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Approval Process for Marijuana Apps Often Hazy

Submitted by admin on Fri, 07/31/2015 - 08:45

Apps don’t make it into the Google or Apple app stores without those companies’ approval. For marijuana-related apps, the approval process is hazier.

Approval delays and rejections stem from conflicting state and federal laws, and a lack of guidelines for cannabis apps, Yahoo Finance reports.

Some apps have been approved only to be kicked out of app stores later. Some are later re-approved.

The app for MassRoots, a social media network for pot smokers, was booted from Apple’s App Store after 14 months, Yahoo reports.

The MassRoots app was readmitted in February after Apple “changed its enforcement guidelines to permit cannabis social apps in the 23 states that have legalized medicinal cannabis,” a MassRoots blog post stated at the time.

The blog post continued:

A tremendous amount of responsibility has just been placed on MassRoots; we have a duty to show the world that cannabis consumption can be done in a safe

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