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The best cannabis posts from around the web

April 5, 2013
04/05/2013
Piece of the Week | Toro Macro XL

Piece of the Week | Toro Macro XL

Toro Macro XL This week’s piece of the week is arguably the piece of the year. It’s no surprise it comes courtesy of heady glass virtuoso JP...
April 5, 2013
04/05/2013
Dutch City of Eindhoven Wants to Grow Their Own Marijuana

Dutch City of Eindhoven Wants to Grow Their Own Marijuana

In an attempt to prevent ‘back-door dealings’ in Dutch coffee shops, the city of Eindhoven wants to grow marijuana for itself. The city apparently has occasional problems...
April 5, 2013
04/05/2013
Massachusetts Dispensaries May Need $1M to Set Up Shop

Massachusetts Dispensaries May Need $1M to Set Up Shop

The state’s Department of Public Health proposed rules to require Massachusetts dispensaries to have $500,000 in escrow to be granted a license, and they want those prospective...
April 5, 2013
04/05/2013
First Rhode Island Dispensary Approved by Health Department

First Rhode Island Dispensary Approved by Health Department

The Thomas C. Slater Compassion Center was granted a registration certificate by the state’s Health Department yesterday, and will hopefully be helping medical marijuana patient’s by April...
April 5, 2013
04/05/2013
Most Americans Want Legal Marijuana

Most Americans Want Legal Marijuana

For the first time since they began polling the question four decades ago, Pew Research Polling has released new survey data that reveals 52% of Americans want...
April 5, 2013
04/05/2013
Business Insider: Marijuana Has Won the War on Drugs

Business Insider: Marijuana Has Won the War on Drugs

In his article in Business Insider, Walter Hickey says, “At least when it comes to marijuana, the war on drugs is over.” He cites the state-wide legalization...
April 5, 2013
04/05/2013
Florida Attorney Drops Charges Against Bob and Cathy Jordan

Florida Attorney Drops Charges Against Bob and Cathy Jordan

Today I share with you wonderful news from an all too conservative state, Florida, where the sun shines on everything but justice for cannabis users. Just a...
By: Norm Kent
April 4, 2013
04/04/2013
Medical Marijuana Now Available in Czech Pharmacies

Medical Marijuana Now Available in Czech Pharmacies

On Tuesday, in pharmacies across the Czech Republic, medical marijuana was made available to patients suffering from cancer, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, or psoriasis. Marijuana is available by...
April 4, 2013
04/04/2013
The Rocky Mountain Road to Legal Marijuana Commerce

The Rocky Mountain Road to Legal Marijuana Commerce

When Colorado voters last November gave the thumbs up to marijuana legalization, the celebrations came quickly, with overjoyed pot smokers triumphantly lighting up, even though the pot...
April 4, 2013
04/04/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.03)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.04.03)

Medical marijuana bills were laid to rest in two states this week, changes in the medical marijuana law went into effect in another, and Massachusetts now appears...
April 4, 2013
04/04/2013
Protest Against ME Dispensary Chain Using Pesticides

Protest Against ME Dispensary Chain Using Pesticides

Wellness Connection of Maine, which owns dispensaries in Hallowell, Portland, Thomaston and Brewer was cited by the Department of Health and Human Services for 20 violations, including...
April 4, 2013
04/04/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.04.03)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.04.03)

A Texas cop gets caught pilfering pain pills, a Georgia sheriff’s captain gets nailed for trying to frame a woman, and a Louisiana police chief is accused...
April 4, 2013
04/04/2013
Time: Marijuana No More of a Gateway Drug Than Alcohol

Time: Marijuana No More of a Gateway Drug Than Alcohol

In his recent article in Time, Joe Klein makes the point that fears about marijuana being a gateway drug are from a different era; In the 30’s...
April 4, 2013
04/04/2013
Afghan Opium Cultivation Rising, Officials Say

Afghan Opium Cultivation Rising, Officials Say

Illicit opium poppy production cultivation in Afghanistan is on the increase this year, the Afghan Ministry of Counternarcotics said Monday. The increase comes despite efforts to target...
April 3, 2013
04/03/2013
Colorado Marijuana Tourism Company Launches After Pot Legalization

Colorado Marijuana Tourism Company Launches After Pot Legalization

Two Denver entrepreneurs launched the nation’s first marijuana tourism company in Colorado after pot legalization took effect.  The company’s first package is built around cannabis enthusiasts’ well-known 4/20 holiday,...
April 3, 2013
04/03/2013
The Original Marijuana Stock Files for US IPO

The Original Marijuana Stock Files for US IPO

GW Pharmaceuticals plc (GWP), the maker of Sativex and undeniably the original marijuana stock, files for U.S. IPO after recent interest in lesser-known but more hyped U.S. medical...
April 3, 2013
04/03/2013
Hearings on Bills to Decriminalize Marijuana in Vermont

Hearings on Bills to Decriminalize Marijuana in Vermont

Hearings on bills to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in Vermont will be held by the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, April 3 and the...
April 3, 2013
04/03/2013
Maryland Passes Bill to Protect Medical Marijuana Caregivers

Maryland Passes Bill to Protect Medical Marijuana Caregivers

Maryland’s SB 580 allows legal protection for medical marijuana caregivers, and passed unanimously in the House. While the bill won’t protect caregivers from arrest, it will offer...
April 3, 2013
04/03/2013
CO City Council Split on Banning Recreational Marijuana

CO City Council Split on Banning Recreational Marijuana

Englewood, Colorado, a suburb of Denver and my own home sweet home, had a split city council vote on whether or not to ban recreational marijuana stores...
April 3, 2013
04/03/2013
Changes to Michigan’s Medical Marijuana Law

Changes to Michigan’s Medical Marijuana Law

Last year, the Michigan Legislature passed a series of bills tweaking Michigan’s voter-approved medical marijuana law, and most of those changes took effect yesterday. Among other things, the...