In a great article on Reason, Jacob Sullum explains that the federal government had little choice but to accept the legalization of cannabis in Washington and Colorado....
A California dispensary regulation bill dies, the dark ages return to San Diego, Massachusetts towns enact moratoria, New Jersey gives a loan to a dispensary, and more....
A joke: When asked how much his glass collection cost, Carl Sagan responded: “Thousands and thousands and thousands.” A solid glass collection requires some serious funding. While...
Bainbridge, Washington is considering interim zoning rules for retail marijuana shops, primarily because they know a moratorium sends the wrong message to voters that approved legalization. The...
At last week’s San Diego ASA meeting held Giovanni’s, aside from Councilmember Alvarez, we also heard from several attorneys. Among them, Attorney Nathan Shaman spoke about Andrew...
Senator Floyd Prozanski, a Democrat from Eugene, co-sponsored Senate Bill 676 which permits the industrial production and processing of hemp. Although the law made Oregon one of...
Monday night Denver’s city council passed its regulations for retail cannabis dispensaries in the city. The regulations determine where dispensaries can be located and set the application...
Dabs and dab culture continue to spread exponentially around the MJ space. The scene is moving so quickly it’s tough to keep up. With new pipe styles...
New Jersey’s Economic Developmental Authority approved a loan of $357,000 to a dispensary that hopes to open in October. The Compassionate Care Foundation hopes to serve about...
The city council of Long Beach, California unanimously voted to draft an ordinance to regulate and allow medical marijuana dispensaries. The ordinance will be drafted by the...
Aspen, Colorado has prepared recommendations for the city council for regulating marijuana businesses. The recommendations are to limit the initial number of shops, prohibit private cannabis clubs...
It’s not just medical and legal marijuana states that watched the Justice Department’s announcement of its response to marijuana law reforms in the states with interest. Nine...
In yet another case of people with disparate political ideas coming together to support marijuana policy reform, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) president...
With Eric Holder’s recent statement about allowing Colorado & Washington cannabis legalization to go unchallenged by the Feds has taken the Green Rush up another notch. Here’s...
The Breckenridge Town Council voted 4-1 (with 2 absent council members) to ban retail and medical cannabis dispensaries in its downtown area. The single dispensary, the Breckenridge Cannabis...
Colorado this week became the first legal marijuana state to set its final rules for pot commerce, but Washington state isn’t far behind. Voters in the two...
Recently, with little fanfare, Gov. John Kitzhaber signed House Bill 3460 into law, creating a regulated supply system for medical marijuana. Finally, patients will have legal and...
Comments in the Senate Judiciary Committee provided hope that medical marijuana’s banking problems may be ending, California communities continue to tussle over the issue, and a New...
Protesters gathered in Denver’s Civic Center Park Monday to slam Proposition AA, the statewide recreational marijuana tax proposal that will be decided by Colorado voters in November....
A fellow named David Frum recently wrote an anti-cannabusiness screed on CNN.com entitled “Be Afraid of Big Marijuana.” Frum is a Prohibitionist yammerer who’s on the Board of Directors...
