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WeedWeek Canada is a Saturday morning newsletter for professionals in the world's largest fully-legal cannabis market.
Today in WWCanada:
--Economists say Canada may not be able to balance tax collection and reduced youth use while shrinking the black market
--Lots more on the fight to convert Ontario into a private market.
--Why cannabis equity investing is giving way to debt financing
And much more!
WWCanada is written by Jesse Staniforth, a freelance journalist in Montreal who
has reported extensively on indigenous issues, cybersecurity, food safety, and cannabis for outlets including Leafly, ThinkProgress, The Walrus and Salon.
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The 2018 U.S. midterm elections are coming.
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WeedNews suggests legalization may
have helped Democrat and MED supporter Conor Lamb
win a special Congressional election in Pennsylvania by less than 1,000 votes. Republican Rick Saccone, who voted against MED, lost the district which President Trump won by 20 points.
While Denver issued the first permit,
Amsterdam style smoking lounges
have arrived in several San Francisco dispensaries, and may be coming to West Hollywood later this year.
A CBD bill
passed
the Indiana legislature.
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After California threatened Weedmaps with civil or criminal charges for promoting unlicensed dispensaries, Weedmaps responded that since the company isn’t a licensee the state
doesn’t have the power to regulate it
(MJBiz).
Weedmaps cited
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
(Ars Technica) which essentially argues that the company is not responsible for the actions of its users. The same defense has been successfully deployed by Backpage, a classifieds site notorious for sex industry ads.
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Cannex, Washington’s largest producer,
went public in Canada
. The company’s COO said it’s “virtually impossible” to raise money in the U.S.
Following Wal-Mart and Amazon, retailer Home Depot
partnered
with ancillary American Cannabis Company.
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Researchers at the University of Colorado
use a mobile lab
, a van, to study cannabis while remaining compliant with state law.
“Weed the People,” a new documentary by Ricki Lake, argues high-doses of cannabinoids, used in conjunction with chemotherapy,
can shrink or eliminate tumors
. [Editorial: Consult a physician.]
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Trump is reportedly considering
replacing Jeff Sessions
with Environmental Protection Agency head Bruce Pruitt(R), another legalization opponent who sued Colorado for allowing the industry, when he was Oklahoma attorney general. Business Insider says it
probably won’t happen
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In a case which could resonate nationally, a federal judge determined
13 Chicago-area drug stings
by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were “tinged with racial overtones” but not outright biased.
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Penny stock American Green lacks the capital to turn all-but abandoned Nipton, Calif.
into a cannabis resort
, New Cannabis Ventures reports.
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