybody who has stood a little too close to Willie?s tour bus or has drifted through the vibrant wonderland that is Eeyore?s Birthday Party understands that pot use is big business in Austin. The city?s enormous student population, sprawling music scene and Dazed & Confused vibe allow it to be fertile soil for herbal treatments.

Of the four principal marijuana bills filed at the statehouse this year, only one has gotten a favorable committee vote ? it?s yet to receive a full House vote. That proposed law would ease the law so no one with less than an ounce of grass would face arrest or jail time. Recreational marijuana like they have in Colorado appears to be a pipe dream in Texas.

Dallas city council members, in a way, have recently passed a law that decriminalizes possession. Those caught with less than four ounces get order to appear in court and a ticket instead of being booked and arrested in jail.

Texas lawmakers have brushed aside proposals to legalize marijuana fora long time. And, it was not until 2015 that the state passed a law allowing for a very limited use of cannabis oils for individuals who have epilepsy and suffer from seizures.

Michigan?s New Centralized Medical Marijuana Agency

May 9, 2017 admin Blog, General, Legal

Michigan recently created the Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation to centralize all facets of medical marijuana regulation, the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs reports.

The brand new agency, placed in LARA, combines the present supervision functions of the state?s patient and caregiver registry with the recently established statutory requirements for medical marijuana facility licensing.

?BMMR?s organizational structure places Michigan at the forefront of state medical marijuana regulation,? LARA Director Shelly Edgerton said. ?Many other states have various licenses and patient programs spread throughout different departments and bureaus.?

Centralized services will improve patient protections and make regulations more efficient for business customers.

BMMR is in the procedure for executing the regulatory framework made by legislation signed by Gov. Snyder in September 2016. Regulatory functions comprise the investigation, licensing and enforcement of medical marijuana growers, processors, secure transporters, provisioning centers and security compliance facilities.

The law requires the agency to make licensing programs accessible by December 15, 2017.

Marijuana Social Clubs Being Delayed in Maine

May 9, 2017 admin Blog, Feature, General, Recreational Marijuana

Lawmakers are debating whether to delay licensing of marijuana ?social clubs? in Maine, following the lead of other legalization states confronting unwanted scrutiny from federal officials or concerns about public health.

But legalization advocates warn that it?s better to have licensed, closely regulated marijuana clubs than illegal places running in the shadows.

?These clubs will pop up. They already are, and delaying isn?t going to prevent any of that activity,? said Becky DeKeuster, a consultant on cannabis issues who formerly ran medical marijuana dispensaries in Maine and California.

The legalization referendum narrowly backed by Maine voters in November contains references throughout the ballot initiative to ?social clubs? where adults age 21 and over purchase and consume on shop premises. The fully accredited social clubs were pictured as places where users could lawfully assemble ? similar to a bar or smoking lounge ? to use marijuana in a carefully regulated and monitored setting.

Yet Maine could be the first state to allow marijuana clubs ? a prospect that certainly concerned some lawmakers on the committee in charged with preparing the state for retail sales.

420 Celebrations Around the Country: The Biggest Day for Marijuana

May 9, 2017 admin Blog, Feature, General, Legal, Pot, Recreational Marijuana

It feels like Christmas for the country?s legal marijuana stores today. Not only Christmas but all other holidays rolled in to one one smoky party known as 420.

April 20 has for a long time been a day full of civil disobedience by marijuana users, who assemble in public to light up weed at 4:20 p.m. The phrase ?420? is a longtime code for marijuana users, who work it into dating profiles or post it on signs to show their common interest. But while it used to be a celebration held using a particular degree of furtiveness, the swiftly growing legalization of cannabis means an increasing number of Americans no longer face critical, if any, punishment for smoking weed.

All states that have legalized medical or recreational marijuana also have prohibited public consumption, but those rules in many cases are dismissed on April 20, when crowds assemble on college campuses and central parks to light up. That means huge sales days for shops, particularly in states with operating marijuana marketplaces: Washington, Oregon and Colorado, which could see single-day 420 sales of $20 million.

One of Colorado?s largest marijuana stores, the Medicine Man, anticipated to see more than double the regular number of customers each day Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

All posts tagged: recreational pot

Maine?s Free Recreational Marijuana Delivery Service

Will Michigan be the Next State to Legalize Recreational Marijuana?

Arizona Marijuana Supporters Joined Million Marijuana March in Phoenix

Alaska?s Legal Marijuana Reached a Pinnacle of Sales and Production

Colorado Marijuana Sales Expected To Break Records

Meet the ?Weed Nuns? of California

Austin’s Potential to be the Capital for Marijuana Start-ups

Michigan?s New Centralized Medical Marijuana Agency

Marijuana Social Clubs Being Delayed in Maine

420 Celebrations Around the Country: The Biggest Day for Marijuana

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