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The 2nd Annual Cannabis Business Expo, produced by MJIC Media and sponsored by Marijuana Investor Summit, is the leading forum in one of the fastest growing industries in the United States. This event is the focus for decision makers in the cannabis industry including; current business owners and managers, entrepreneurs starting a cannabis business, investors providing private equity & resources, and professional and business service providers. This year our expo moves from Colorado, the first state to legalize adult use marijuana to California – the largest legal cannabis market in North America.

#MustWeed http://www.fortune420.com/emerging-markets-update-new-york-might-double-dispensaries/

#MustWeed http://www.fortune420.com/chase-bank-shuts-down-companys-account-for-talking-about-cannabis/

Cannabis and banking have been at odds since legalization first touched down in Colorado and Washington — but now, a Chase Paymentech business account has been shut down because the company, a media organization, likes to talk about cannabis.

Since entering the cannabis space in 2013, Leslie Bocskor and his Las Vegas-based investment firm, Electrum Partners, have become high-profile oracles, investors, and advisers. It’s not just because Bocskor looks cool. He’s a passionate, demanding, clear-sighted financier who’s grounded the cannabis investment world in old-school virtues like research, market analysis, and due diligence.

#MustWeed http://www.fortune420.com/clinton-its-appropriate-for-states-to-legalize-marijuana/

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reiterated her support for letting states legalize marijuana without federal interference in an interview on Monday.

“I think that states are the laboratories of democracy, and four states have already taken action to legalize, and it will be important that other states and the federal government take account of how that’s being done, what we learn from what they’re doing,” said Clinton,

#MustWeed http://www.fortune420.com/big-weed-wants-canada-to-root-out-illegal-dispensaries/

The battle over Canada’s weed supply chain is reaching fever pitch as the country’s state-sanctioned medical marijuana companies call on the government to shut down the hundreds of illegal marijuana dispensaries across the country.

There are 27 federally licensed producers (LPs) of marijuana in Canada, and they’re the only ones legally allowed to grow and sell weed, and only to medical patients through the mail[…] Full story (news.vice.com) Continue reading…

If you call for dispensaries to be raided & peaceful people to be arrested for pot, you’re actually pro-drug-war prohibitionists. @TweedInc

New Post has been published on http://www.fortune420.com/whole-plant-medical-marijuana-bill-unveiled-in-the-utah-state-legislature/

‘Whole plant’ medical marijuana bill unveiled in the Utah State Legislature

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that advocates claim would allow so-called “whole plant” medical cannabis usage has finally been unveiled in the Utah State Legislature.

Senate Bill 73, from Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Saratoga Springs, directs the Utah Dept. of Agriculture to license and regulate cannabis cultivation and processing facilities. It would also direct the Utah Dept. of Health to give out medical marijuana cards to patients who meet a list of qualifying ailments (including cancer, AIDS, epilepsy, PTSD, chronic pain and, if a physician determines someone would be “at risk of becoming chemically dependent on, or overdosing on, opiate-based pain medication”).

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U.S.: Historic Federal Medical Marijuana Bill Being Introduced Tuesday

The historic medical marijuana bill being introduced in the United States Senate on Tuesday — the first ever such bill ever introduced in the Senate — would end the federal prohibition on medical marijuana. Beyond that, however, it would also implement a number of critical reforms that advocates have been seeking for years, according to those familiar with the legislation.