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Latest news reported that Facebook bans public marijuana pages.

Medical marijuana pages of dispensaries in New Jersey, Maine and Washington are unexpectedly being taken down by Facebook. The company claimed that such pages were against the website’s terms of service.

When trying to access the page of a dispensary, users were only shown a note which said “It looks like content on your page does not follow the Facebook Community Terms and Standards”.

The situation angered dispensaries owners as well as patients who use medical marijuana. Facebook representatives refused to provide any answers regarding the issue. One of the owner whose dispensary page was disabled said that the social network did a disfavor to individuals who follow the pages for continuous updates.

Even if medical marijuana dispensaries have their own pages, according to the federal law they are not permitted to promote their products. If a potential customer looked for their marijuana treatment now, there is nobody to give them the right instructions.

Michael Nelson, head of the Compassionate Sciences Alternative Treatment Center, said that website pages

“allows us to post strain names which allows people to do research. It allows the communication between the patients about what is working”.

Growing and selling marijuana is known to be prohibited. However, the Obama administration announced that they will not use any resources for further investigation of the marijuana use that is permitted by the state. At the moment, there is little information regarding the number of dispensary pages that were taken down.

Moreover, Washington and Maine business pages were also removed in the last three months. It seems that Facebook is aligning its standards to federal laws rather than taking into consideration the specifics of the states where medical marijuana dispensaries are opened.

The news that Facebook bans public medical marijuana pages means the weed use is still a controversial subject in the United States.

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Recent news revealed that famous actor and medical marijuana supporter Woody Harrelson plans to grow weed in Hawaii.

Several companies in Hawaii apply for licenses to be able to grow and sell medical marijuana. Apparently, Academy Award winner Woody Harrelson was among the applicants.

He filed this request with his own company, Simple Organic Living. It’s a known fact that the Aloha State has allowed individuals with medical problems to cultivate their own medical cannabis for almost 15 years now. However, dispensaries were given permission to sell medical cannabis only last summer.

The companies which applied for licenses filed their requests in January. The beneficiaries will be announced by the State Department for Health in April. Reports show eight licenses were filed by companies in Aloha state, which makes the competition really tough.

In Oahu, there were 32 companies which requested only three licenses. In Kauai there were five applications, but only for one license. Moreover, in Maui there were fifteen companies which submitted their application for two licenses. Also, requests were registered for Big Island, where 14 companies applied for two licenses.

The head of the Department of Health Office and Health Care Assurance said that further information about the competitors will not be made public. Woody Harrelson, famous for his movies and HBO series, True Detective, along with his wife submitted their request in Maui.

Woody Harrelson made this possible with the help of his company, Simple Organic Living, which was authorized in September, 2015. However, Harrelson is not the only famous figure to make public his intention to grow marijuana. Further news revealed that on the competitors list Henk Rogers and Dirk Fukushima also made an appearance.

Rogers is a video game entrepreneur famous for his Tetris game. He also applied under his own company, Blue Planet Foundation. His company is known for advocating for energy freedom in the state. Dirk Fukushima is the producer of the television series Hawaii Stars.

The dispensaries these companies intend to open will need a large amount of money in order to see pertinent results. If they are selected, competitors will need 1$ million dollars before they get the license. Also, they will need $100,000 for every dispensary location.

The opening date will be in July. Hawaii was the first state in which medical marijuana was legalized. The fact that Woody Harrelson plans to grow weed in Hawaii might give another perspective for other states as well.

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