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Cannabis Job: MPP is hiring a legislative assistant
Another cannabis job is open at Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), who is hiring a legislative assistant to monitor and report on legislation in the state governments. The position entails “lobbying and...
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Illinois License Applications: breakdown by State Police District
Illinois’ Ag. Dept. and DFPR have announced the number of cultivation center and dispensary applications in each Illinois State Police District. Click here for the agencies’ press release: Cultivation...
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Job creation is next in Illinois cannabis industry
This winter Illinois government will award licenses to 21 cultivation centers and 60 dispensaries. Soon after, these companies must begin hiring and training new employees. An average cultivation...
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Public relations, branding, marketing a healthy perception of cannabis
Cannabis has serious public perception problems. Eighty years of prohibition and propaganda have made generations of Americans generally uninformed and afraid of marijuana. Imagine the shock of an...
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Proposed Chicago Ordinance Wants 24-hour Private Security Contractor
A proposed zoning ordinance in Chicago would require dispensaries and cultivation centers to use an independent security contractor as a condition of the City’s special use permit for medical cannabis....
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Canadian cannabis market draws US investment, DEA warnings
Canada’s model of cannabis regulation has 13 licensed producers satisfying patient demand, but 1,000+ other companies want a production license. The DEA warns US investors that participating in...
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Colorado case: can employers ban workers from using medical cannabis?
Coats v. Dish Network asks: what rights do employers have to restrict their workers from using medical cannabis? Two lower courts say employers can completely prohibit employees’ use, even outside the...
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Missouri seeks cultivation licensees under hemp extract law HB 2238
Missouri is accepting applications for growers under a hemp extract law. The Department of Agriculture may award up to two cultivation licenses to non-profit organizations. Licensees may legally grow...
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Child-resistant medical cannabis containers: ASTM D3475 reclosable
Forget what you know about packaging in Colorado or California; Illinois is different. Cultivation centers must put flowers in a sealed, child-resistant “medical cannabis container,” and flowers must...
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Recruiting employees for dispensary, cultivation center licensees
Cultivation center and dispensary licensees have little time to hire and train employees, so Vallerius Group has begun recruiting and screening qualified workers in advance. The goal is to help...
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Recruiter, headhunter at Las Vegas cannabis conference
Vallerius Group’s recruiting business for Illinois cultivation centers and dispensaries is in Las Vegas, Nevada this week for the Marijuana Business Daily tradeshow. We’re meeting probable licensees...
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Revised Chicago Dispensary Ordinance Removes Loading Provision
A proposed ordinance in Chicago passed the City’s Committee on Zoning, Landmarks, and Building Standards on Nov. 13. A provision requiring that unloading of medicine take place in an area not visible...
View ArticleTransparency of licensing application process scrutinized
Illinois’ licensing process for cannabis cultivation centers and dispensaries is scrutinized in a Better Government Association article by Kari Lydersen. The article covers policy justifications for...
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Local Medicine Providers Need Your Help!
Several cities risk not getting a dispensary. Low turnout of supporters at public meetings is a big problem. Meanwhile people who fear and misunderstand cannabis medicine are attending meetings in...
View ArticlePatient Registration Numbers: Healthy So Far (Sort Of)
Patient registration in Illinois’ Medical Cannabis Pilot Program began September 2. So far the number of prospective patients who have taken steps to initiate the online registration system is on a...
View ArticleSpringfield, Minooka, Aurora Zone for Pilot Program
Springfield zones for downtown dispensaries; Minooka and Aurora approve special use permits for cannabis businesses. Springfield Zones Downtown for Dispensaries Springfield City Council has approved...
View ArticleHome-Rule Concerns Kill Chicago Zoning Ordinance
Mayoral candidate Bob Fioretti has killed an ordinance that would have required cultivation centers and dispensaries in Chicago to use 24-7 services from a private security contractor. First he stunned...
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Chicago gives six more special use permits for dispensary
Chicago’s Zoning Board of Appeals awarded six more special use permits to dispensaries. The Board also awarded its first special use permit for a cultivation center. Meanwhile Edward Burke says his...
View ArticleFourth Corner Credit Union gets charter in Colorado
Fourth Corner Credit Union has received a charter from the State of Colorado and may begin operating by 2015. The organization plans to make transaction processing and banking easier for regulated...
View ArticleImpact Fees for dispensaries in Des Plaines, Schaumburg, Elk Grove?
Des Plaines, Elk Grove Village and Schaumburg ponder impact fees while Effingham’s City Council is forced to listen to both sides– though maybe too late. De Plaines ponders Impact Fees for dispensary...
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