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The legal cannabis movement has a new supporter…The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG). Earlier this month, the leading marketer of branded consumer lawn and garden as well as indoor hydroponic growing products reported first quarter financial results. The numbers were not pretty and Scotts’ Hawthorne segment reported a 31% decrease…

Marijuana became a topic of discussion last night at the first Democratic debate. The two leading candidates from the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, were both pro-marijuana, but one was more favorable than the other.Where do the candidates stand?Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said he would vote in favor…

The marijuana industry is a very fragmented and each state has their own set of laws and regulations. These differences make it tough for analysts to accurately forecast growth and they must model each state differently.  One of the most important factors analysts consider when trying to determine the size…

Governor Chris Christie is one of the loudest voices against marijuana and he is doing whatever it takes to stay in the top 10 potential republican candidates for the 2016 presidential election. During a town hall meeting in New Hampshire, Christie said if he would overturn legal marijuana laws in…

Many cannabis companies are having a tough time opening a bank account and it is putting innocent people at risk. A bank account serves as the lifeline of any business and it is tough to operate (successfully) without one. The high cash nature of a cannabis business requires access to…

Democratic Representative Earl Blumenauer (Oregon) has been at the forefront of the campaign for marijuana reform in the United States. Today, Representative Blumenauer announced plans to introduce a bill in Congress that would expunge particular federal marijuana offenses that are no longer illegal in a number of states across the…

The United States has a problem. Many states are cash poor and are struggling to find new sources of revenue not detrimental to the environment and which create jobs. Colorado and Washington State, however, have the solution to this problem and it is called marijuana.  With the first year of…

The history of cannabis dates back thousands of years. Archaeologists found cannabis seeds inside Siberian burial mounds from 3000 B.C. Thousands of years ago, the Chinese used cannabis as a medicine. Cannabis had found its way to Colonial America as well. George Washington grew hemp at his house on Mount…

Last week, the New Jersey state Health Department issued a permit for the fifth medical marijuana dispensary to begin to grow marijuana in the stateCompassionate Sciences, Inc. built a dispensary and an indoor cultivation facility in Bellmawr, New Jersey. The company will need to submit its cannabis for testing and…

The legalization of same-sex marriage is reflective of a theme that is clearly evident in our history and related to the expansion of individual rights. In 1996, same sex marriage was prohibited in every state and only 27% of Americans said they supported same-sex marriage. In 1995, marijuana was illegal…