All posts tagged "Medicinal Cannabis"

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  Governor to sign Puerto Rico medical cannabis and coal ash bills

  Says he favors amendments made to both, and in coal ash's case, transition to start exporting the material will be initiated

  • Posted June 26, 2017
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  Puerto Rico governor favors use of cannabis flower on certain cases

  Would only be allowed to terminal patients or via doctor's recommendation

  • Posted June 23, 2017
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  Marijuana extract helps some kids with epilepsy, study says

  "This is the first solid, rigorously obtained scientific data”

  • Posted May 24, 2017
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  NPP Rep. Meléndez proposes special tax for medicinal cannabis

  SAN JUAN – New Progressive Party (NPP) Rep. José Enrique “Quiquito” Meléndez Ortiz filed a bill Monday to establish a 15% tax on medicinal cannabis, plus an additional 1.5% for municipalities. This tax would be separate from...

  • Posted April 3, 2017
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  Next for the Legislature: Medicinal Cannabis and Tennessee Plan

  SAN JUAN – The Legislative Assembly’s agenda for the upcoming days will include Senate Bill 34o to regulate medicinal cannabis in Puerto Rico, and the Tennessee Plan presented by Gov. Ricardo Rosselló earlier this month. Regarding the initiative...

  • Posted April 3, 2017
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  Puerto Rico lawmakers still have reservations about medicinal cannabis

  SAN JUAN – Although Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s Plan for Puerto Rico includes a law to regulate the medicinal cannabis industry, at least one New Progressive Party (NPP) senator has opposed the bill, and nine other majority legislators...

  • Posted March 30, 2017
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  Colorado weighs strategy for guarding against pot crackdown

  Bill would allow pot growers and retailers to reclassify their recreational marijuana as medical cannabis

  • Posted March 25, 2017
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  Puerto Rico Senate president: Health not revenue should be focus for medicinal cannabis

  SAN JUAN – After Treasury Secretary Raúl Maldonado estimated Monday that the medicinal cannabis industry could generate up to $100 million in revenue annually, Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz denounced Tuesday that the focus shouldn’t be on the...

  • Posted March 21, 2017
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  Puerto Rico Treasury foresees millions in revenue from medicinal cannabis

  SAN JUAN – Treasury Secretary Raúl Maldonado Gautier foresees millions of dollars in revenue from the recently created medicinal cannabis industry in Puerto Rico, which could pull the island out of its fiscal crisis. The Treasury official made the...

  • Posted March 20, 2017
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  Permanent Inscription Boards to be used for medicinal cannabis certifications

  SAN JUAN – Health Secretary Rafael Rodríguez Mercado assured on Monday that Puerto Rico’s medicinal cannabis industry hasn’t stopped operating since it began on the island last summer. During his visit to NextGen Pharma‘s installations in Toa Baja–which...

  • Posted March 20, 2017