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Canadian Company Plans Massive Grow

By Alex Halperin on August 31, 2016 News, Uncategorized

The announcement comes shortly after it raised millions of dollars.

Here’s your daily round up of pot news, excerpted from the newsletter WeedWeek.

Vancouver-based grower Aurora Cannabis is planning a giant 600,000 square-foot grow in Alberta. That’s the size of 10 football fields. Canadian grower Aphria inked a deal to supply an Australian company with MED.

At least two large Canadian producers consider the new federal home grow rules “a setback for the advancement of sound cannabis policy.”

The Commodities Futures Trading Commission approved the first exchange for trading hemp derivatives.

San Diego County Eyes $11,000 Yearly Fee For Pot Dispensaries

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on January 24, 2011 Dispensaries, Legislation

Graphic: San Diego Organic Wellness Association

In what smacks of a shakedown, San Diego County’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will discuss an ordinance that would require medical marijuana dispensaries to pay the county $11,017 a year, the sheriff’s alleged “cost to regulate” the facilities.

The annual fee, according to county staff, would cover the cost of issuing operational permits, investigating applicants, and for “inspections” after shops have opened, reports Dorian Hargrove of the San Diego Reader.

San Diego County Adopts Strict Marijuana Dispensary Ordinance

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on June 24, 2010 Dispensaries, Legislation

Graphic: Fox 5 San Diego

San Diego County has adopted restrictive rules for medical marijuana dispensaries, following a statewide trend of regulating the proliferating pot shops.

The Board of Supervisors on Wednesday ruled that dispensaries in unincorporated areas of the county must be located at least 1,000 feet from homes, schools, playgrounds and churches. Officials say that leaves only 16 available sites.

San Diego County Wants $20,000 From Pot Dispensaries

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on June 18, 2010 Dispensaries, Legislation

Graphic: The Stoned Alien Midget

First, they refused to issue medical marijuana patient I.D. cards, as mandated by the state — until their Supreme Court loss. Now, it’s Shakedown Street as San Diego County wants to charge medical marijuana dispensaries an outrageous upfront fee reaching as much as $20,000 for “inspection services.”

According to patient advocates, this is just the latest move in a long-term effort to keep the pot shops from opening.

The fee would cover what county officials claim is the 60 hours per week required for a deputy and licensing specialist to “assure compliance” with ordinance regulations, reports Mark Walker at North County Times.

San Diego Medical Marijuana Ordinance Developed In Secret

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on April 2, 2010 Legislation, Medical

Graphic: Fox 5

Medical marijuana advocates have responded with shock and concern at a draconian proposal that would create strict new rules for medical marijuana collectives in unincorporated areas of San Diego County.

According to advocates, the ordinance, as drafted, threatens to cut off San Diego patients’ access to medical marijuana by making compliance with the absurdly too-strict rules almost impossible.

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