Extroverting

Pennsylvania awarded permits to 12 applicants to grow and process medical marijuana, as the state aims to make the drug available to patients next year. Source: Here’s who scored Pennsylvania’s first medical marijuana growing permits (though they can’t plant for 6 more months)

A pair of recent cases involving regulatory officials give a black eye to marijuana regulation and fuel old fears about the criminal element’s influence. Source: Recent cases raise questions about cannabis regulation corruption, ethics

Marijuana Policy Project, an advocacy group, says PNC Bank has notified it that it will close the organization’s 22-year-old accounts, a sign of growing concerns in the financial industry that the Trump administration will crack down on the marijuana industry in states that have legalized it. Source: Marijuana Policy Project’s bank closing account amid fears…