Debra Borchardt

Cedric Black Eagle, founding partner of CannaNative, signing a deal with San Diego venture capital firm General Hemp to fund CannaNative. May 7, 2015. (Photo by Jordan Guzzardo)

The Navajo have signed their first resolution to grow industrial hemp from the cannabis plant. CannaNative was also able to obtain the first signed Resolution from Navajo, and next they will meet with the Navajo Agricultural Products Industries (NAPI) farms CEO to arrange for a signed MOU/Resolution to proceed.  The Navajo took steps to amend their tribal law back in July 2000 to prepare for this when they decided that industrial hemp was an acceptable crop. The tribe has already taken steps to establish agricultural commerce in 70,000 acre farm. They would add to that farm with an industrial hemp cash crop with CannaNative’s assistance.
“I believe that the Indian cannabis industry will far surpass the Indian gaming industry,” said CannaNative chief executive officer Anthony Rivera. While gaming has been lucrative, it hasn’t benefited all tribes and casino growth numbers are slowing. The Indian community sees industrial hemp as a revenue source that will level the play field for all tribes.
 
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/debraborchardt/2016/10/24/navajo-tribe-signs-its-first-hemp-growing-contract/#1b25d2d51585

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/

By CHRISTINE HAUSER

 Edibles available for sale in Denver only to medical marijuana atients.

Credit Matthew Staver for The New York Times

TG BRANFALT

 
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/

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/

 
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/

 
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By The Associated Press

 
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/

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

Laura Peters , lpeters@newsleader.com

 
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/