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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report:
(Date of earliest event reported)

October 9, 2017

UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Colorado
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) 

                              301 Commercial Rd., Unit D
      000-54582                    Golden, CO 80401               46-5221947
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   (Commission File        (Address of Principal Executive       (IRS Employer
       Number)                         Offices                  Identification
                                    and Zip Code)                   Number)


                                 (303) 386-7321
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS

On October 9, 2017 Earnest Blackmon resigned as the Company's Principal Financial and Accounting Officer. Following his resignation, the Company appointed John Walsh as the Company's Principal Financial and Accounting Officer.

John Walsh (age 72) is a former partner of the international accounting firm of Touche Ross & CO. (now Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited), and has over 40 years of experience in the accounting and financial services industry, including reporting requirements and GAAP oversight for publicly registered companies. Since 1998, and subsequent to his professional association with Deloitte, he has provided independent consulting services to such companies as AT&T Broadband (now Comcast), the Casualty Insurance Division of CNA Financial, the Construction Division of Lafarge North America, and Crown Media (the Hallmark cable and movie channel). At Crown Media, Mr. Walsh served as their interim Chief Financial Officer for a three-year period. Prior to joining United Cannabis Corporation, he served, between December 2013 and January 2017, as an accounting consultant to a public company that provided cultivation facility leasing and fulfilment series to license holders of retail and medical marijuana outlets in the state of Colorado. The Company believes that his accounting and financial industry experience, coupled with his public company reporting knowledge in the cannabis industry, enables Mr. Walsh to be a valuable member of the Company's management.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

UNITED CANNABIS CORPORATION 

Dated:  October 10, 2017              By: /s/ Chad Ruby
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                                          Chad Ruby
                                          Chief Operating Officer

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