The PDx-Es technology for environmental screening will provide growers and cultivators information on detection of pathogen contamination for up to 30 organisms with a turnaround of less than a day

PDx-Es for Environmental Screening, will specifically target growers and cultivators who are at major risk of contamination during their grow cycles

PathogenDx, an Arizona, US-based biotechnology company, which has developed a disruptive, game-changing pathogen detection screening platform, recently completed the development of its second product aimed at the legalised cannabis sector.

This is the second product offering from the company after the launch of its PDx-C technology for regulated microbial testing within the medical and recreational cannabis sector.

The absence of the usual signals — a lighted green cross or a bright green leaf with the distinctive spikey leaves — is not a coincidence. It’s truly by design.

It was a deliberate decision Harvest of AZ CEO Steve White and his business partners made when coming up with the model for their medical marijuana dispensary in 2010.

“We are a medical facility, and it’s important that it be reflected in everything we do,” said White, a business-litigation attorney who traded in court appearances for an entrepreneur role in Arizona’s growing medical-cannabis industry. “The design is to be an extension of our business principles.”

Wana Brands Co-Owner Nancy Whiteman will offer Cannabis industry insights on innovative trends  and discuss tools and strategies for marketing infused products at leading industry events including The Imperious Cannabis Business Expo (Phoenix, AZ; April 12-13) CannaCon Santa Rosa (Santa Rosa, CA; April 20-22)  National Cannabis Industry Cannabis Business Summit & Expo (Oakland, CA: June, 20-22) and the DispensaryNext Conference and Expo (Denver,CO; July 17-18). 

“To me, we have the fastest way to get stoned on the market,” says Tony Alfiere, the inventor behind Quigley’s new short-release THC concoction.

All photos courtesy of Tony Alfiere and Quigley's Extracts

An appellate court ruled Thursday that Arizona colleges and universities can prohibit medical marijuana on campuses but lawmakers can't make it a crime.

The medical-marijuana law approved by Arizona voters in 2010 allowed cardholders to possess small amounts of marijuana but it prohibited possession in prisons, schools and on school buses.

The ruling Thursday struck down a 2012 decision by the Legislature to expand the off-limits list by adding college and university campuses.

However, the Court of Appeals ruling said colleges and universities can still forbid possession of medical pot under their own rules.

As marijuana legalization swept the US in November, Arizona was alone in its rejection of legal weed.

Syndros, a liquid marijuana substitute that contains a synthetic version of the marijuana ingredient that makes users feel high (THC), has been assigned a less restrictive drug category than real weed.

The liquid is developed by Arizona-based pharmaceutical company InSys Therapeutics, the company behind synthetic opioid Fentanyl, which is around 100 times more powerful than morphine.

An Arizona court ruling upholds a state agency's decision to improve conditions on allowing use of medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disordered.

The Court of Appeals ruling Thursday rejects the Arizona Cannabis Nurses Association's challenge to conditions that the Department of Health Services required physicians to include in certifications for patients.

The nurses group sued after the department acted on the group's 2013 request to add PTSD to the list of conditions for which medical marijuana is authorized.

The nurses group contends the department lacks authority to impose conditions and can only approve or deny petitions for expanded use of medical marijuana.

Even if you’ve never used it, medical marijuana has a pretty distinctive look and aroma. The exception, according to a Valley researcher, is the marijuana that’s federally authorized for medical trials.

Dr. Sue Sisley is conducting the first-ever federally approved study on the effects of cannabis on veterans suffering from PTSD. The Scottsdale physician spent six years fighting for approval and finally got a shipment of clinical-grade marijuana for testing last year.

But when she opened the packaging, she wasn't too happy.

“I, of course, was disappointed,” she said.

In 2015 the DEA warned the State of Utah that if it legalized medical marijuana, there would be a stoned rabbit epidemic. That was one of the most blatant attempts at spreading reefer madness than I had seen. But what I read today may top even the stoned rabbit warning. A Congressman from Arizona stated this week that Trump’s wall needed to be built in order to keep out a nuclear weapon hidden in a bale of marijuana. Literally. Per Talking Points Memo: