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Marijuana’s Ten Biggest Victories Of 2019
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2019/12/17/marijuanas-ten-biggest-victories-of-2019/#337d88259667
Tom Angell Contributor Policy
I cover the politics and policy of cannabis here and at Marijuana Moment.
This year was a big one for marijuana.
From a first-ever congressional vote on federally legalizing cannabis to another large state ending its own prohibition law, 2019 saw the marijuana movement make advances on several fronts.
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Here's a look back at cannabis’s ten biggest victories of the year:
Marijuana Legalization Advances In Congress
In November, the House Judiciary Committee made history by becoming the first congressional panel to approve a bill to end federal marijuana prohibition. The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, if enacted into law, would remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act and fund programs to begin repairing the harms of the war on drugs, which has been waged disproportionately against communities of color.
While the bill clearing a committee is the furthest that cannabis descheduling legislation has ever advanced on Capitol Hill, it isn’t clear at this point when it will get a floor vote. Its sponsor, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), told Marijuana Moment that he is working to make that happen by the end of 2020. But even if the legislation is approved by the full House, advancing it in the Republican-controlled Senate is another matter altogether.
Still, a congressional committee taking the first step of voting to end federal marijuana prohibition has never happened before, and it indicates that cannabis reform has momentum heading into 2020.
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Presidential Candidates Embrace Marijuana Reform
The majority of Democratic presidential candidates are running on marijuana legalization platforms—marking a huge shift from election cycle after cycle of politicians running away from drug policy reform as a political third rail.
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With the exceptions of former Vice President Joe Biden and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, every Democrat in the race has embraced the full legalization of cannabis, with most also calling for restorative justice measures to let communities harmed by the war on drugs participate in the legal industry.
South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) have gone further, saying they would decriminalize possession of all drugs, while entrepreneur Andrew Yang supports decriminalizing opioids.
Biden, for his part, at least backs decriminalization, expunging past records, modest federal rescheduling and letting states enact legalization if they so choose. Bloomberg has also recently endorsed cannabis decriminalization and respecting local laws despite previously calling legalization “perhaps the stupidest thing anybody has ever done.”
That most candidates back legalization—with even those who don’t still endorsing other far-reaching reforms—shows how far the politics of marijuana have evolved from the “Just Say No” era.
Trump Reiterates Support For Respecting State Marijuana Laws
Although his first attorney general revoked Obama-era guidance directing federal prosecutors to generally not interfere with state cannabis laws last year, President Trump has consistently said he backs the rights of localities to enact their own marijuana policies whenever prompted.
In August, the president reiterated his support for letting states legalize cannabis without federal interference.
“It’s a very big subject and right now we are allowing states to make that decision,” Trump said. “A lot of states are making that decision, but we’re allowing states to make that decision.”
While Trump has said he knows people who have benefited from medical cannabis, he does not personally support legalizing marijuana for recreational use.
Still, in a November meeting on vaping issues, the president seemed to articulate that he understood the inherent unworkability of drug prohibition policies.
“When you watch prohibition, when you look at the alcohol, you look at cigarettes, you look at it all, if you don’t give it to them, it’s going to come here illegally,” he said. “That’s the one problem I can’t seem to forget.”
The remarks echo a comment Trump made in 1990, when he voiced support for legalizing drugs to undermine the unregulated market.
“We’re losing badly the war on drugs,” he said at the time. ”You have to legalize drugs to win that war. You have to take the profit away from these drug czars.”
Altogether, Trump’s public remarks on marijuana-related issues indicate that if Congress were to send him a bill ending federal prohibition, he would likely sign it into law.
Cannabis Banking Bill Passed By House
In other big cannabis news from Capitol Hill, the full House of Representatives voted in September to approve a bill to let banks service marijuana businesses without fear of being punished by federal regulators.
The roll call tally, 321 to 103, demonstrated broad bipartisan support for fixing an issue that industry leaders and regulators alike have pointed to as a public safety concern. Current law, by preventing many cannabis operators from being able to store their profits with financial institutions, forces them to operate on a cash-only basis and makes them targets for robberies.
While Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-ID) had initially said he did not want to take up the legislation as long as marijuana remains federally prohibited, he later indicated he planned to hold a vote in his panel by the end of the year. But as the end of 2019 approaches, it seems as if Senate action on cannabis banking might be more likely to be a marijuana victory in 2020.
Illinois Becomes 11th State To Legalize Marijuana
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) made good on his 2018 election campaign promise to legalize cannabis after convincing lawmakers to send a bill to his desk in May. When the governor officially signed the bill into law in June, the Prairie State became the 11th in the U.S. to end marijuana prohibition.
In addition to the direct impact of making legal sales available to all adults over 21 in the nation’s sixth most populous state, Illinois’s move bolstered the reform movement’s political momentum as efforts to pass legalization bills in several other states with supportive governors failed to get across the finish line during 2019 sessions.
That said, legalization seemed to pick up momentum in several other legislatures this year, with a number seeming poised to get it done in 2020. While Illinois is the first state in the country to establish a legal system of cannabis sales through an act of lawmakers—as opposed to by voters with a ballot initiative—it is not likely to be the last.
Governors Get Serious About Marijuana Legalization
Although Pritzker in Illinois was the only governor to get a chance to sign legal marijuana into law this year, chief executives in several other states took steps to advance the issue.
In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) put legalization language in his annual budget submission to lawmakers. Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) did the same. While those provisions got stripped out before the bills came back to their desks, the moves forced lawmakers to more seriously consider the policy change than they otherwise might have.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) also endorsed cannabis legalization for the first time this year after his lieutenant governor found massive voter support for the issue through a statewide listening tour.
Cuomo and Wolf were joined by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D), who both saw legalization bills they support move through legislative committees in their states this year, at a regional summit aimed at coordinating cannabis plans in the Northeast.
The regional meeting and the budget moves by governors show that the issue of enacting legalization is gaining urgency as similar laws come online in neighboring states. No major politician wants their constituents spending tax dollars—and helping to create industry jobs—next door when they could be doing it at home instead.
Several States Decriminalize Cannabis Possession
Although Illinois was the only state to pass a new marijuana legalization law in 2019, several others at least removed the threat of incarceration for people caught possessing small amounts of cannabis.
In April, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed a cannabis decriminalization bill that treats possession of up to half an ounce with a $50 fine, after a broader House-passed legalization proposal died in the Senate.
In Hawaii, Gov. David Ige (D) allowed a modest marijuana decriminalization bill to take effect without his signature in July. The new law removes incarceration as a punishment for possession of three grams or less of cannabis and instead imposes a $130 fine. That’s far less than is decriminalized in other states, and the proposal was watered down at several steps in the legislative process, but advocates are happy they got anything at all enacted this year under Ige, who has been generally hostile to reform.
In May, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) signed a bill making it so that first-time offenders caught possessing half an ounce or less of cannabis will be subject to a fine of up to $1,000, with no jail time.
The three new decriminalization laws enacted in 2019 mean that it is now the case in 26 states that first-time, low-level possession of marijuana comes without the threat of jail time.
Two-Thirds Of Americans Say Legalize It, According To Polls
While marijuana reform was once seen as a marginalized, third-rail issue, there’s no question that cannabis legalization is now at the forefront of mainstream American politics. Two recent national polls bear this out with hard data.
According to Gallup, which has been asking Americans about marijuana for nearly half a century, fully two-thirds of adults—66 percent— now back legalization.
And Pew confirmed in a separate survey, putting the share of U.S. adults who back ending cannabis prohibition at 67 percent.
And while the issue is sometimes seen as progressive, left or Democratic, Pew says that a clear majority—55 percent—of GOP-leaning voters are now on board.
Legalization’s ascendance also appears to be on solid ground for the future, with 76 percent of millennials saying they support it—and that includes 71 percent of Republicans in the age group.
Federal Government Takes Steps To Implement Legal Hemp Market
After decades of being swept up in broader cannabis prohibition, hemp finally became legal late last year through the 2018 Farm Bill. In response, numerous federal agencies have taken major steps in 2019 to implement the legalization of marijuana’s non-psychoactive cannabis cousin.
While the most high-profile move was the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) proposal in October of broad rules under which states can submit hemp regulatory plans, a number of other developments occurred following the Farm Bill’s passage.
The Transportation Security Administration clarified that passengers are cleared to carry hemp-derived CBD on flights, the U.S. Postal Service said cannabidiol can be mailed and the Patent and Trademark Office clarified that it will approve trademark applications for hemp products.
Meanwhile, the Environmental Protection Agency said it will no longer block applications for pesticide use on hemp plants and several federal financial regulators issued guidance clarifying that banks can serve hemp businesses without fear of punishment.
USDA, for its part, also moved to ease the importation of hemp from other countries, made farmers of the plant eligible for crop insurance and started accepting applications for intellectual property protection for seed-propagated hemp.
And while industry participants have expressed a number of concerns with the specifics of USDA’s hemp proposal, the fact that a federal agency had to issue lengthy guidelines on how to properly grow, harvest and process a form of cannabis is in itself a major victory for the reform movement.
Cities Move To Decriminalize Psychedelics
Although not technically victories for marijuana, broader drug policy reform efforts made historic advances in two major cities this year when Denver voters approved a ballot measure to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms and the Oakland City Council quickly followed up to pass a resolution decriminalizing a number of other psychedelic substances.
Now, activists in nearly 100 other cities are taking steps to pursue similar local policy changes, with resolutions already filed in Chicago, Berkeley and Santa Cruz.
Meanwhile, efforts are underway to place statewide measures to legalize psilocybin for some uses on 2020 ballots in California and Oregon.
Beyond demonstrating that activists have successfully convinced voters and officials—at least in some cities—that ending marijuana prohibition is a success than can be replicated for other substances, the psychedelic-focused efforts show that the drug policy reform movement has no intention of stopping at cannabis.
And with a separate Oregon ballot measure being circulated to decriminalize possession of all drugs, as well as efforts in several cities to open safe injection facilities where people can consume illicit substances under medical supervision, it is clear that activists have plans to pursue reform beyond psychedelics as well.
Looking Ahead To 2020
All these cannabis and drug policy victories in 2019 bode well for reform efforts next year. Marijuana is likely to be a significant focal point in the presidential campaign and in legislative sessions in several states. And with cannabis initiatives likely to go before voters on ballots across the country in November, 2020 could be the biggest year for marijuana yet.
You only need...one week off...Jan 23-24th.
The cannabis cup is over...it ended Dec. 14 2019. Save the week for the meeting and tours.
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CGOTF...US VOLUME 78,000.....10 DAY AVG....35,000.
How did the Candian side do with volume?
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High Times Nevada Cannabis Cup 2019
https://hightimes.com/news/high-times-brings-cannabis-cup-las-vegas-states-only-legal-consumption-event/
Oregon....won't need growers...for at least 6 years.
Oregon cannabis market is saturated....they have at least a six year supply already.
Nevada is a limited license state....unlike Oregon. That means growing opportunities in Oregon are slim pickings.
Since Vegas gets the best cannabis prices in the country...cultivation companies in Vegas...could pay the growers more than an Oregon company can.
Vegas is where it is at. Acreage just announced a new cultivation facility in Oregon....the most saturated state. Citation has a new award winning facility....in Vegas....see the difference?
Another 10,000 shares...nice. Somebody is going to miss those shares.
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Somebody take their happy pill today...?
If 1st Place...is not a big deal....what place is....?
I realize it doesn't fit your....this company will never produce any weed in Vegas...theory. What it does....is show...you couldn't be farther from the truth.
Citation produces the best products...in the Nevada market....and has the Citations....to prove it. High Times magazine is distributed and read around the world....no matter what you say....it is a big deal. This is how the best...are differentiated from the ditch weed growers. Did you ever notice how High Times don't have a category for ditch weed....? Ever wonder why...?
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Desperate...sour grapes...abound.
Big difference...between a shareholder...and a bad trader.
Still waiting for the concentrates to add to the earnings. Still did not have a full Q of ACC's revenue added to the earnings......since the ACC merger.
In other words...our record earnings....are going to be much higher...with a full Q of revenues.
You have no clue why Nilda left. She ran the numbers...she showed up here. The industry crashed...squashing most executives plans. If she left because the industry changed drastically...that has nothing to do with Citation....it has to do with...opportunities that changed.
Did it ever occur to you...maybe she didn't want to move to the U.S....? Did it occur to you...maybe ACB called her back for now......since they have no money for expansion...and cancelled all expansion plans. What ever plans ACB may have had....got changed by the industry downturn. ACB...has too much to worry about now.
Whatever plans Nilda had for Citation....would have been altered by the industry financing drying up...along with the downturn. As proof....remember how after Nilda got here.....we were going to be a leading MSO...? Money for expansion plans dried up for the entire industry.....that would have dashed any hopes of Nilda....working any magic here at Citation. Even with all of her industry financial connections...and ACB's financial connections....neither of them can get financing now. What reason would there be for her to stay...at this time? Notice there is not big talk of becoming the leading MSO....since the downturn of the cannabis industry...? Growing the company organically....turns out to be the right answer after all. Just what Citation is doing....and we don't need Nilda to do that. ACC was revenue positive....before CGOTF.
There are many reasons she could have left. You don't know any of them. What ever her reasons....I'm sure were related to the industry change.....NOT.... the numbers....since she ran the numbers....BEFORE...coming aboard. She would have foreseen any numbers problems before. What she didn't foresee...and ACB didn't foresee....was the industry falling....to a level of....self preservation being a top priority. ACB is definitely in self preservation mode.
Citation...had record earnings...and low debt...has the best cannabis in Nevada...and now HIGH TIMES AGREES......# 1 HYBRID FLOWER...LAS VEGAS.....CANNABIS CUP WINNER
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Notice the manipulation down...?
Did you notice the manipulation...for 300 shares...happens often. Or do you only notice when it goes up?
Nice Looking Trophy....for # 1 Hybrid Flower...FIORE....SuperGlue.
Thanks for posting the trophy picture....my internet was down all day yesterday. I got a light rain....but my internet has been going out a lot lately....without rain or snow. Rural sattelite internet sucks.
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Remember To...RSVP for Citation's...Annual General Meeting...and Facilities Tour.
Month away from good times in Vegas. Be sure to RSVP....The Annual General Meeting.....and Vegas and Pahrump tours are Jan. 23 and 24th, 2020.
This will be everyone's chance to try out the best cannabis in Nevada.... This will also be everyone's chance to tour our 36,500 sf of....award winning.....cultivation and production facilities in Nevada.
CERTIFIED....# 1 Hybrid Flower...by High Times Magazine....
CERTIFIED....Organic...by Certified Kind.....
CERTIFIED...Organic...by Clean Green.....
CERTIFIED...Organic...by Envirocann.
Is your cannabis featured in High Times Magazine...?
Is your cannabis Triple Certified Organic...?
FIORE IS.....COME TO VEGAS AND SEE WHAT THE BUZZ IS ABOUT.
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Never seen so many people,
Trying to talk others out of buying a stock....that is producing the cleanest and best quality cannabis in the country....and that will be in High Times magazine next month....for cultivating the # 1 Hybrid Flower in the Vegas High Times Cannabis Cup.
Now is the time to get shares that have been beat down by traders...and the industry downturn.
An industry downturn doesn't change the fact...we are the only triple certified organic cannabis producer in the country...and Canada too. It doesn't change the fact...we were chosen # 1 by High Times magazine.
It doesn't change the fact...our earnings show....increasing revenues....and decreasing expenses.....just the opposite of the rest of the industry. Did I mention less debt than the industry....?
It doesn't change the fact...Citation Growth has the largest cannabis license footprint in Nevada.
The better Citation gets...the more some try to chase others away. The reason for chasing others away....is to keep the price from going up. They won't leave...they just don't want anyone causing the price to go up.
Why would anyone try to keep others from buying a bargain stock with a top shelf future...?
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Somebody picked up 140,000 shares...on the CSE.
Proving the....nobody wants this stock....theory....is a lot of BS.
Someone is grabbing cheap shares....probably....the smart traders.
Nothing smart about dumping cheap shares.....when Citation is doing better than ever....record earnings...low debt....awarded a 1st place trophy for our FIORE SuperGlue....the countries only triple certified organic cannabis producer....while the country mulls over vaping crisis and bad cannabis crops.
Citation is NOT part of the problem....Citation's Triple Certified Organic Cannabis......IS... part of the solution.
We have heard the stories how this company would never produce any cannabis....those storytellers were wrong. Citation is producing cannabis....the best in the state...triple certified organic. Getting top shelf prices for top shelf cannabis.
We have heard the wild...unsubstantiated claims of bankruptcy....by the end of the year...and bankruptcy by 2020. Funny thing is....the bankruptcy prediction...DOES NOT coincide with.....the Annual General Meeting...and Vegas and Pahrump facilities tours for investors....on Jan. 23-24th 2020....????
Sorry to disappoint you....but....the company has a meet and greet....a Vegas and Pahrump facilities tour....an Annual General Meeting....and a good time planned for investors.....during your.....supposed wild and baseless....bankruptcy plan. The company already has concrete plans in place. You will need to take your silly ...ongoing....bankruptcy theory elsewhere.....because it doesn't fit with the facts....presented by the company...and as posted on SEDAR.
Have you ever posted your theory on SEDAR?....or the BCSC.....?....or any other sites....?
How many shares do you have now....?
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Funding Approved For Vaping....Cannabis Summit In Nevada.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/life/health/funding-okd-for-nevada-summit-on-vaping-marijuana-1913597/
Nevada lawmakers on Friday approved funding for a statewide summit to set a public health strategy around the increasing use of marijuana and vaping products in the state.
The Nevada Legislatuare’s Interim Finance Committee approved two parts of a three-pronged funding request “to address the alarming increase in cannabis use as well as the use of vaping products,” according to documents supporting the request from the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services.
Recreational marijuana was legalized in Nevada in 2017.
“Recently, the increase in lung injury associated with vaping has been identified in Nevada and linked to both cannabis and nicotine vaping products,” the documents state.
The summit, slated for the fall of 2020, will serve as a “critical starting point” for identifying ways to deter e-cigarette use by youths as well as “youth marijuana consumption particularly through cannabis vaping,” while also considering “recreational issues and changes in social norms.”
The committee approved $125,000 in funding for the summit and another $400,000 “to investigate the impacts of cannabis and the cases of illness associated with vaping and e-cigarette use.” It delayed consideration of a request to fund a $1 million public awareness campaign targeting youth, pregnant women and visitors to Nevada, among other groups.
The funding comes from a state settlement with Johnson &Johnson over alleged deceptive trade practices in marketing metal-on-metal hip implant devices, according to the Nevada attorney general’s office.
The funding requests come at a time when state and local health agencies, led by the federal Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration, are investigating cases of severe lung injury associated with the use of vaping products. As of Dec. 10, there had been 2,409 such cases across the country, including 52 deaths.
Most of the patients said they had vaped products containing THC, the ingredient that creates the high in marijuana. Investigators are now focusing on THC cartridges purchased on the black market.
Investigators also have zeroed in on vitamin E acetate, a thickening agent added to some THC vaping liquids.
This week the Southern Nevada Health District reported a fifth case of serious lung illness in a Clark County resident.
In 2018, one in five high school students reported using e-cigarettes in the past month, according to the federal government.
Nevada’s Department of Health and Human Services in August surveyed adults on vaping. Six percent of all surveyed adults said they were currently vaping, but the percentage jumped to 16.5 percent among 18- to 24-year-olds.
Another statistic from the Nevada agency shows that the rate of pregnant women in Nevada using marijuana has more than tripled since 2010. Meanwhile, a recent study by UNLV researchers links use of marijuana by pregnant women to increased health risks for their babies.
Contact Mary Hynes at mhynes@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0336. Follow @MaryHynes1 on Twitter.
The longs understand.
The company is NOT the ones manipulating the stock price.
CITATION GROWTH...FACILITIES TOUR....AND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING...VEGAS.
Citation Growth....FIORE...SUPERGLUE....# 1 Hybrid Flower.
This is what a winner looks like.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5lV7TphdVK/
Beautiful Buds...worthy of a Citation...from High Times.
Citation Growth brands...getting priceless exposure.from the 2019 Nevada HIGHTIMES cannabis Cup...# 1 Hybrid Flower.
Getting noticed...at producing the best.
Triple Certified Organic.
HIGHTIMES 2019...Nevada Cannabis Cup...# 1 Hybrid Flower...FIORE SUPERGLUE.
Singing...We are the champions....We are the champions.......
Congrats to our master grower.....that's a winner.
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FIORE...SUPERGLUE....#1...HYBRID...in HIGHTIMES MAGAZINE...NEVADA CANNABIS CUP.
From the FIORE Instagram site.
Ontario....Removing Cap on Number of Dispensaries.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/cannibis-store-cap-1.5394662
Ontario is removing the cap on the number of pot shops in the province and nixing some qualification requirements for would-be retailers in a bid to clamp down on the number of illegal stores, sources tell CBC News.
Attorney General Doug Downey announced details of the changes weeks after the government first signalled its intention to open the cannabis market.
Downey said the lottery system, first implemented to help the emerging retail market contend with a major supply shortage, and since criticized as a cumbersome process preventing the province from staying competitive, will be eliminated on Jan. 1.
As part of the move, the province says it will be issuing approximately 20 new cannabis store authorizations starting in April 2020.
"In response to the federal government's decision to legalize cannabis, our government is determined to open the cannabis market as responsibly as possible," said Downey in a news release. "We have said all along that opening more legal stores is the most effective way to combat the illicit market, protect our kids and keep our communities safe."
Until now, prospective retailers were required to demonstrate having a $50,000 letter of credit and pay a $6,000 non-refundable fee as part of their application, which had to be submitted within five days of being picked through a lottery system.
Lawyers for several disqualified shops had disputed whether the qualifications were fair.
Anyone with criminal convictions on certain cannabis-related offences or those who have ties to organized crime will still be barred from getting a licence. Managers and employees at licensed retailers will also be required to complete approved training.
Individual companies will also be allowed to own up to 75 retail stores by September 2021.
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario will begin accepting applications from prospective retailers on Jan. 6.
The new rules will also allow legal cannabis producers to enter the retail market by opening shops on their premises.
Downey said the primary issue that made the lottery necessary no longer applies.
"The supply issue has been resolved," he said. "We have some really good fundamentals in terms of rules and regulations, and we've seen them work."
Ontario to scrap pot shop lottery system, will open more stores in new year
The supply shortfall and the lottery system kept the government well shy of its stated goal of having as many as 1,000 cannabis retailers throughout the province. The first lottery saw just 25 licenses issued province-wide, with a further 50 awarded in a second round.
Critics have described the system as excessively slow, arguing the lack of private retail options has prevented the province from making inroads against the illegal weed market.
A group of rejected pot-shop applicants spoke out against the lottery system in court, critiquing the application process in a legal challenge that was ultimately dismissed.
Lawyers for disqualified pot shop applicants say Ontario's process was unfair
Ontario's opposition parties did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Cannabis consultant Omar Khan hailed the move as a positive step. He said it will help eradicate the illegal market and provide consumers with access to safe and regulated products.
Khan said the price of legal pot will be a key factor.
"As the government moves forward with this new licensing system it should also look at ways to enhance the online consumer experience and find ways to empower retailers to be better able to compete with illegal operators on price," he said in a statement.
Nevada Govenor on Cannabis Changes.
https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/indy-qa-sisolak-on-2020-gun-law-changes-and-marijuana-enforcement
Marijuana
Sisolak said he inherited a marijuana regulatory system with problems and is now tasked with fixing it, but did not divulge details about what punishments — if any — have been meted out to licensees since he called for more scrutiny to the cannabis sector.
“There wasn’t an adequate infrastructure put in place in the rush to get the tax revenue and now we’re having to pick up the pieces,” he said.
He pointed to recent troubles with marijuana testing labs that have provided inaccurate measurements of THC — the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.
“You’ve seen us take some action when it comes down to the testing labs,” he said, “and selling a product that’s got a high mold or heavy metal content to somebody with a compromised immune system is really problematic for me.”
But information about disciplinary action against marijuana licensees has been hard to come by. The state has declined to even confirm whether a Sparks marijuana testing lab has been suspended, even though a sign posted on the business’s door says so.
The state has also declined to provide information about disciplinary action, including which cases are pending, even though marijuana businesses said at the time a marijuana transparency bill passed in May that it would shed light on disciplinary proceedings. Sisolak deferred to Tyler Klimas, leader of the forthcoming Cannabis Control Board, on how much would be revealed.
Licensees “have due process and I fully understand that and I want them to have their due process,” he said. “At the same time, it’s my job to protect the public in an industry that’s in its infancy.”
He also declined to say whether there have been any arrests or imminent arrests from an emergency task force he set up to “root out potential corruption” in the industry, saying he can’t divulge information about ongoing investigations.
But he said his goal is transparency, pointing to the bill he signed this spring that unveiled names of marijuana applicants and owners that had previously been shrouded in secrecy.
“I want to do everything I can to make it public when we can make it public. The transparency is extremely important to me. I don’t believe in government in the shadows and the anonymous source kind of stuff,” he said.
That blows the...wacky bankruptcy theory up.
Good post Fignewton.
There is no chance....executives....would buy CGOTF....on the open market.......if....Citation Growth had any chance of going bankrupt.
Next month.....bankruptcy theory......debunked.
2020 Bankruptcy theory.....debunked
Nobody wants this stock theory....debunked.
Beating much larger competitors....charts don't lie.
Alnoor wants more shares....for a reason.
The same reason #%+$& does.
Only a fool would believe we are going bankrupt.
Only a fool would sell their shares now.
Every time I try to buy more shares...it goes up on me.
Remember....Alnoor...did not resign......and he is buying more shares....on the open market.
THERE'S YOUR SIGN
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Where do you get....your FLOOFED up information...?
CGOTF... $.17 .......UP 13.3%.......VOLUME 78,000
Out getting organic supplies...and missed a good CGOTF day. Busy trying to get set up...state license was issued Monday...and still trying to get everything acquired and set up.
Great day for Citation....nice volume.
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You don't understand what...right ahead of the holiday rush means?
The holidays are over two weeks away. So you turn this into accusations of management lies? Have you looked at your posts?
Can you name any other companies...that don't use safe harbor phrasing...? That is there for a reason. Sometimes a simple thing like....waiting on packaging....can alter a companies...well intentioned plans. Only you would....automatically....turn it into management lies....with no checking of the facts. Every company...small and large are instructed by their attorneys...to use safe harbor...or similar phrasing.....what is your point...? That is distorting the truth.
I'm having trouble understanding your claiming of lies posted by management.....yet it is rare to find truthful posts by some...with most lacking proof.
Would the bottom of the iBox...be considered...safe harbor posting.....or just lies.?
Inquiring minds...want to know.
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Nevada Lab Shopping.
Apparently.....some Nevada cultivators...wish they grew better weed. Apparently some Nevada test labs...fudge the test results to get better grade....cleaner weed tests.
If you start with triple certified organically cultivated cannabis....you don't need to fudge the test results.
Here is an article showing lab shopping and other irregularities in the Nevada cannabis testing scene.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/pot-news/marijuana-testing-data-points-to-lab-shopping-in-nevada-1910269/
$.03......????.......Math much....???
What is it...you think...CGOTF did wrong?
I don't see where Citation Growth did anything wrong...?
Strong volume today....67,000....How about Canada...?
Latest on vaping crisis.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6849e1.htm
CGOTF....ARTICLE
https://emerginggrowth.com/weathering-the-cannabis-downturn-with-a-revenue-growing-multi-state-operator/
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Corrections to.....siding with sav.
Sav is wrong again.
This has been posted countless times.
CGOTF...Triple Certified Organic....vs....Nevada Allowed Chemicals.
Citation Growth...beautiful...classy...top shelf products.
I think we need Citation product and bud photos daily...to counter the negative noise.
Spread them out in multiple posts. Your latest has some choice buds that deserve their own post.
Thanks Believe 444....those are some fabulous bud porn pics. No one can deny...we have absolutely beautiful....and tasty....and top quality organic cannabis...and cannabis products.
Companies producing.....Top quality products....are always the companies that succeed...such as Apple.
Apple was a leading innovator. Citation Growth...is a leading innovator. The ONLY triple certified organic cannabis producer in the world. That would definitely qualify as being a leading innovator.
Others will try and follow. I did see a company that had two organic certifications for cannabis. We are the leaders in quality cannabis.
Quality.....ALWAYS RISES TO THE TOP.
I know from buying supplies for organic cannabis production....it is not the easy way...or the cheapest way...to produce cannabis. But it is by far...the cleanest...healthiest...way to cultivate cannabis.
I know that I would much prefer to consume cannabis that has been fed with molasses and seaweed (both human food) as nutrients....than the chemicals in Miracle Grow or other fertilizers.
You can't put a price on...exposing your lungs to....myriad of chemicals...heated to the burning point.....for a buzz.....when there is organically grown cannabis...without the chemicals.
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It is posted...in the iBox....in GIANT fonts.
Please don't tell us you don't know Citation Growth...was released from the BCSC investigation.
We have posted this many times.....over the past year.
I have posted it in the iBox.....in GIANT letters....so no one could possibly claim....they didn't see it.
The company has released the information in at least one or more news releases.
I can't figure out why someone would try to intentionally mislead the readers here...?
Liht Cannabis Corp. removed from BCSC Temporary Orders
KELOWNA, BC, Jan. 18, 2019 /CNW/ - Liht Cannabis Corp. (CSE: LIHT) (OTCQX: LIHTF) ("Liht") or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the temporary orders issued from the British Columbia Securities Commission ("BCSC") on November 26, 2018 have not been extended against Liht.
As previously announced, the Company was named as a respondent in temporary orders issued by the executive director of the BCSC in connection with distributions to certain individuals connected to the BridgeMark Group. The respondents named in the temporary orders were restricted from purchasing and distributing securities in reliance on the consultant exemption to distribute securities without a prospectus. The executive director of the BCSC sought an extension of the temporary orders pending the conclusion of the BCSC's investigation into the respondents' reliance on the consultant exemption. On Dec. 7, 2018, the BCSC held a hearing to consider the extension request and, on Jan. 15, 2019, the BCSC issued a decision approving the extension request in the case of certain of the respondents.
LIHT is no longer included in the list of respondents.
As a result of the decision,.........Liht is no longer subject....to the temporary
orders...........or the terms of the extension request.
That makes that very clear....You are just trying to BS those lacking DD skills.
Do I need to use bigger letters?
Do not need to use a different color?
Do we need to look up your posts...where we have already discussed this...and I have previously posted the information for you....?
Do we need to pull up those posts....showing.....you do in fact already know that Citation has been released from the BCSC investigation....?
. It's actually....all very easy information to find.....as you mentioned.
Remember that date....Jan. 15 2019. That is how long ago Citation has been released.
Jan. 15 2019... LIHT is no longer included in the list of respondents. As a result of the decision....Liht is no longer subject....to the temporary orders........or the terms of the extension request.
Jan. 15 2019... LIHT is no longer included in the list of respondents. As a result of the decision....Liht is no longer subject....to the temporary orders........or the terms of the extension request.
Jan. 15 2019... LIHT is no longer included in the list of respondents. As a result of the decision....Liht is no longer subject....to the temporary orders........or the terms of the extension request.
Jan. 15 2019... LIHT is no longer included in the list of respondents. As a result of the decision....Liht is no longer subject....to the temporary orders........or the terms of the extension request.
Jan. 15 2019... LIHT is no longer included in the list of respondents. As a result of the decision....Liht is no longer subject....to the temporary orders........or the terms of the extension request.
ANY QUESTIONS...?
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