The States Most Likely to Stay Away From Legalizing Cannabis

Marijuana has been illegal in the United States for nearly 80 years. However, despite this ban, the country’s attitude toward cannabis has been rapidly changing. In 1969, only 12% of Americans fully supported legalizing pot. Today, according to the most recent Gallup poll, 58% of Americans are now in favor of legalizing the drug. […]

Senator Elizabeth Warren Calls For More Research On Medical Marijuana

Senator Elizabeth Warren discussed the need for more research on medical marijuana at the February 2016 Aging Committee hearing entitled: “Opioid Use Among Seniors – Issues and Emerging Trends.” Cannabis is showing promising signs of helping multiple conditions, including chronic pain. It is even helping people, where many pharmaceutical drugs have failed. However, much more […]

Marijuana Product Needs to Be Clean and Safe

One marijuana dispensary in Denver Colorado decided to only use clean safe product. Mr Nice Guys’ owner feels that “sales may go down a bit in the short run, but what we want is clean, consistent product so that our customers get what they came for; a good experience. Mr. Nice Guys was one of […]

Gary Chandler at Crossbow Advertising Agency and PR Firm Specializes in Non-Profit Causes and Environmental Issues

Gary Chandler is the founder of Crossbow Communications, an advertising agency and public relations firm that specializes in nonprofit causes and environmental issues. Gary is an author and consultant. He is the author of 12 books and counting. His areas of expertise include health, environment, sustainability and Indonesia. His current projects include […]

Atlanta Fed Folk Not Wildly Optimistic About Mobile Payments

Although people who work for various Fed chapters don’t usually engage in blunt talks publicly, a bunch working for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta released some intriguing 2016 predictions this week. Among them are dire expectations for mobile payments and ACH Same-Day plus a belief that EMV will drive down the number of U.S. […]

Florida Mom Pushes for Medical Marijuana Legalization

Just two years ago, Florida put medical marijuana on the ballot and lost by majority. Today, voters are gearing up to try it again and many are hopeful that it will pass. For one mom in Florida, the push toward marijuana legalization comes from her sons need for the drug after being diagnosed with […]

A Shopper’s Checkout Friction Resistance Level Changes Hourly

The idea that shoppers abandon shopping carts when they run into checkout friction has been said so often that it is approaching cliché status. The truth is much more nuanced and complicated. The level of checkout-friction-resistance changes—for the identical consumer—repeatedly during the merchant interaction. Let’s consider that abandoned shopping cart consumer. They ran into […]

Why The ChasePay/Starbucks Deal Makes A Difference

When Chase revealed on Tuesday (Feb. 23) that it had cut a deal with Starbucks to incorporate ChasePay into the SBUX mobile app this year, it signaled that ChasePay needs to be taken seriously. More precisely, it means that the mocha-merchant mobile-powerbroker takes ChasePay seriously, which is perhaps the best endorsement it could get. […]

Marijuana Podcast on Marijuana Advertising Laws

http://freemarijuanapodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Mj-advertising-2_23_16-8.45-AM.m4a Listen to an attorney talk about Marijuana Advertising laws….are you in compliance?

Marijuana Compound CBN as Effective as Mild Pharmaceutical Sedatives

Most people have heard of a chemical called THC, which is the ingredient in marijuana that gets consumers high. But recently, attention has shifted to another compound in marijuana called CBD. Unlike THC, CBD does not cause a high and is non-psychoactive, yet provides many medicinal benefits including helping with chronic pain and inflammation. What you may […]

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Month: February 2016