More than a year and a half since voters in Washington overwhelmingly voted for the legalization of recreational marijuana for adults, retail stores in the Evergreen State will finally open for business on Tuesday, July 8. Around two dozen venues around the state are expected to open their doors -- a fraction of the 334 retail stores that will eventually be licensed and supervised by Washington's Liquor Control Board. National and local press will focus on Seattle's Cannabis City, where Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes (an 1-502 sponsor) ... Read More
Marijuana Business Associations CEO, Dave Rheins, on FusionTV
The Cannabusiness Report brings you this dispatch from the Wild, Wild West. Not Colorado this time, but Washington, which became the second state to legalize recreational recreational marijuana two years ago. On July 8, businesses may begin selling the chronic over-the-counter. But Washington's rollout will apparently be a slow one: Only 24 of the possible 334 dispensary licenses have been authorized for opening day. Fusion's Cannabis Correspondent, Ryan Nerz, interviews David Rheins, the CEO of the Seattle-based Marijuana Business ... Read More
MJBA Welcomes New Corporate Sponsor - Steep Hill Halent
The MJBA would like to welcome our new corporate sponsor, Steep Hill Halent. Steep Hill Halent was launched in early 2008 as Steep Hill Medical Collective to provide quality control services to the medical cannabis industry, which — 12 years after its legalization under California law— consisted of hundreds of businesses providing potentially unsafe herbal products to hundreds of thousands of consumers. The company’s primary mission was and is to protect the public health by providing infrastructure and analytical services to legally authorized ... Read More
MJBA Welcomes New Corporate Sponsor - MPSI Security
The MJBA would like to welcome our new corporate sponsor, MPSI Security. MPSI Security, Inc. is licensed and bonded in New York State and is a full service protection services firm providing a broad range of security services since 1987 to assist clientele in halting security-related problems as early as possible and offering corporate and executive protection in a custom-designed program designed to meet your corporate needs. ... Read More
MJBA Welcomes New Corporate Sponsor - Blue Line Protection Group
The MJBA would like to welcome our new corporate sponsor, Blue Line Protection Group. Blue Line Protection Group is a highly trained asset protection company and the nation’s premier cash-based business security and protection company. They provide top-tier security services to clients who demand the utmost in professional protection and armed transportation services. MJBA is proud to welcome Blue Line Protection Group. ... Read More