Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

August 15, 2014
08/15/2014
The Share of Arrests for Marijuana Possession Has More Than Tripled Since 1991

The Share of Arrests for Marijuana Possession Has More Than Tripled Since 1991

While the number of arrests for all offenses has declined nationally since 1991, the share of arrests related to simple marijuana possession has more than tripled over the same...
August 14, 2014
08/14/2014
Let It Grow: Banks Offering Financial Services to Marijuana-Related Businesses

Let It Grow: Banks Offering Financial Services to Marijuana-Related Businesses

About 105 different financial institutions spread out over one-third of the country have reported relationships with legal marijuana-related businesses, the top U.S. anti-money laundering official said Tuesday,...
August 14, 2014
08/14/2014
Delaware Officials Announce First Medical Marijuana Compassion Center

Delaware Officials Announce First Medical Marijuana Compassion Center

After more than three years and numerous delays, Delaware’s first pilot medical marijuana dispensary has finally been approved! On Monday, August 11, the Department of Health and Social Services finalized...
August 14, 2014
08/14/2014
Demand for Marijuana Outpaces Legal Supply; Black Market Filling Gap

Demand for Marijuana Outpaces Legal Supply; Black Market Filling Gap

In a report commissioned by the Marijuana Enforcement Division earlier this year, data shows that Colorado residents and visitors will consume an estimated 130.3 metric tons of...
August 14, 2014
08/14/2014
Poll: Two-Thirds Of Americans Say Private Consumption Of Cannabis Should Be Legal

Poll: Two-Thirds Of Americans Say Private Consumption Of Cannabis Should Be Legal

Sixty-six percent of Americans believe that adults ought to legally be able to consume cannabis in the privacy of one’s own home, according to results of a...
August 14, 2014
08/14/2014
55% of Rheumatologists Support Medical Marijuana, Survey Finds

55% of Rheumatologists Support Medical Marijuana, Survey Finds

55% of rheumatologists believe cannabis or cannabis-based medicines can help in the treatment of rheumatic conditions like arthritis, according to a survey by the Canadian Rheumatology Association. Despite the...
August 13, 2014
08/13/2014
Medical Cannabis Gets 87-Year-Old Colorado Woman Kicked Out of Housing

Medical Cannabis Gets 87-Year-Old Colorado Woman Kicked Out of Housing

It truly sounds like something published by The Onion: an 87-year-old who has rented the same subsidized apartment for the last five years is being kicked out...
August 13, 2014
08/13/2014
Washington: Retail Marijuana Sales Total Nearly $4 Million In First Month

Washington: Retail Marijuana Sales Total Nearly $4 Million In First Month

Washington state-licensed marijuana retailers sold an estimated $3.8 million in cannabis products in July, the first month during which such sales were allowed under state law. The sales are estimated to...
August 13, 2014
08/13/2014
Gavin Newsom Will Back ‘The Right Initiative’ To Legalize Marijuana In California

Gavin Newsom Will Back ‘The Right Initiative’ To Legalize Marijuana In California

California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), who has made no secret of his overall support for marijuana legalization, has now said he’s prepared to campaign for a...
August 13, 2014
08/13/2014
Comedian Randy Credico’s Deadly Serious Quest to Run New York

Comedian Randy Credico’s Deadly Serious Quest to Run New York

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is widely expected to cruise to an easy victory in the Democratic primary on September 9, despite festering influence-peddling scandals, despite his...
August 13, 2014
08/13/2014
This Mom in a Conservative State Was Terrified of Pot, Until It Treated Her Blinding Pain and Fibromyalgia

This Mom in a Conservative State Was Terrified of Pot, Until It Treated Her Blinding Pain and Fibromyalgia

Christine Stenquist, a 42-year-old Utah mom, has been suffering from severe and chronic migraines since the age of 7, has an inoperable brain tumor and fibromyalgia. She...
August 12, 2014
08/12/2014
Putting Oregon Marijuana Revenues in Perspective

Putting Oregon Marijuana Revenues in Perspective

Here’s just a few of the estimates from Oregon’s Legislative Revenue Office if they were to legalize recreational weed this November: About 8% of the population, or ~322k Oregonians,...
August 12, 2014
08/12/2014
Illinois Medical Marijuana Applications Now Available

Illinois Medical Marijuana Applications Now Available

The three departments that oversee the Illinois medical cannabis program posted several important documents online on Friday, including cannabis patient applications, which are available here. Additional forms were also made available, including...
August 12, 2014
08/12/2014
Andy Harris: It’s for the Kids, Damnit!

Andy Harris: It’s for the Kids, Damnit!

If Kevin Sabet and Chris Christie were looking for a third member to play some acoustic crazy in their anti-cannabis garage band, they need look no further...
August 11, 2014
08/11/2014
Stock Manipulation Claim in Marijuana Market

Stock Manipulation Claim in Marijuana Market

Executives at GrowLife manipulated the company’s share price to issue below-market shares to insiders, then dumped millions of shares in the market just before the company was...
August 11, 2014
08/11/2014
Colorado Health Department: Teen Marijuana Use Has Decreased Since Marijuana Became Legal for Adults

Colorado Health Department: Teen Marijuana Use Has Decreased Since Marijuana Became Legal for Adults

Rates of current and lifetime marijuana use among Colorado high school students has dropped since the state made marijuana legal in 2012, according to a press release...
August 11, 2014
08/11/2014
Operation Shattered: “…And Now We Are F’cked”

Operation Shattered: “…And Now We Are F’cked”

I don’t even want to talk about this, but I am going to and I don’t intend to mince words. In the long run I do believe...
August 8, 2014
08/08/2014
Medical Marijuana Patients Want Cleaner Air on California Coast

Medical Marijuana Patients Want Cleaner Air on California Coast

Marijuana patients claim in court that San Diego and the California Coastal Commission will foul the air, snarl traffic and force people to grow marijuana indoors, wasting...
August 8, 2014
08/08/2014
$50,000 in Marijuana Stolen From Seattle Dispensary

$50,000 in Marijuana Stolen From Seattle Dispensary

Seattle police report someone cut a large hole in the wall at a Georgetown medical-marijuana dispensary and made off with $50,000 worth of pot Wednesday morning.
August 8, 2014
08/08/2014
Michigan Marijuana Victories in Hazel Park and Oak Park

Michigan Marijuana Victories in Hazel Park and Oak Park

If yesterday’s elections in Hazel Park and Oak Park are any indication, voters in cities and towns across Michigan will be standing up for sensible marijuana policies in November....