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Losing Maryland medical marijuana grower applicant sues the state
Losing Maryland medical marijuana grower applicant sues the state
Green Thumb Industries security head Terry Gainer, former Senate sergeant at arms and Capitol Police Chief, at the site of a proposed medical marijuana growing operation in Hagerstown, Md., in 2015.A company that lost its bid to grow medical marijuana in Maryland has filed a lawsuit alleging that regulators illegally rejected its application in favor of lower-ranked businesses from underrepresented parts of the state.It's the first legal challenge to the medical cannabis program, which has been embroiled in various controversies and remains in the early stages of making the drug available to patients more than three years after lawmakers first legalized its medical use.
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Bay Area medical marijuana dispensary eyes Hanford for large cultivation facility
Bay Area medical marijuana dispensary eyes Hanford for large cultivation facility
It's been more than a decade since Pirelli tire factory in south Hanford closed.The property has changed hands since then, and there are still a couple of tenants in the warehouse.But an Oakland-based medical marijuana company says they want to rejuvenate the 900,000 square-foot space and create an economic center-- by moving in and growing pot.But first, they'll have to convince councilmembers to reverse their ban on medical marijuana cultivation in city limits.City Manager Darrel Pyle says the formal request from Purple Heart Patient Center comes on the heels of new state legislation that gives some structure to the 20-year-old medical marijuana industry in California.
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Judge to decide if Missouri voters can weigh in on medical marijuana proposal this fall
Judge to decide if Missouri voters can weigh in on medical marijuana proposal this fall
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Company that didn't win medical marijuana license sues state commission
Company that didn't win medical marijuana license sues state commission
A company that was bumped out of the running for one of Maryland's lucrative medical marijuana grower licenses is suing the state commission that issues the permits, throwing the already delayed program into further uncertainty.Bethesda-based GTI Maryland contends that the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission broke its own rules last month when it granted preliminary licenses to two companies that were ranked lower by analysts who were charged with assessing the applicants.The commission said it was trying to achieve more geographic diversity, as required by law.
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Maine business group urges tighter regulation of medical marijuana market
Maine business group urges tighter regulation of medical marijuana market
A new organization billing itself as "a coalition of Maine business leaders" has formed to advocate for stronger regulation of the burgeoning marijuana industry before a statewide vote on whether to legalize the drug.The organization, Maine Professionals for Regulating Marijuana, does not plan to take a stand on the legalization proposal appearing as Question 1 on November's ballot.But organizers said Maine should take steps to improve regulation of the existing medical marijuana industry while looking to states such as Colorado and Washington for examples of what to do and not to do if voters legalize recreational marijuana use this fall.
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