Oregon legalized medical marijuana in 1998 with Ballot Measure 67, and last year Oregon legalized the recreational use of marijuana with Measure 91, which will take effect July 1, 2015.

Even though marijuana use will be legal at the state level, it remains illegal at the federal level per the 1970 Controlled Substances Act.

The former owner of a Breckenridge medical marijuana center is out on bond and awaiting a grand jury decision after attempting to sell 100 pounds of Colorado-grown marijuana to an undercover police officer in Tennessee.

Christopher Crumbliss, 39, was arrested on Nov. 20 last year in Nashville. He and two accomplices, including former Frisco resident Tasha Desmond, 21, were caught in a local sting operation that netted 425 pounds of marijuana worth roughly $1.7 million, according to Nashville police.

The former owner of a Breckenridge medical marijuana center is out on bond and awaiting a grand jury decision after attempting to sell 100 pounds of Colorado-grown marijuana to an undercover police officer in Tennessee.

Christopher Crumbliss, 39, was arrested on Nov. 20 last year in Nashville. He and two accomplices, including former Frisco resident Tasha Desmond, 21, were caught in a local sting operation that netted 425 pounds of marijuana worth roughly $1.7 million, according to Nashville police.

Marijuana has finally gone mainstream in the US. The drug, which is now legal in some form in nearly two-dozen states and the District of Columbia, after nearly a century of prohibition, has even had endorsements from CNN and FOX News – both have been touting its health benefits. And, “as legalisation has begun to pick up steam” as one report put it earlier this month, “women are finally coming out of the cannabis closet”, both as users and as ganjapreneurs.

After more than a year of legislative struggle, the Colorado legislature has finally passeda bill aimed at reforming the state’s loosely regulated medical marijuana caregiver system.

Proponents of SB 14 believe that it will add more structure and security to a system with little oversight, and those opposed to the measure believe that it will disrupt the lives of patients and limit access to medical marijuana.

If Nevada votes to legalize recreational marijuana in 2016 — which many on both sides of the legalization fence think is an inevitability — some industry experts foresee a legal cannabis economy that will feature 420-friendly poker rooms and on-strip hotel weed delivery services.

With Las Vegas leading the state’s pot tourism thrust — the city sees more than 40 million visitors annually — some in the cannabis industry wonder if Nevada will steal all of the marijuana tourist-oriented momentum from Colorado, Washington and other states.

Raises $3,000,000 to Launch Grower Services Subsidiary

GrowCo, Inc., a Colorado corporation ("GrowCo") and majority owned subsidiary of Two Rivers Water & Farming Company ("Two Rivers") (OTCQB: TURV) announced today that GrowCo expects to receive a certificate of occupancy for its first greenhouse facility within 45 days. The facility has a 91,000 sq. ft. greenhouse and 15,000 sq. ft. processing warehouse.

Upon completion, the project will be the largest modern cannabis greenhouse growing facility in Colorado. The greenhouse has been leased to Suncanna, LLC, a newly formed Colorado limited liability company, whose principals have over twenty years' experience in modern commercial greenhouse growing.

Colorado's Amendment 64 is known nationwide as the ballot item that legalized marijuana here, turning the state into one of the country's test sites for decriminalizing and regulating the use of pot for people 21 and over.

But Amendment 64 legalized more than just pot. It also made legal growing industrial hemp, the non-psychoactive cousin of marijuana that is poised to create a new industry in Colorado.

While they both come from the same plant, different varieties are used for marijuana and for hemp. They are different both in their botanic composition and their cultivation, according to the Rocky Mountain Hemp Association.

The legalization of marijuana – no matter how sticky the parameters – will undoubtedly bring the people behind the scenes of a billion-dollar industry to the forefront. 

Women, in fact, comprise a large portion of growers, dispensary owners, and canna-business professionals. 

To help them emerge from the shadows and connect, Women Grow was established last year in Denver, Colorado. Since then, it’s provided a professional network for both established entrepreneurs and newbies of the cannabis industry.

With monthly events for women – and men – in 25 plus cities across the country, Women Grow is launching a Portland chapter this week with its first networking event on May 7th at McCormick Mansion.