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		<title>Last Dance with Mary Jane &#8211; Snoop Dogg ft. Tom Petty &#038; Jelly Roll</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Libby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Music Video Directed by: Dave Meyers Music video by Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Tom Petty, Jelly Roll performing Last Dance With Mary Jane.© 2025 Death Row/Aftermath/Interscope Records]]></description>
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<p><strong>Music Video Directed by:</strong> Dave Meyers</p>
<p>Music video by Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Tom Petty, Jelly Roll performing Last Dance With Mary Jane.© 2025 Death Row/Aftermath/Interscope Records</p>
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		<title>Rob Zombie &#8211; Shake Your Ass-Smoke Your Grass</title>
		<link>https://dopechef.com/2023/08/rob-zombie-shake-your-ass-smoke-your-grass/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Libby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2023 00:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Official ROB ZOMBIE music video for &#8220;Shake Your Ass-Smoke Your Grass&#8221; from the album, The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy, out now via Nuclear Blast Records. &#160; Cartoon animation by Balazs Grof &#160; &#8212; Rob Zombie &#8220;Shake Your Ass-Smoke Your Grass&#8221; Lyrics Well, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Official <a href="https://www.robzombie.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ROB ZOMBIE</a> music video for &#8220;Shake Your Ass-Smoke Your Grass&#8221; from the album, The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy, out now via Nuclear Blast Records.</strong></p>
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<p>Cartoon animation by<a href="https://www.instagram.com/balazsgrof/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong> Balazs Grof</strong></a></p>
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<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>Rob Zombie &#8220;Shake Your Ass-Smoke Your Grass&#8221; Lyrics</p>
<p>Well, I don’t need your Jesus freaks<br />
Well, I don’t need your thought police<br />
Well, I don’t need your saving soul<br />
Well, I don’t need your mind control</p>
<p>Shake your ass your ass<br />
Smoke your grass your grass<br />
Shake your ass your ass<br />
Smoke your grass your grass</p>
<p>Well, I don’t need your howling moon<br />
Well, I don’t need your happy tune<br />
Well, I don’t need your jetting set<br />
Well, I don’t need your cigarettes</p>
<p>Shake your ass your ass<br />
Smoke your grass your grass<br />
Shake your ass your ass<br />
Smoke your grass your grass</p>
<p>Come on, well everybody it’s time to feel alright<br />
Come on, well everybody it’s time to feel alright</p>
<p>Well, I don’t want your OJ juice<br />
Well, I don’t want your Lenny Bruce<br />
Well, I don’t want your flying nun<br />
Well, I don’t want your golden gun</p>
<p>Shake your ass your ass<br />
Smoke your grass your grass<br />
Shake your ass your ass<br />
Smoke your grass your grass</p>
<p>Well, I’m a mad hatter baby ride a boogie machine<br />
Blasting 8 tracks tapes when I’m on the scene<br />
I’m a long gone daddy and a boogaloo<br />
And I stitch it all together with super glue</p>
<p>Shake your ass your ass<br />
Smoke your grass your grass<br />
Shake your ass your ass<br />
Smoke your grass your grass</p>
<p>Come on, well everybody it’s time to feel alright<br />
Come on, well everybody it’s time to feel alright</p>
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		<title>Eminem &#038; Snoop Dogg &#8211; From The D 2 The LBC</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Libby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2023 00:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Music video by Eminem, Snoop Dogg performing From The D 2 The LBC. © 2022 Marshall B. Mathers III LYRICS [Intro: Eminem] Yeah, it&#8217;s been a minute&#8230; this probably should have happened a while ago&#8230; fuck it we&#8217;re here now though- let&#8217;s go Yeah, man&#8230; [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Music video by Eminem, Snoop Dogg performing From The D 2 The LBC. © 2022 Marshall B. Mathers III </strong></p>
<h3>LYRICS</h3>
<div class="Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov" data-lyrics-container="true">[Intro: Eminem]
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">Yeah, it&#8217;s been a minute&#8230; this probably should have happened a while ago&#8230; fuck it we&#8217;re here now though- let&#8217;s go</span><br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">Yeah, man&#8230; what the fuck? Yo, yo Snoop (oh man) let me see them buds, man&#8230; that shit&#8217;s the size of my hand, Dogg- maybe I&#8217;ll relapse, what the fuck&#8230;</span>[Verse 1: Eminem]
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">That&#8217;s how I know that I&#8217;m in the studio with the Doggy<br />
In Californ-E, &#8216;cuz my homie from Long Beach<br />
Always got that bomb weed, that&#8217;s why I feel a calm breeze<br />
Every time I palm trees (get it) just like that blonde bleach<br />
I went platinum, then so did my albums, Calvin&#8217;s turning me into a zombie</span><br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">Cuz these buds are like The Hulk, they&#8217;re twice the size that his arm be (his zombie)<br />
And that is some strong green<br />
Got a contact, my contact lenses are foggy, I might end up in Walgreen&#8217;s<br />
Pharmacy with my arm asleep gone off lean mixed with Dramamine</span><br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">I will treat Paula Dean like a fuckin&#8217; human pinball machine<br />
Bouncin&#8217; balls off her tonsils, if ya&#8217;ll are seekin&#8217; the smoke I got all the weed</span><br />
I am a walking motherfuckin&#8217; Marijuana leaf<br />
And I&#8217;m here to stay<br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">My reign&#8217;s so definite (deaf in it) my longevity needs a hearing aid, still wearing Hanes<br />
T-shirts I done bodied some features with legendary names</span><br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">Was there when Dre turned the Chronic to monetary gain</span><br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">&#8216;Cause dope is addictive just like they call it marijuana, cause like marriage, you wanna, marry Jane<br />
It&#8217;s like you and Spiderman feel the very same</span><br />
My adversaries came<br />
But these little degenerates are my lineage, when it comes to pockets weren&#8217;t many if, any as skinny as mine bitch, I was penniless<br />
Now I&#8217;m plenty rich, and the shit don&#8217;t make any sense (cents) I was in a motherfucking pinch like a titty twist<br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">Now I&#8217;m sitting as pretty as each penny is, while I&#8217;m penning this in the lab on you guinea pigs</span><br />
I&#8217;m finna&#8217; fool, I&#8217;m in effect, gimmie the semi and when I pull the big guns out<br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">That trigger pull it until the motherfuckin&#8217; shit runs out of bullets</span><br />
Somebody better call an ambulance<br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">You live, it will be miraculous, I got more hits than a contract killer</span><br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">Like caterpillars that don&#8217;t got antennas, other words I don&#8217;t got no god damn fillers (feelers)</span><br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">Mt. Westmore, you did not plan for this- from Detroit all the way to Los Angeles</span></div>
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<div class="Lyrics__Container-sc-1ynbvzw-5 Dzxov" data-lyrics-container="true">[Chorus: Eminem]
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">Put your doobies high, if you reside in 213<br />
Let&#8217;s see them blunts raised<br />
Whether you Eastside or Westside of the 313<br />
Let&#8217;s see them guns blaze</span>[Verse 2: Snoop Dogg]
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">Make money moves like the matrix</span><br />
Make more mount motivation<br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">Roll up, more meditation</span><br />
I&#8217;m watching the moves that you make might wanna stick to the basics<br />
Military mindset, locked in, cocked in, making sure the mission is profitable<br />
Ain&#8217;t no mission impossib-ble<br />
One phone call and my monsters will go<br />
Dump phones, hop in a Mazda and go<br />
Fuck that, y&#8217;all stay<br />
Nigga I&#8217;m finna go<br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">Think you slick, boy this Crip</span><br />
You ain&#8217;t ready to take it where I&#8217;m finna go<br />
Mafia rules<br />
You making a mockery, me a monopoly<br />
Speak on my flow, my nigga I&#8217;m mopping &#8217;em<br />
Slept on my flo&#8217; now niggas is copying<br />
Niggas be opping through all this opulence<br />
Give me a task, I conquer it<br />
This ain&#8217;t the time for pondering<br />
You niggas is slandering this real shit niggas be honoring<br />
On god<br />
You looking for followers and not watching my niggas that&#8217;s following<br />
Nigga fuck them likes<br />
I&#8217;m like like what, like my nigga young Problem<br />
East side, East up<br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">My nigga Eminem woke the beast up</span><br />
Let ya&#8217;ll ride now a nigga want it back like the lease up<br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">Think it&#8217;s a game you gone see sum<br />
Ain&#8217;t no peace, you&#8217;ll be missing a piece of ya<br />
Niggas popped off, now sheets on &#8217;em</span><br />
Mama all mad, kids all sad, damn my bad<br />
Send a few coins to the coroner<br />
Please make a sweet for &#8217;em<br />
Nigga I don&#8217;t hop on tracks I leap on &#8217;em<br />
In the fields with the cleats on &#8217;em<br />
Steve Job of the cannabis mob<br />
In due time, nigga knew it be mine<br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">Suge knew I&#8217;d go platinum the minute I signed</span><br />
If you&#8217;re looking for the facts, I&#8217;m the nigga to find<br />
Young nigga sold crack in the middle of pine<br />
To being the face of this cripping<br />
Long Beach, these seas is different<br />
4 man with the put on<br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">Still getting bread with the niggas I put on</span><br />
Yea, yea<br />
I Put my hood on<br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">Shit got cold I put my hood on</span><br />
Yea, yea<br />
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">Marshall and Calvin, both from the gutter like public housing<br />
Now we both performing for 100&#8217;s of thousands<br />
Wearing no makeup, but we still be clowning muthafuckas!</span></div>
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<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">Put your doobies high, if you reside in 213<br />
Let&#8217;s see them blunts raised<br />
Whether you Eastside or Westside of the 313<br />
Let&#8217;s see them guns blaze</span>[Outro: Snoop Dogg]
<span class="ReferentFragmentdesktop__Highlight-sc-110r0d9-1 jAzSMw">My Detroit Niggas verse everybody</span><br />
My Long Beach Niggas verse everybody<br />
My Detroit Niggas leave with a body<br />
My Long Beach Niggas shoot up the party<strong>Lyrics source <a href="https://genius.com/Eminem-and-snoop-dogg-from-the-d-2-the-lbc-lyrics" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Genius.com</em></a></strong></p>
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		<title>Flight 9 at The Secret Smokeout 2018</title>
		<link>https://dopechef.com/2019/05/flight-9-at-the-secret-smokeout-2018/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dopechef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2019 20:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Flight 9 at Mary Js Munchies Secret Smokeout 2018 Big shout out to Flight 9 Medible Munchies for keeping it real at the Secret Smoke Out enjoy some highlights from the fall edition October 13th 2018. Music credit &#8216;intoxicated&#8217; RZA Secret Smoke Out, secret location, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>Big shout out to Flight 9 Medible Munchies for keeping it real at the Secret Smoke Out enjoy some highlights from the fall edition October 13th 2018. Music credit &#8216;intoxicated&#8217; RZA Secret Smoke Out, secret location, gaurenteed dopeness. Stay tuned to @maryjsmunchies905 for future events and tickets. Special thanks and shout out to all the sponsors Cannabuzz Cafe Planet Paradise</p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;">DOPECHEF Media an amazing time to celebrate the green.<br />
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		<title>Legal loophole for cannabis dispensaries</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dopechef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2019 21:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An illegal marijuana dispensary has reopened time and time again after being shut down. Shauna Hunt with the legal loophole that&#8217;s being used to stay in business. Video source City News]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An illegal marijuana dispensary has reopened time and time again after being shut down. Shauna Hunt with the legal loophole that&#8217;s being used to stay in business.</p>
<p><strong>Video source <a href="https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2019/04/22/legal-loophole-allows-dispensary-to-continually-reopen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>City News</em></a></strong></p>
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		<title>Breaking Habits (trailer)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 19:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Movie info: Cheated by her stealing, polygamist husband of 17 years, once high-flying corporate exec Christine Meeusen fled penniless with her three young children as her American dream began to unravel. Determined to make a living for her family, she discovered the lucrative business of cannabis [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Movie info: </strong>Cheated by her stealing, polygamist husband of 17 years, once high-flying corporate exec Christine Meeusen fled penniless with her three young children as her American dream began to unravel. Determined to make a living for her family, she discovered the lucrative business of cannabis farming and met her calling as founder of medicinal-marijuana empire Sisters of the Valley. Shedding her former life, Christine became Sister Kate; on a mission to provide her products to those in need. Fighting off the county sheriff, and protecting her crop from deadly black market thieves, BREAKING HABITS is a story of rebellion, hope and revival.</p>
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<div class="meta-label subtle">Rating: NR</div>
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<div class="meta-label subtle">Genre: Documentary</div>
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<div class="meta-label subtle">Written and Directed By: Robert Ryan</div>
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<div class="meta-label subtle">In Theaters: <time datetime="2019-04-18T17:00:00-07:00">Apr 19, 2019</time>  Limited</div>
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<div class="meta-label subtle">Runtime: <time datetime="P87M">87 minutes</time></div>
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<p><em><strong>Breaking Habits</strong> </em>is an outrageous, not-to-be-missed documentary about a Sisterhood of gun-slinging nuns who live and work in a modern day Wild West. From the team behind Gascoigne and McQueen, this unbelievable film follows corporate exec-turned-weed-farmer Sister Kate who, after being betrayed by a bigamist husband, fled penniless and discovered the lucrative business of medicinal cannabis farming.</p>
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<p>Nuns, guns and cannabis. Meet Sister Kate, former high-flying corporate executive, reborn rebel and founder of Sisters of the Valley, California’s fastest growing marijuana farm, providing medical cannabis to those in need. This is her journey to becoming a voice for the unheard, and possibly the most feared nun in the world.</p>
<p><strong>Official webpage for <a href="http://gooddeedentertainment.com/breakinghabits/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Breaking Habits</em></a> documentary</strong></p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 19:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Movie info: Big Daddy is the patriarch of an unconventional family that lives in Council Hill where they work on a hog farm They may not be related by blood, but they&#8217;ll fight to stay together under any circumstance. However&#8211;they are not just family, nor are [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Movie info: </strong>Big Daddy is the patriarch of an unconventional family that lives in Council Hill where they work on a hog farm They may not be related by blood, but they&#8217;ll fight to stay together under any circumstance. However&#8211;they are not just family, nor are they just simple hog farmers&#8230;.they are also growers of high quality marijuana.With the pressure of the DTA government agency coming down on pot distributors around the country, the family must do whatever it takes to keep their crop safe. When a new girl is brought into the fold, the family dynamic and Big Daddy&#8217;s crop is threatened in a way he&#8217;s never had to face before. And he&#8217;ll do anything to protect it.</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="High on the Hog starring Sid Haig - X-Rated Trailer" width="980" height="551" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xnSRbTmQnPc?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><strong>More info: </strong>Big Daddy’s farm-grown weed is the best in North America, but when he discovers a new strain that literally blows your mind &#8211; the feds decide to put him out of business. Little do they know its all-out war as Big Daddy and his adopted family will fight to the end to protect their land and their weed! In Theatres April 19th, 2019 © 2019 Indican Pictures</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2019 17:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On the latest episode of &#8220;Queens of the Stoned Age,&#8221; MERRY JANE managing editor Mira Gonzalez sits down with comedian Kalea McNeill to discuss acting on the romantic musical comedy-drama TV show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, being the class clown, and almost unintentionally falling into stand-up comedy [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On the latest episode of &#8220;Queens of the Stoned Age,&#8221; MERRY JANE managing editor Mira Gonzalez sits down with comedian Kalea McNeill to discuss acting on the romantic musical comedy-drama TV show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, being the class clown, and almost unintentionally falling into stand-up comedy 7 years ago.</p>
<p>Over a Swisher stuffed with the finest bud our good friends the Green Angels (@greenangels.buzzz) have to offer, Mira and Kalea chop it up about jelly bean-shaped burgers in Fairfield CA, the important role weed plays in her writing process, and working at an infomercial production company right out of college. We closed out the show with a friendly round of “Puff or Pass,” a segment in which we gauged Kalea’s opinions on topics such as cooking with weed, Billy Porter’s tuxedo gown, Green Book winning best picture at the Oscars, and more.</p>
<p>To support Kalea, check out the short film Boihood, watch season 4 of “Crazy Ex Girlfriend” on the CW, and catch her on MERRY JANE’s “About That Time,” with Noah Rubin every Tuesday or Thursday on Facebook Live. Her new comedy special “Laugh After Dark” will also drop on Amazon Prime Video in a month!</p>
<p><em><strong>“Queens of the Stoned Age”</strong></em> will be live at SXSW in Austin, Texas, with Chairman of the Board of the Texas Cannabis Industry Association Elizabeth Nichols as a special guest. Bu sure to come check it out if you’re in town! Until then, don’t be shy: kick back, relax, and get woke with the freshest ep of &#8220;Queens of the Stoned Age&#8221; — the days of marijuana mansplaining are over.</p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><a style="color: #008000;" href="https://www.merryjane.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>MERRY JANE</strong></a></span></p>
<p><strong>Video source <a href="http://www.youtube.com/snoopdogg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>WestFestTV</em></a></strong></p>
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		<title>Ronald Reggae &#8211; Jamaican Rhapsody</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2019 17:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ronald&#8217;s take on Queen&#8217;s masterpiece for your listening enjoyment CREDITS Thanks and praises to Yair &#8220;Yemeninja&#8221; Tzabari &#8211; drums Shay &#8220;no-boose&#8221; Hamani -Bass / Sazbush Idan K &#8211; percussion Elyasaf Bashar-I &#8211; add. percussion Tomer George Cohen &#8211; sax Arthur Krasnobaev &#8211; trumpet Yaron Ouzana [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ronald&#8217;s take on Queen&#8217;s masterpiece for your listening enjoyment</p>
<h3>CREDITS</h3>
<p>Thanks and praises to Yair &#8220;Yemeninja&#8221; Tzabari &#8211; drums Shay &#8220;no-boose&#8221; Hamani -Bass / Sazbush Idan K &#8211; percussion Elyasaf Bashar-I &#8211; add. percussion Tomer George Cohen &#8211; sax Arthur Krasnobaev &#8211; trumpet Yaron Ouzana &#8211; trombone Ido Zeleznik &#8211; keyboards Doron Mizrahi &#8211; add. guitars Amir Dadon / Lady Ganja / Ben Khessed / Smadar Akray &#8211; vocals Noam Chojnovsky / Eyal Teller / Matan Maman / Kfir ben Laish for their participation subscribe for more heavily ganjified musical adventures</p>
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<h4 class="dJYhkd">Lyrics</h4>
<div><em>Is this this the real leaf?</em><br />
<em>Is this the cannabis?</em><br />
<em>caught on a dry side</em><br />
<em>must escape from reality</em><br />
<em>just legalize and I&#8217;m gonna plant my seeds</em><br />
<em>I&#8217;m just a homeboy weed is no luxury</em><br />
<em>I need a doobie here doobie there</em><br />
<em>little high very high</em><br />
<em>everywhere the weed grows no law really matters to me to me</em></div>
<div class="UH8R2"><em>Ganja never killed a man</em><br />
<em>put a blunt against his head</em><br />
<em>light the lighter now his dead</em><br />
<em>Ganja everybody is a gift from God</em><br />
<em>so why go and throw it all away</em><br />
<em>Ganja oohoo (let the weed grows)</em><br />
<em>its meant to make you fly if I&#8217;m not back again this time tomorrow</em><br />
<em>pass it on, pass it on save me some for later</em><br />
<em>too late the time has come</em><br />
<em>getting legal around the world</em><br />
<em>and improving all the time</em><br />
<em>goodbye prohibition grass has got to grow</em><br />
<em>gonna leave ignorance behind and spread the buds</em><br />
<em>Ganja oohoo we all wanna fly</em><br />
<em>this magical herb should be distributed to all</em><br />
<em>(guitar solo)</em><br />
<em>I need a little single puff on a spliff</em><br />
<em>purple kush purple kush will make me one to go</em><br />
<em>skunk and northern lights aren&#8217;t very very frightening me</em><br />
<em>Marcus Garvey, Marcus Garvey, Marcus Garvey,</em><br />
<em>Marcus Garvey, Bobaro Marleyfico, Marleyfico oh ho hooooo</em><br />
<em>Im just a homeboy, nobody stones me</em><br />
<em>he&#8217;s just a homeboy from a dry</em><br />
<em>neighborhood spare him his grass from this illegality</em><br />
<em>easy grass easy grow will you let me grow? Indica No!</em><br />
<em>we will not let you grow let me grow Indica we will not let you grow</em><br />
<em>let me grow Indica we will not let you grow let me grow we will not</em><br />
<em>let you grow let me grow we will not let you grow let me grow</em><br />
<em>oh oh oh oh yes yes yes yes yes Sensimilla sensimilla let me grow</em><br />
<em>beelzebud has a devil pot a side for me for me for meeeeee</em></div>
<div class="UH8R2"><em>so you can stone me and spliff makes me</em><br />
<em>high so you can come here and outsmoke the-I</em><br />
<em>oooooo bredrin pass it on to me bredrin just</em><br />
<em>gotta get high just gotta get high right now</em><br />
<em>(chillest intsrumental ever)</em><br />
<em>no law really matters anyone can smoke</em><br />
<em>no law really matters no law really matters to the-I</em><br />
<em>everywhere the weed grows.</em></div>
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<div><strong><span class="w8qArf">Video source </span><a href="http://www.ronaldreggae.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><span class="LrzXr kno-fv">Ronald Reggae</span></em></a></strong></div>
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		<title>Acreage Cannabis rejected Super Bowl Ad</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2019 01:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Acreage Cannabis Ad Rejected For Super Bowl By CBS, the &#8220;controversial&#8221; cannabis PSA that CBS won&#8217;t play. CBS rejects Super Bowl ad on benefits of medical marijuana By Erik Brady, USA TODAY CBS rejected a Super Bowl ad that makes a case for medical marijuana. Acreage Holdings, [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Acreage Cannabis Ad Rejected For Super Bowl By CBS, the &#8220;controversial&#8221; cannabis PSA that CBS won&#8217;t play.</p>
<h1 class="asset-headline speakable-headline">CBS rejects Super Bowl ad on benefits of medical marijuana</h1>
<p><span style="color: #666699;">By Erik Brady, USA TODAY</span></p>
<p class="speakable-p-1 p-text">CBS rejected a Super Bowl ad that makes a case for medical marijuana.</p>
<p class="speakable-p-2 p-text">Acreage Holdings, which is in the cannabis cultivation, processing and dispensing business, said it produced a 60-second ad that shows three people suffering from varying health issues who say their lives were made better by use of medical marijuana.</p>
<p class="p-text">Acreage said its ad agency sent storyboards for the ad to the network and received a return email that said: “CBS will not be accepting any ads for medical marijuana at this time.”</p>
<p>A CBS spokesperson told USA TODAY Sports that under CBS broadcast standards it does not currently accept cannabis-related advertising.</p>
<p class="p-text">“We’re not particularly surprised that CBS and/or the NFL rejected the content,” Acreage president George Allen said. “And that is actually less a statement about them and more we think a statement about where we stand right now in this country.”</p>
<p class="p-text">Allen said the issue is that 30 states and the District of Columbia allow varying forms of marijuana use while the federal government classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act.</p>
<p class="p-text">“One of the hardest parts about this business is the ambiguity that we operate within,” Allen said. “We do the best we can to navigate a complex fabric of state and federal policy, much of which conflicts.”</p>
<p class="p-text">Allen said the company had not decided whether to run its 60-second ad or a 30-second version when it learned that CBS would not accept any ads for medical marijuana.</p>
<p class="p-text">CBS is charging an average of $5.2 million for a 30-second ad in this year&#8217;s game between the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots on Feb. 3.</p>
<p class="p-text">“It’s a public service announcement really more than it is an advertisement,” said Harris Damashek, Acreage’s chief marketing officer. “We’re not marketing any of our products or retail in this spot.”</p>
<p class="p-text">An unfinished version of the 60-second ad introduces a Colorado boy who suffers from Dravet syndrome; his mother says her son would have dozens to hundreds of seizures a day and medical marijuana saved his life. A Buffalo man says he was on opioids for 15 years after three back surgeries and that medical marijuana gave him his life back. An Oakland man who lost part of his leg in military service says his pain was unbearable until medical marijuana.</p>
<p class="p-text">“The time is now,” say words on the screen near the end of the ad. Then the screen shifts and viewers are asked to call on their representatives in the U.S. House and Senate to advocate for change. Fine print at the bottom says the testimonials in the ad come from the experiences of the individuals and have not been evaluated by the FDA. The fine print also says marijuana is a Schedule I controlled substance and medical use has not been approved in some states.</p>
<p class="p-text">“Look, from my third-grade government class, we live in a representative democracy,” Allen said. “In theory, our elected officials are supposed to support legislative action that is in keeping with the will of the people.”</p>
<p class="p-text">Acreage expects to post the ad online at some point so people can see it, even if they can’t see it on the Super Bowl.</p>
<p id="article-body-p-last" class="p-text p-text-last">“It’s not quite ready yet,” Damashek said, “but we anticipate and look forward to getting the message out far and wide.”</p>
<p><strong>Article source <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/Ad-Meter/buzz-meter/2019/01/22/super-bowl-cbs-rejects-ad-benefits-medical-marijuana/2639175002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>USA Today</em></a></strong></p>
<h1 class="headline">Here&#8217;s the Medical Cannabis Super Bowl Ad CBS Refused to Run</h1>
<div class="art-deck"><strong>Both CBS and the NFL lag far behind the American public on the subject of medical marijuana.</strong></div>
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<p><small class="grey-text text-darken-1"></small>It was all over the news on Tuesday: CBS rejected a public service announcement highlighting the benefits of medical cannabis, which was intended to be aired during the 2019 Super Bowl.</p>
<p>Long story short, what happened was Acreage Holdings, one of the largest U.S. based cannabis companies, which counts former House Speaker John Boehner and former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld among its advisors, created a 60-second public service announcement (or ad, if you will) featuring three medical cannabis patients and their loved ones explaining how marijuana had changed their lives for the better &#8212; and suggesting it is a great alternative to other more dangerous pharma drugs.</p>
<p>The company submitted the ad to CBS and was ready to pay the estimated $5 million to $10 million it would cost to air during the 2019 Super Bowl.</p>
<p>Perhaps unsurprisingly, considering that cannabis remains illegal on the federal level under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, CBS rejected the ad. A network spokesperson told USA Today that, for the time being, pot-related ads did not fit CBS’ broadcast standards.</p>
<p>Interested in getting some athletes’ insights, Entrepreneur reached out to Treyous Jarrells, a former Colorado State running back who had to quit football so that he could continue to medicate with cannabis, and has since become a vocal cannabis advocate and entrepreneur. “I’m a huge activist when it comes to the cannabis space, but I see why CBS rejected this ad, being that it’s tied to the NFL… Knowing what we know about how cannabis is viewed when it comes to professional sports, especially football, it only makes sense that the ad was rejected; the NFL still views cannabis as a banned substance.”</p>
<p>Marvin Washington, former Super Bowl champion turned cannabis entrepreneur, investor and advocate with Athletes For Care, told Entrepreneur that “Acreage made a nice play for the industry and the future, and cannabis will be commercialized. Even in being denied, they showed the nation the future of cannabis. It will be mainstream.”</p>
<p>Harris Damashek, chief marketing officer for Acreage Holdings, said the decision was hypocritical. “You will see countless ads (during the Super Bowl) for beer and erectile dysfunction medications but our ad with an educational goal to help people who are suffering is rejected. That is the irony we are looking to highlight.’’</p>
<h3><b>The Footage</b></h3>
<p>A lot can be said and discussed about this topic. And much <i>has </i>been discussed already. However, since Acreage Holdings did not release the footage, very few people have seen the ad but Green Entrepreneur has managed to get its hands on the material, exclusively.</p>
<p>The ad opens with Austin, a young man suffering a seizure caused by epilepsy. His mother, Amy Bourlon-Hilterban, from Florence, Colorado, explains that “Austin would have dozens to hundreds of seizures every single day,” and that prescription medications were not working.</p>
<p>Then, we see Greg Kazmierczak, who declares to have been hooked on opioids for 15 years, using them to treat his back pain, and Ryan Miller, a military veteran who also suffered from excruciating pain after losing a leg during the service.</p>
<p>All three of them had found a better treatment alternative in medical cannabis.</p>
<p>“Medical cannabis saved Austin’s life,” says Amy Bourlon-Hilterban, echoed by other patients and their family members. “It’s [cannabis prohibition] not just unfair. It’s cruel,” she ends, as the screen displays the following words:</p>
<blockquote><p><i>The time is now.</i></p>
<p><i>Please call your U.S. Representative or U.S. Senator to advocate for change now.</i></p></blockquote>
<p>And finally, for the moment everyone has been waiting for, the cannabis-themed public service announcement Acreage Holdings wanted to run during this year’s Super Bowl &#8212; but couldn’t.</p>
<p><strong>Article source <a href="https://www.greenentrepreneur.com/article/326859" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Green Entrepreneur</em></a></strong></p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2019 20:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since some months now Canada has officially legalized recreational marijuana and that means some provinces will allow for home grows. Cannabis consumers in Canada are able to enjoy the benefits of the legalization, and the stigma of cannabis use fades away. The country’s Prime Minister announced that recreational use [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since some months now Canada has officially legalized recreational marijuana and that means some provinces will allow for home grows. Cannabis consumers in Canada are able to enjoy the benefits of the legalization, and the stigma of cannabis use fades away. The country’s Prime Minister announced that recreational use of cannabis would no longer violate criminal law as of 17 October 2018.</p>
<p>Medicinal use of cannabis was the first step &#8211; legalized nationwide in 2001 and now Cannabis is legal for both recreational and medicinal purposes. This is also an excellent opportunity for those who want to grow their own <a href="https://shop.ilovegrowingmarijuana.com/collections/medical" target="_blank" rel="noopener">medical cannabis at home</a>. In any case for Canadians who love cannabis, as they are lucky to experience a drug policy that adopts evidence-based approaches informed by science and logical reasoning.</p>
<p><strong>Here’s an informational video to guide you:</strong></p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Weed is legal: This is how you grow marijuana at home" width="980" height="551" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SPkWdeon7cw?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<h5>Weed is legal: This is how you grow marijuana at home</h5>
<p>Canada has officially legalized recreational marijuana and that means some provinces will allow for home grows.</p>
<p><strong>Video source <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPkWdeon7cw" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Global News</em></a></strong></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Unlicensed pot shops could soon reopen &#8211; The State Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs is planning to recommend a proposal Wednesday to the Medical Marijuana Licensing Board that will help maintain patient access to medical marijuana (video) Michigan has a medical marijuana shortage Without [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Unlicensed pot shops could soon reopen</em> &#8211; The State Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs is planning to recommend a proposal Wednesday to the Medical Marijuana Licensing Board that will help maintain patient access to medical marijuana (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avItPBfrO1g" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a>)</p>
<h4>Michigan has a medical marijuana shortage</h4>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Michigan has a medical marijuana shortage" width="980" height="551" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_BlaYjO1tWk?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Without enough licensed growers, the state is facing a marijuana shortage.</p>
<p><strong>Video source <em><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" spellcheck="false" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqMdEOPBZbGPykVOhUqWqfA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Detroit | Local 4 | WDIV</a></em></strong></p>
<h1 id="articleHeadline" class="p-name">Michigan medical marijuana shops can reopen unlicensed</h1>
<p>By Amy Biolchin</p>
<p class="paragraph">A number of unlicensed medical marijuana provisioning centers will be allowed to reopen for the next three months as Michigan officials respond to pleas from patients and businesses facing a marijuana shortage.</p>
<p class="paragraph">The Medical Marihuana Licensing Board agreed Wednesday in a 4-0 vote to allow provisioning centers that are in the process of applying for a license and have local buy-in to reopen until March 31.</p>
<p class="paragraph">“I think this resolution takes this back to the intent of the law &#8212; and that is to get medicine to the people who need it,” said board member Vivian Pickard.</p>
<p class="paragraph">The move comes amid a medical marijuana shortage in Michigan caused by officials&#8217; closure of 72 unlicensed provisioning centers Jan. 1, as well as a lack of established licensed growers. Regulators had allowed licensed provisioning centers to buy marijuana from caregivers in December, but that had expired Jan. 1. The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs is facing three lawsuits in the Michigan Court of Claims filed this January by provisioning centers as a result.</p>
<p class="paragraph">The first two weeks of January have seen patients scrambling to find their medicine, with provisioning centers reporting desperate calls from patients across the state.</p>
<p class="paragraph">Also Wednesday, the board agreed to allow licensed provisioning centers to continue to buy marijuana from a caregiver or a temporarily operating facility and sell it untested until March 31.</p>
<p class="paragraph">Board chairman Rick Johnson said he hopes that by March 31, the licensed medical marijuana industry is able to support itself without further intervention from regulators and the licensing board.</p>
<p class="paragraph">“We’re going to take care of patients and on the 31 of March I’m hopeful you all will be in the position to be in that process,” Johnson said.</p>
<p class="paragraph">Board member Don Bailey warned that extending temporary operations will continue to drive business to the black market.</p>
<p class="paragraph">“What we’ve done with these temporary operations for the past year and a half &#8212; we’ve expanded the black market. It’s an unintended consequence, but that’s exactly what’s happened,” Bailey said. “For the black market we’ve contributed to &#8212; if we think that’s going to contract after April 1, it’s not.”</p>
<p class="paragraph">The resolution passed Wednesday largely meets the concerns of the patient community and the industry, which has been lobbying state officials for the past two weeks.</p>
<p class="paragraph">“This recommendation will extend the temporary operation of facilities and allow licensed businesses to remain competitive during this transition period,” said Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director Orlene Hawks in a statement.</p>
<p class="paragraph">Regulators previously allowed licensed provisioning centers to buy marijuana from caregivers and sell it to patients untested in December 2018, as long as patients signed a waiver.</p>
<p class="paragraph">That resulted in three recalls of medical marijuana products last week &#8212; as provisioning centers were required to test any caregiver product they were selling as of Jan. 1. Tests showed some caregiver products were contaminated with mold, E. coli and chemical residue.</p>
<p class="paragraph">Bureau of Marijuana Regulation Director Andrew Brisbo said patients need to understand the potential health risks to using caregiver product &#8212; and encouraged patients to consider seeking out their own independent testing.</p>
<p class="paragraph">“This is the system working properly,” said Rick Thompson, a board member of Michigan NORML and MILegalize. &#8221; All the cannabis provided in 2018 was all from caregivers. If we didn’t hear of any illnesses in 2018, then it doesn’t rise to the level of emergency or concern in my mind.&#8221;</p>
<p class="paragraph"><i>&#8212; Amy Biolchini is the marijuana beat reporter for MLive. </i></p>
<p><strong>Article source <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/01/michigan-medical-marijuana-shops-can-reopen-unlicensed.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>MLive</em></a></strong></p>
<h4>Michigan Medical Marihuana Licensing Board Meeting &#8211; January 16, 2019</h4>
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<p><strong>DETROIT</strong> &#8211; The state of Michigan medical marijuana licensing board has agreed to allow temporary operating facilities to reopen and allow them to get marijuana from caregivers, not just commercial grow operations.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, both Gov. Whitmer and the new director of the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs asked the state&#8217;s medical marijuana board to approve the measure due to a shortage of medical marijuana in Michigan.</p>
<p>“There is a shortage of supply in the market because there are only a handful of licensed growers in Michigan,” said Jeff Schroder, law firm Plunkett Cooney. “This would allow dispensaries and retail provisioning centers to purchase their quantities from caregivers again.&#8221;</p>
<p>The medical marijuana board has extended its grace period for license applicants to March 31, 2019. This is a stop-gap measure that would get provisioning centers open again while the state works on licensing. That only applies to medical marijuana. Michigan has yet to have written recreational marijuana rules.</p>
<p>The Reef, a well-known provisioning center in Detroit, would likely be able to open next week if the board approves the measure Wednesday.</p>
<p>“I think it’s a step forward,” said The Reef’s Rush Hassan. “It’s definitely a short term solution but it does open up patient access for these products.”</p>
<p><strong>Article source <a href="https://www.clickondetroit.com/michigan-marijuana/michigans-medical-marijuana-licensing-board-allows-temporary-facilities-to-reopen" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>ClickOnDetroit</em></a></strong></p>
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<p>Dozens of Michigan medical marijuana dispensaries will be able to reopen after the state forced them to close earlier this month.</p>
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<p>The Medical Marijuana Licensing Board (MMLB) passed a recommendation Wednesday that will temporarily allow the facilities to do business while waiting to get their license.</p>
<p>This comes after several medical marijuana patients complained about the supply shortage during the shutdown.</p>
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<blockquote><p>“It was booming, thriving with products. We had patients coming here every 5 to 10 minutes, and now all of that is a standstill,&#8221; said Rush Hasan, general manager of Reef medical marijuana dispensary.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Under the new recommendation, the care network will be able to bridge the gap by supplying cannabis to a licensed processor, a licensed grower or a temporary or licensed dispensary. The dispensary can then sell that supply to patients, allowing the demand to be met for now.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs&#8217; recommendation to the licensing board:</p>
<p>LARA recommended the licensing board adopt a resolution that making it clear that disciplinary action will not be taken against an applicant in the following circumstances:</p>
<p><b>Temporarily Operating Facilities (through March 31, 2019)</b></p>
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<li>The applicant’s proposed facility is within a municipality that had an authorizing ordinance in place by December 15, 2017.</li>
<li>The applicant applied for a license no later than February 15, 2018.</li>
<li>The applicant notifies the Department within one business day of becoming aware of any adverse reaction to a marijuana product sold or transferred.</li>
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<p><b>Licensed Provisioning Centers (through March 31, 2019)</b></p>
<p>The Board will not take disciplinary action against a licensed provisioning center for purchasing marijuana products from either a registered primary caregiver or from a temporarily operating facility, as long as the licensee does all the following:</p>
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<li>Obtain signed patient consent prior to selling any marijuana products that have not been tested in full compliance with the law and administrative rules.</li>
<li>Enter all inventory into the statewide monitoring system immediately upon receipt from a caregiver or from a temporarily operating facility.</li>
<li>Verify and confirm – before any sale or transfer – with government issued photo identification and the statewide monitoring system that the customer holds a valid registry identification card.</li>
<li>Enter all sales in the statewide monitoring system and determine sales will not exceed daily purchasing limits.</li>
<li>Notify LARA within one business day of becoming aware of any adverse reaction to a marijuana product sold or transferred.</li>
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<p><b>Licensed Growers or Processors (through March 31, 2019)</b></p>
<p>The Board will not take disciplinary action against a licensed grower or processor for purchasing marijuana products from either a registered primary caregiver or from a temporarily operating facility, as long as the licensee does all the following:</p>
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<li>Enter all marijuana products as inventory into the statewide monitoring system immediately upon receipt.</li>
<li>Tag or package all inventory that has been identified in the statewide monitoring system.</li>
<li>Only transfer marijuana products that have been tested in full compliance with the law and administrative rules.</li>
<li>Notify LARA within one business day of becoming aware of any adverse reaction to a marijuana product sold or transferred.</li>
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<p>The new extension will last through the end of March 2019.</p>
<p><strong>Article source <a href="https://www.fox47news.com/news/michigan-medical-marijuana-licensing-board-allows-dispensaries-to-temporarily-reopen" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Fox47</em></a></strong></p>
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