Rotary Club Inducts First Cannabis Business Owner

Keith Mansur

 
The Rotary Club of Eugene, Oregon has made history. Earlier today they inducted the first Marijuana Dispensary owner in their club, Joseph Hopkins of The Greener Side. Believed to be the first major service club in the world to do so, Eugene Rotary Club’s acceptance shows that cannabis businesses are good for the community and provide a needed service.
 
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http://www.occnewspaper.com/rotary-club-inducts-first-marijuana-dispensary-owner/

Texas Teacher Shouldn’t Be Punished for Marijuana Use in Colorado, Judge Says

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A Texas high school teacher can use marijuana in Colorado, where it is legal, and should not get into trouble for it in her home state, where it is illegal, an administrative law judge ruled.
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National Veteran Groups Join Indiana MMJ Push

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Four major veteran groups have joined the efforts of Hoosier Veterans for Medical Cannabis and the upswell of support could be enough to force lawmakwers to bring one of the bills languishing in the legislature to a vote, WFLI reports.
Earlier this month, the Indiana American Legion sent a letter to the state legislature urging them to “remove restrictions from marijuana and reclassify it in a category that, at a minimum, will recognize cannabis as a drug with potential medical value.” Now, national groups AMVETS, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Disabled American Veterans have joined the Indiana activists calling for access.
 
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https://www.ganjapreneur.com/national-veteran-groups-join-indiana-mmj-push/

Joints On Your Pillow: The Growing World Of Cannabis Tourism

By Tess Allen

 
The cannabis-friendly “vacation” of yesteryear was largely spent on the living room couch, far away from prying eyes and prosecution.
With online services like Bud And Breakfast, which allow you to browse and book 420-friendly accommodations in an Airbnb-like format, today’s cannabis-friendly vacation can be spent in luxe locales across the U.S. and far beyond. And since the Nov. 8 presidential election, when the total number of states with recreational cannabis legislation leapt from four to eight, that scope has only continued to widen.
 
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https://www.civilized.life/articles/joints-on-your-pillows-or-edibles-for-dinner-the-growing-world-of-cannabis-tourism/

Will The Hoosier State Legalize Medical Marijuana in 2017?

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Indianapolis, Ind (Indiana News Service) –  There’s been a sudden flurry of legislation in Indiana to reform the state’s marijuana laws. State Sen. Karen Tallian, D-Portage, has introduced a marijuana bill for the seventh straight year.
Senate Bill 255 would create an an agency to work out details for allowing the use of medicinal marijuana. It would allow patients with a variety of health conditions, including migraines and post-traumatic stress disorder, to use cannabis with the go-ahead from their doctor. It would also give access to patients suffering from “any persistent or chronic illness or condition.”
Tallian said it’s one of several proposals to tweak the state laws.
“I think that the floodgates have finally broken. For the first two or three years, it was just me,” Tallinn said. “And then, there were a couple of people in the House who stuck their neck out and filed something. This year, I think we have three bills in the Senate, and maybe another eight or so in the House.”
 
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http://wibqam.com/news/articles/2017/jan/23/will-the-hoosier-state-legalize-medical-marijuana-in-2017/

Oregon Company Plans Cannabis-Friendly RV Park

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An Oregon company wants to build a cannabis-friendly RV park. A company that supplies warehouse space for marijuana growers is eyeing property near Lake Selmac in Josephine County.
The park will be called Smoke on the Water, Grow Condos Chief Executive Officer Wayne Zallen said.
If the project moves forward, the company hopes to expand with campgrounds in other marijuana-friendly states. The RV parks would include tent camping and a cannabis dispensary, he said.
 
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https://www.civilized.life/articles/oregon-company-plans-cannabis-friendly-rv-park/

Zone in downtown Eureka being considered for cannabis extraction businesses

By: Nazy Javid

 
EUREKA, Calif. – – The City of Eureka is considering zoning off an area for marijuana extraction businesses to exist.
In the past, Humboldt County has had a problem with illegal hash oil lab explosions. The homemade labs can lead to fires when butane, one of the key ingredients, ignites.
The City of Eureka is trying to combat this problem by providing a safe place to make more concentrated cannabis.
“What’s referred to as ‘Extraction Alley’ is about a three block area in the City of Eureka,” said Eureka’s City Manager, Greg Sparks.
It is an industrial area on West Fourth Street. The City Manager said the city has already received approximately ten applications for cannabis-related businesses interested in moving to the area.
 
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http://www.krcrtv.com/north-coast-news/eurekas-west-fourth-street-being-considered-for-cannabis-extraction-businesses/280037245

Hemp: Could it be the future of farming?

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PORT REPUBLIC – Glenn Rodes is one of two hemp farmers in the state.
It may seem a little out of place to have hemp on Rodes’s farm. He comes from a family of Mennonites and the surrounding farms have signs quoting scripture – common in most Mennonite farming operations. And Rodes has always been interested in new crops — except hemp isn’t new.
Port Republic was a port town and listed hemp as one of its exports, he said. Hemp farming in the area like started as early as the 1600s and stopped in the 1930s. It’s very possible that his own land was previously used to grow hemp.
In Virginia’s early days, hemp was grown to be used for the Navy to make sails.
“Among the first settlers in Virginia, one of the conditions for them to be colonists here was that they were required to grow hemp,” said Dr. Michael Renfroe, JMU professor of biology who is doing the research with the farmers. “Hemp has been in Virginia as long as Europeans have been in Virginia.”
 
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http://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/2017/01/19/hemp-could-future-farming/96113934/

American Legion Of Indiana Wants Medical Marijuana Legalized

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The American Legion of Indiana passed a resolution Sunday calling on Congress to recognize marijuana as a drug with medical value and asking Indiana legislatures to develop a medical marijuana program.
Kokomo veteran Jeff Staker originally drafted the resolution. He started the non-profit Hoosier Veterans For Medical Cannabis to push for the change. Staker thinks a medical marijuana program could help veterans suffering from opioid addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder and other medical issues.
“We got veterans dying every 30 minutes of prescription pain overdose,” Staker says.
 
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http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/american-legion-indiana-medical-marijuana-legalized-112325/