Medical Marijuana Clinics Sprout Up in Toronto
This month, two clinics specializing in prescription cannabis opened their doors for the first time in Toronto, Canada’s largest city.
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World’s First Marijuana Commercial Introduced by Canadian Company
A Canadian company recently released a sneak peek into what the owners are calling "the world’s first marijuana commercial."
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LA City Attorney Cracks Down on Medical Marijuana Farmer's Market
Less than two weeks after opening, Los Angeles' first medical marijuana farmer's market is under fire and LA City Attorney Mike Feuer wants to shut it down.
Edibles Review: Incredibles Mikiba Bar
One of the most interesting new edibles I’ve seen recently in Colorado dispensaries has been the Incredibles Mikiba Bar. With several grams of protein, fiber and actual stuff that will tide you over, this works as a real snack since it can and definitely will fill the user up more than a standard chocolate bar.
Rumination on "The Great Experiment"
The media has been calling Washington and Colorado's legal weed market the "Great Experiment." If you've been smoking weed for a while, like me, you may roll your eyes everytime you hear that phrase. It just conjures images of white-frocked scientists, armed with clip-boards, peering down at us like we're on the Truman Show, recording data on our behavior like lemurs at a nature preserve.
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Piece of the Week | Blueberry Pipe
Blueberry season is officially upon us, and what better way to celebrate than with this heady blueberry glass pipe.
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Colorado Selling Over 10 Tons of Pot Every Month
The estimated annual market demand for marijuana in Colorado is roughly 130 metric tons, according to the first post-legalization study of the market.
Washington: State-Licensed Retail Cannabis Sales Begin
Washington’s first state-licensed retail cannabis operators opened for business this morning. The state’s Liquor Control Board issued 24 marijuana retailer licenses late last week.
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Want to Study Pot? There's a School for That
A new school is launching this fall that will teach you everything you've ever wanted to know about pot. The Northeastern Institute of Cannabis, located in Natick, Mass., announced that it will soon start accepting applications and begin offering classes in late August or early September.
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California Town Considers Using Pot Taxes to Pay Police
Desert Hot Springs, a southern California town plagued with crime and financial destitution is now considering the legalization of medical marijuana dispensaries. Their hope is that it can not only pull the town out of desperate times, but will also salvage their local police force with the use of pot taxes.
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Washington State's First Legal Marijuana Shops Set to Open Amid Chaos
The prohibition of marijuana in Washington state fell early Monday as a small number of retail shop owners received an electronic copy of a license to sell just-for-fun cannabis.
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IRS Fines Unbanked Pot Shops for Paying Federal Payroll Tax in Cash
Legal marijuana businesses without bank accounts are unfairly assessed a 10 percent penalty on federal employee withholding taxes they are forced to pay in cash. And rather than waive the penalty for cash-only businesses paying the tax on time, the IRS advised the companies to avoid the assessment by using techniques that amount to money-laundering.
My Favorite Strains: Nelson Mandela Wax (Dabs)
Easily one of the best named strains I’ve seen in a very long time, Nelson Mandela is a product of recent Cannabis Cup Winners Infuzionz.
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Magical Butter Machine MB2 Product Review
The Magical Butter Machine was developed for an easier way to make cannabutter than the relatively complex grind-decarboxylate-cook-strain-separate routine that people have been using for decades.
An Industry Emerges: The NCIA Cannabis Business Summit in Denver
The National Cannabis Industry Association's (NCIA) Cannabis Business Summit, which brought more than 1,200 registrants to Denver, Colorado...
Colorado Retail Marijuana Application Rules Changed to Open Market
It’s been exactly six months since legal retail marijuana sales began in Colorado, and today is the first day that retail marijuana business licenses are open to all applicants — not just those who previously held medical marijuana licenses.
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Instafire: Dub Ceaser Blunt Flag T-Shirt
I've seen a lot of patriotic representations of dank, but this takes it a delightful step further. The partially burnt spliffs to make room for the stars are an especially fly touch. Flag...
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Analysis: Why Legal Marijuana Stores Won’t Matter Much in Seattle
Except for tourists and the pot curious, who will each buy a few grams at most, the appeal of state-licensed recreational marijuana won’t go much farther than novelty in Seattle.