NEW YORK, NY — Nuvilex, Inc. (otcqb:NVLX) will be starting 2014 off with a flurry of activity inside its wholly owned subsidiary, Medical Marijuana Sciences, Inc. (MMS). After naming Dr. Mark L. Rabe, a leading figure in the medical marijuana industry, as Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) for MMS last month, the company […]
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New Year, But Still No Banking: Marijuana Industry Expected to Generate $2.34 Billion in Revenues Without Access to Banking Services
DENVER, Colo. — Following more than a year of planning by regulators, legislators, and entrepreneurs, the world’s first legal sale of regulated marijuana for social use took place in Denver, Colorado on January 1, 2014. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Medical Marijuana Breakthroughs of 2013
To commemorate some of the most important scientific advances made this year in the realm of cannabis research, the people at Leaf Science recently compiled a list of the Biggest Medical Marijuana Breakthroughs of 2013. High Times
Colorado Issues First Marijuana Business Licenses; Legal Marijuana Sales for Adults Set to Begin January 1
Amendment 64 campaign leaders to hold January 1 news conference at 3-D in Denver — a licensed marijuana retail store with on-site cultivation facility — to recognize first-ever adult marijuana retail sales Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
State-owned Bank Won’t Work for Marijuana Cash
Denver PostBy David Migoya Efforts by Washington state legislators to create a state-owned bank that would cater to the newly legal marijuana industry won’t work in Colorado — or in Washington, for that matter — industry and legal experts say. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
More than 3,700 Apply for Marijuana Business License
Associated PressBy Mike Baker SEATTLE – More than 3,700 marijuana business applications have now been filed in Washington state, including 867 proposed retail outlets spanning from Point Roberts to Pullman. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
List of Licensed Retail Cannabis Stores to Sell Marijuana Set to Open on January 1
Currently there is no legal way for a recreational user to buy marijuana in Colorado. Recreational cannabis retail stores to purchase marijuana are set to open in January 2014. DENVER, Colo. — On Friday the City of Denver released a list of the first 14 retail marijuana stores with city approval to legally sell you […]
Marijuana May Treat Psychosis
Smoking weed may actually keep us all from going crazy — at least that appears to be the consensus of a recent study published in the November edition of the journalNeuropsychopharmacology. High Times
Uruguay Becomes First Country To Legalize Marijuana Trade
Uruguay became the first country to legalize the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana on Tuesday, a pioneering social experiment that will be closely watched by other nations debating drug liberalization. A government-sponsored bill approved by 16-13 votes in the Senate provides for regulation of the cultivation, distribution and consumption of marijuana and is aimed […]
Medical Marijuana Gets A Boost From Major Doctors Group
The American Medical Assn. on Tuesday urged the federal government to reconsider its classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use, a significant shift that puts the prestigious group behind calls for more research. The nation’s largest physicians organization, with about 250,000 member doctors, the AMA has maintained since 1997 that […]