Company controls licensing rights in the nation’s largest cannabis market, with $1.3 billion in yearly sales

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LENEXA, Kan. - As more states legalize marijuana use, marijuana laws in Kansas are being challenged.

Wichita residents will vote on April 7 about making marijuana possession a $25 fine instead of a felony . The Kansas Attorney General is promising to sue Wichita if the measure passes and is adopted as a city ordinance in Wichita..

Kansas State Representative John Rubin has a bill pending in the House that would lessen the penalty of first and second offense marijuana possession. It would no longer be a felony conviction which eliminates possible prison time.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Ministry of Justice has prepared a fact sheet on the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2015 (DDA).

The sheet outlines the main changes that have been made by the DDA in relation to the possession of ganja, smoking the substance as well as importing and cultivating it. 

The Act also makes special provisions for people of the Rastafarian Faith and visitors to the island who intend to use medical marijuana. 

In the fact sheet, the ministry also explains that failing to pay a ticket for possession of two ounces (or less) of marijuana  will lead to a conviction which will be recorded on the offender’s criminal record.

TALLAHASSEE — A bill attempting to get the implementation of the state's Charlotte's Web marijuana law back on track has created a new dilemma for its sponsor: how to make it equitable for black farmers.

Under the existing law, only farms that have been in continuous existence for 30 years and grow 400,000 or more plants are eligible to bid for one of five licenses to cultivate and distribute the noneuphoric strain of cannabis for patients with epilepsy, cancer and chronic muscle spasms.

While campaigning for governor, Bruce Rauner said, “The application process for medical marijuana should not be held in secret where insiders win and taxpayers lose; it should be open and transparent.”

But now, lawyers for the state are fighting to keep from having to turn over information about exactly those bids.

A Rauner spokeswoman said the the state is simply “complying with the rules set forth in the Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act.”

The issue will come to a head Wednesday in a Cook County courtroom as part of a significant lawsuit.

TRENTON — New Jersey's medicinal marijuana program last year served 4,228 patients and their caregivers who chose from 33 different strains of cannabis to alleviate their suffering, according to the latest annual report issued by the state Health Department late Tuesday.

Consumer interest is what making Cannabis Science Inc (OTCMKTS:CBIS) move on the bourses. The company happily announced that how several organizations are keen on knowing its products. The company released a press release stating that following the Spannabis Fair, which concluded on March 22, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain, it has swiftly begun reaching out to the interested organizations and businesses.

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A Cincinnati developer will be the primary owner of the Toledo marijuana-growing facility if Ohio voters approve a proposed marijuana legalization amendment, the campaign announced today.

David Bastos, a partner with Capital Investment Group Inc., is the lead investor in the firm that will own 6070 Hagman Rd. in North Toledo.

The 28.5-acre site, now a corn field with a house, will be one of 10 marijuana “grows” allowed in the state under an amendment to the Ohio Constitution, if voters approve in the Nov. 3 election. All 10 locations, which will grow marijuana and sell it to manufacturers, medical dispensaries, and marijuana retailers, are already identified, by parcel number, in the proposed amendment.

Story Highlights

• Tryke Companies pulls application for 20-acre medical marijuana facility in Phoenix
• Site was granted variance by city for operation near residential area, drawing protest
• Residents, councilman say they are grateful for withdrawal

Plans are off to bring a medical-marijuana cultivation facility near a north Phoenix neighborhood, quelling the outrage of residents fighting the zoning variance that would allow it near their homes.

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission this week signed an agreement with a Kansas-based company to build the online application process for recreational marijuana business licenses.

NIC USA, Inc., will design an online application for commercial growers, processors, wholesalers and retailers. The state must begin accepting applications by January 2016.

The system will be used to apply for a new license or renew an existing one, pay license fees by credit card and pay marijuana taxes, as well as update license information.

The agency's agreement with the company has an annual subscription fee of $80,000 and no up-front costs.