Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

December 7, 2012
12/07/2012
First Ounces Leave a New Jersey Medical Marijuana Dispensary

First Ounces Leave a New Jersey Medical Marijuana Dispensary

New Jersey’s first and so far only medical marijuana dispensary opened in downtown Montclair on Thursday, nearly three years after the law allowing such enterprises was passed.
December 7, 2012
12/07/2012
Washington State’s Cannabis Legalization Explored in Detail on NPR

Washington State’s Cannabis Legalization Explored in Detail on NPR

On what sounded more like ‘National Pot Radio’ than good ol’ National Public Radio, a two-part series today on the morning and afternoon shows did a good...
December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Bill to Be Considered in 2013 – Maybe

Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Bill to Be Considered in 2013 – Maybe

Over the last four years, two medical marijuana bills have sat in the Pennsylvania legislature, just waiting to come up for a vote. And they haven’t. Not...
December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
How to Sell Marijuana Legally, In Four Inconvenient Steps

How to Sell Marijuana Legally, In Four Inconvenient Steps

John Davis, who runs a legal medical marijuana business in Washington, shares with NPR 4 key steps in trying to operate in the cannabis industry, as it’s really...
December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Quinnipiac Pollster Calls Marijuana Legalization “Just a Matter of Time”

Quinnipiac Pollster Calls Marijuana Legalization “Just a Matter of Time”

08:46pm The third different poll in less than a week to report a majority favoring marijuana legalization was released Wednesday, with the pollster saying the results...
December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Jamen Shively: Microsoft Executive Turned Marijuana Entrepreneur

Jamen Shively: Microsoft Executive Turned Marijuana Entrepreneur

Jamen Shively, a former Microsoft executive, has decided to enter the marijuana gold rush about to occur in Washington state “by creating the category of premium marijuana,...
December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Seattle Feds Warn Public: Don’t Bring Weed to Our Buildings and Parks

Seattle Feds Warn Public: Don’t Bring Weed to Our Buildings and Parks

On Wednesday, one day before Initiative 502 goes in effect in Washington, feds in Seattle gave the public a warning about bringing any amount of pot into courthouses,...
By: Lateralus
December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
$1.5B Worth of Marijuana Confiscated in Appalachia (Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia)

$1.5B Worth of Marijuana Confiscated in Appalachia (Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia)

Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies confiscated more than $1.5 billion worth of marijuana this year in Appalachia, a region where widespread unemployment may be enticing...
December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.12.05)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.12.05)

03:42pm Yes, it’s true, medical marijuana dispensaries really are coming in Arizona, and in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, Harborside wins in state court, and Mendocino County ponders a...
December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Saugus, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen Bans Marijuana Dispensaries

Saugus, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen Bans Marijuana Dispensaries

The Saugus, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen took a strong position opposing medical marijuana dispensaries, voting 5-0 to prohibit the placement of marijuana distribution points in town.
December 6, 2012
12/06/2012
Prohibition Repealed 80 Years Ago Today — and Again One Day from Now

Prohibition Repealed 80 Years Ago Today — and Again One Day from Now

01:16pm On December 5, 1933, the 21st amendment to the Constitution was ratified, repealing federal prohibition of alcohol and sending alcohol regulation back to the states. Tomorrow,...
December 5, 2012
12/05/2012
Marijuana Charge Dropped Against NFL Lions’ Nick Fairley

Marijuana Charge Dropped Against NFL Lions’ Nick Fairley

A Mobile, Alabama municipal judge has dismissed a misdemeanor marijuana charge against Detroit Lions defensive tackle Nick Fairley.
December 5, 2012
12/05/2012
Landlord Can’t Evict Harborside Health Center, Oakland’s Largest Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Landlord Can’t Evict Harborside Health Center, Oakland’s Largest Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Ana Chretien, the landlord for Harborside Health Center (Oakland’s largest medical marijuana dispensary), cannot evict the business just because the federal government has threatened to seize the...
December 5, 2012
12/05/2012
Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce “Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act”

Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce “Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act”

A bipartisan group of legislators from around the country led by Rep. Diana DeGette  (D-Colorado) introduced a bill in Congress today that would clarify that Colorado and...
December 5, 2012
12/05/2012
Poll: Solid Majority of Voters Back Legalizing Cannabis

Poll: Solid Majority of Voters Back Legalizing Cannabis

Nearly six out of ten Americans support legalizing cannabis, according to a just released Public Policy Polling automated telephone survey of 1,325 voters, commissioned by the Marijuana Policy Project. 58...
December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Medical Marijuana Clinic Eyes Locations in Framingham, Needham and Newton Massachusetts

Medical Marijuana Clinic Eyes Locations in Framingham, Needham and Newton Massachusetts

A Newton Massachusetts native is working with California-based CannaMed to open consultation centers in Framingham, Newton Centre and Needham to “approve” patients for medical marijuana.
December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Medical Marijuana Advocates Urge Mendocino County Officials to Fight Federal Subpoena for Records

Medical Marijuana Advocates Urge Mendocino County Officials to Fight Federal Subpoena for Records

The Mendocino Board of Supervisors and County Counsel Thomas Parker are scheduled to meet in a closed-door session Tuesday to discuss a pending federal subpoena for records...
December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Marijuana’s Fate May Hinge on Raisins and Wheat

Marijuana’s Fate May Hinge on Raisins and Wheat

The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear from California raisin producers who are challenging a federal price support program granted by the Constitution’s Commerce Clause and...
December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Colorado Business Groups Ask Feds to Enforce Marijuana Laws

Colorado Business Groups Ask Feds to Enforce Marijuana Laws

01:46pm Some 20 Colorado business organizations wrote a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder last Friday urging him to enforce federal laws barring the sale and possession...
December 4, 2012
12/04/2012
Legal Marijuana: a $46 Billion Industry?

Legal Marijuana: a $46 Billion Industry?

The Medical Marijuana Business Daily, an industry new service, projects that if marijuana were legalized nationwide it would result in a market potentially worth more than $46 billion.