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Federal Government Survey Dispels Myth That Rolling Back Marijuana Prohibition Laws Will Lead to an Increase in Teen Marijuana Use.
Despite being notoriously known for having some of the most conservative laws regarding cannabis, even Virginia has found itself following suit with the rest of the nation in reconsidering the way it defines and restricts marijuana.
Jamaica will decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, the government announced today. ..
A high-ranking state senator in New York has expressed that he has no plans to move the medical marijuana bill out of his committee,reports The Poughkeepsie Journal.
Colorado overtaxes marijuana and is engaging in criminal activity by taxing something that is federally a crime, a "registered issue committee" called No Over Taxation claims in state court.
According to a new report from the Marijuana Arrest Research Project, in the first four months of 2014, the NYPD made 80 low level weed possession arrests a day and the statistics have stayed the same as in 2013.
On Tuesday, MPP and allied advocates launched a ballot referendum committee to make marijuana legal, taxed, and regulated for adults in Massachusetts. The committee is called...
The San Jose City Council's 7-3 vote Tuesday evening limits existing and new pot shops to a handful of select industrial areas that make up less than 1 percent of the city.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of June 11, 2014:
Colorado recorded its biggest recreational marijuana tax haul yet in April, topping more than $3.5 million in sales and excise taxes on over $22 million in revenue.
A bill that would legalize medical marijuana in New York suffered a major setback Monday, the same day Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters he would sign a medical marijuana bill -- so long as it "makes sense."
Mexico’s president is hinting that he is considering making marijuana legal south of the border, San Francisco Weekly reports. In an interview published...
On Thursday, June 12, 2014, a new law is to be implemented in City of Denver parks / public green spaces: the consumption, use, display, transfer, distribution, sale, or growth of marijuana in any park will be prohibited.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ranked Lebanon in 2011 as one of the world’s top five sources of cannabis resin. Recently, cannabis (hashish) legalization became part of the Lebanese debate. While some officials and farmers are lobbying to legalize it for trade and medicinal use, others are resisting these pressures, fearing an uncontrollable market.
An Arizona judge issued a decision Friday claiming that State Health Director Will Humble acted illegally by denying PTSD patients access to medical marijuana, reports the Arizona Daily Sun.
Councilman Jim Kenney says it takes about 17,000 hours of police work annually in Philly to process those arrested with less than an ounce of weed and it disproportionately affects minorities.
Colorado's attorney general said in an amicus brief to the state supreme court that Coloradans do not have the right to use marijuana off the job if their company has a zero-tolerance drug policy. The case is the first time the scope of marijuana legalization has been presented to the Colorado Supreme Court.
Hershey has sued a Colorado company over punny pot product names that the chocolate goliath believes are too close to its trademarked Reese's, Heath, Almond Joy and York brands.
