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California: Proposal for Marijuana Factories Prompts a Battle for Control
July 18, 2010 – A proposal to create four large-scale marijuana factories in Oakland has touched off a turf war in the lucrative market for medicinal marijuana. Established local merchants are trying to hold their ground against entrepreneurs who are seeking to gain a foothold in the rapidly evolving industry. Under the proposal, which will…
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Pot Farms Branch Out in Los Angeles as Indoor Crops Thrive Thanks to Favorable Law
July 12, 2010 – Despite L.A.’s recent and well-publicized crackdown on pot shops, another side of the industry is thriving: the growers. With state law encouraging shops to grow their own marijuana rather than get supplies on the black market – often from Northern California – demand is rising for pot grown in small indoor…
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Humboldt County Afraid of Being Uprooted from Pot Perch
As legalization of marijuana grows as a possibility, the Northern California enclave where weed culture thrives ponders its future. Would its pot economy wither or does greater opportunity await? April 07, 2010 – Reporting from Garberville, Calif. — In this region renowned for potent marijuana buds, many in Humboldt County long accepted that legalizing the…
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Medical Marijuana Access Regulations in Canada
March 28, 2010 – Canada’s initiative to decriminalize marijuana is focused on terminally ill patients who benefit from the use of medical marijuana to relieve unbearable symptoms of chronic and terminal illnesses. The Marijuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR) lists specific rules for Canadians to follow. The (MMAR) gives the Canadian health care system a legal…
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New Jersey: Marijuana Could be Farmers’ New Crop
February 22, 2010 – VINELAND — New Jersey farmers, including some in this area, see a chance to add an important new crop now that the state has legalized medical marijuana. “We would all like to grow it because we think it would be a good cash crop — literally,” Fairfield nurseryman Roger Ruske said.…
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San Diego: Medical Marijuana Growers Face Risky Legal Environment
November 23, 2009 – Patients with a doctor’s recommendation can legally possess and smoke marijuana in California for medical purposes. But where do they get their pot? The recent crackdown on marijuana dispensaries in San Diego has raised questions about legality of growing it and selling it. California law says patients and caregivers can form…
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L.A. cracking down on medical-marijuana growers
July 10, 2009 – LOS ANGELES — Daniel Halbert moved here from Phoenix this year to invest his life savings in what he hoped was a golden opportunity: the medical-marijuana business. But on Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council told him to shut down his dispensary, part of a broad crackdown against a growing and…
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Light and the LED Zeppelin: Will LED’s Sink or Soar in the Growroom?
May 24, 2009 – Light years ahead, the future of indoor growing may be a whole new game. An Advanced Grow Feature by Nico Escondido A Light Introduction When people talk about indoor cultivation and the lamps they use to light up a growroom, some standard words and phrases come to mind. You have terms…
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Government runs nation's only legal pot garden
May 18th, 2009 – OXFORD, Mississippi (CNN) — Here, in what could be called the Fort Knox of dope, Mahmoud ElSohly waits patiently as an assistant unlocks the stainless steel door to a climate-controlled vault. Mahmoud ElSohly oversees the nation’s largest legal marijuana garden at the University of Mississippi. Once inside, under the gaze of…