Both the state of California and Canada has stark comparisons as it relates to marijuana legalization. It was on October 17 2018 that Canada fully legalized weed by adding recreational use to its market. This move has been on the back burner since 2015. With such an historic event, Canada has become the largest country globally to have fully legalized weed. However, the state of California is the largest in the North American region. It holds a different distinction than Canada does. The state of California has gone fully green ten months before Canada did. The size of the population is similar, but edibles are not allowed in Canada as it is in the state of California and so that is where the similarities end. Let us take a look at the comparison between the cannabis market in the state of ...
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A Look Into Cannabis Jargon
It can be difficult to keep all the cannabis jargon in your head, especially if you don't know much about marijuana. You have to admit too that there are times when you feel embarrassed upon walking into a dispensary and don't remember the name of a strain or the size in grams of weed that you want to purchase. You wonder why the dispensary don't just use basic terms such as small, medium and large. If you were to relate this to cannabis, it would be low, medium and high quality instead of describing it in size. To describe the quality of marijuana in slang, you would hear terms like mids, headies, regs and beasters. There is an obvious reason for using cannabis jargon. Back in time, when it was illegal to buy and consume weed, avid users had to use these cannabis jargon to disguise their ...
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Why Expunging Marijuana Charges Trail Behind Legalization
Every political leader in the New Jersey Democratic Party would tell you that they are interested in legalizing weed and expunging marijuana charges. But, you would think that expunging marijuana charges would already be done all across the board, especially for all states that have already legalized weed. Well, this year, the state of New Jersey wants to get serious about doing so. Let's look at the history of New Jersey. If you were born in the 1960s through 1980s, you probably heard about mob bosses and different special interests in both the state of New Jersey and New York. ...
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What to Know About Marijuana Stores in Ontario, Canada
The province of Ontario, Canada became the second area to start selling cannabis in authorized physical locations. This is done moving away from the control that government has as it relates to online sales. The residents or visitors of Ontario can now go to a cannabis dispensary or store to pick up their marijuana. Many think that this new move, which began in April 2019, will be good for putting life and profit into the sagging cannabis market in Canada since full legalization took place in October 2018. Adults can now buy from marijuana stores online, but brick and mortar marijuana stores are just as essential, especially for those who do not like to shop online. Leading up to the rollout in April 2019, the process was as certain or smooth for businesses and consumers as many would have ...
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How to Launch A Cannabis Business
When you are thinking about how you will launch a marijuana business in the industry, it is best to begin with assessing your strengths and your weaknesses. This is a critical area of the process, if you want to succeed at this. Then, you are going to present the marijuana business that you have compiled to a trusted group of people in your life. Allow them to give you honest feedback. This will help to shape your decision and help you to create and target your goals. You might also feel like looking into any possible setbacks that you may have because almost all areas of the cannabis industry face different obstacles such as the changing marijuana laws and other things. One of the main challenges is that marijuana business owners do not yet have full access to banking. All of these issues ...
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Selecting a Cannabis Insurance Agency
As the cannabis industry is emerging, it is facing some growing pains as is most businesses, but in this industry, insurance, banking and regulations are the most challenging for new entrepreneurs. Business owners face issues because of the lack of resources and guidance. Most of them will try to stay within the realm of mandated compliance, but without the knowledge that training offers, it is usually very hard. As the industry is emerging and businesses grow, there are new regulations being created. And so, business owners have to remain vigilant. Fortunately, some states get stakeholders to help them to even start the discussion about insurance, banking and regulations. One of the stakeholders is the marijuana insurance agency. If you run any business, you have to think about insurance ...
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The Most Cannabis Jobs In Demand
In the United States, there are plenty of cannabis jobs that you can apply for. As the cannabis industry continues to experience increased growth, there will be even more jobs opening up for so many people. You can take the fact that more than sixty four thousand people were hired in cannabis jobs in 2018 and it is going to get better in 2019 as many experts believe. In 2017, cannabis employment experienced an increase of twenty one percent. It more than doubled in 2018 at forty four percent. In 2019, it is expected to grow twenty percent more. ...
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Which State Has The Most Cannabis Jobs?
There are many cannabis jobs available today; even more than yesterday as more states have legalized weed and more marijuana dispensaries are being opened. The cannabis industry is growing as well and for that reason, there are additional skills needed to man the cannabis jobs that have been made available to so many residents. The Bureau of Labor & Statistics is unable to provide data for cannabis jobs across the nation because of it is still illegal according to the federal government and the Bureau of Labor & Statistics is a federal agency. However, states that have legalized cannabis can provide such data. For that reason, there are some state labor economists that have included this type of data in their employment reports. ...
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Things The Cable Industry Can Teach The Cannabis Industry
The cannabis industry can learn a lot from the cable industry, but many entrepreneurs and current business owners are not looking. But, in many cases, history can repeat itself in many ways and in various industries. It is the saga that existed in the cable industry that we will first look at. You will get some good insights into the cable industry, which tends to be quite reflective. On the surface, the cannabis industry and cable industry are worlds apart and different in more ways than one. However, both of them have comparable developments. In addition, both of them have to go through difficult regulatory challenges. ...
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Countries That Made Changes To Their Cannabis Legislation
In 2018, marijuana legalization made it a huge year for the industry and for many countries including the United States; as well as for many cannabis business owners. There are several countries and states within the United States that altered their marijuana legislation during the year 2018. One such country is Canada where marijuana legislation for both medical and recreational use became a reality. Let us look closely at other countries that made changes to their own marijuana legislation. ...
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