Marijuana Legalization Could Be a Tax Windfall for Cash-Strapped States, but Skeptics Abound
The debate over how much tax money recreational marijuana laws could produce is playing an outsize role in the campaigns for and against legalization.
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The debate over how much tax money recreational marijuana laws could produce is playing an outsize role in the campaigns for and against legalization.
Mel Sembler, has given Smart Colorado contributions totaling $151,497 through September, 95 percent of the money raised by the group so far.
The Romney campaign has finally stooped low enough to try to trick the medical marijuana community into voting Romney into office.
Three marijuana legalization initiatives, two medical marijuana initiatives, and one sentencing reform initiative are on state ballots this year...
Dispensaries were within 1,000 feet of schools and were notified that they had 45 days to shut down, move their business or face federal enforcement action.
This past weekend, tens of thousands of marijuana reform advocates joined MassCANN/NORML on the Boston Common for the 23rd Annual Boston Freedom Rally...
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of September 19, 2012.
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With only a few weeks left until election day, Colorado's Amendment 64 tax and regulate marijuana initiative is well-positioned to win on November 6...
Lynching Charlie Lynch is a film about a nation that somehow thinks it's justifiable to persecute people for growing plants for others.
Americans for Safe Access, the leading organization of medical marijuana patients, has organized a nationwide protest at Obama for America offices today.
Here's the latest news on corrupt cops and law enforcement around the United States from the past week, as of September 18, 2012.
A recent SurveyUSA poll shows Measure 80, on the ballot in Oregon to legalize recreational marijuana, trailing by a margin of 41% to 37%.
California Governor Jerry Brown Monday signed into law Assembly Bill 472, the "911 Good Samaritan Bill," to help reduce the number of fatal drug overdoses.
A new Suffolk University survey shows support for Question 3 to legalize medical marijuana in Massachusetts at 59%, opposition at 35%, and 6% undecided.
Deciding to legalize (or not) based on the perceived evolution of American values and social mores, or making the decision based on scientific evidence.
Washington connoisseur farmers are selling their marijuana to friends with cards, keeping top shelf strains off the shelves and within their own circles.
Marijuana: A case for legalization - More than 100 million people in this country have tried marijuana at some point.