Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

June 13, 2014
06/13/2014
Medical Marijuana Bill Is Faced With Difficulties in New York Senate

Medical Marijuana Bill Is Faced With Difficulties in New York Senate

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....
June 13, 2014
06/13/2014
Just Say No to Marijuana Tax, ‘No Over Taxation’ Sues

Just Say No to Marijuana Tax, ‘No Over Taxation’ Sues

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...
June 12, 2014
06/12/2014
NYPD Arrests 80 People a Day for Low Level Weed Possession

NYPD Arrests 80 People a Day for Low Level Weed Possession

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...
June 12, 2014
06/12/2014
MPP Planning to Put Marijuana on the Ballot in Massachusetts in 2016

MPP Planning to Put Marijuana on the Ballot in Massachusetts in 2016

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...
June 12, 2014
06/12/2014
San Jose Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Face Tough New Rules

San Jose Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Face Tough New Rules

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...
June 12, 2014
06/12/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.06.11)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.06.11)

Congressional Democrats who voted wrong on medical marijuana catch some flak, California continues to struggle with regulating medical marijuana, while other states struggle to get bills passed....
June 12, 2014
06/12/2014
Marijuana Treatment May Fight Breast Cancer, Researchers Say

Marijuana Treatment May Fight Breast Cancer, Researchers Say

After nearly a decade of research, scientists at California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute recently published online in the British Journal of Pharmacology, which suggest that cannabinoids...
June 11, 2014
06/11/2014
Colorado Recreational Marijuana Sales, Taxes Boomed in April

Colorado Recreational Marijuana Sales, Taxes Boomed in April

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....
June 11, 2014
06/11/2014
Medical Marijuana Bill Faces Setback in NY Senate

Medical Marijuana Bill Faces Setback in NY Senate

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...
June 11, 2014
06/11/2014
Mexico May Follow Colorado and Washington on Marijuana Policy

Mexico May Follow Colorado and Washington on Marijuana Policy

Mexico’s president is hinting that he is considering making marijuana legal south of the border, San Francisco Weekly reports. In an interview published Sunday in El Pais, President...
June 11, 2014
06/11/2014
Marijuana Prohibition Again in Denver Parks

Marijuana Prohibition Again in Denver Parks

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,...
June 11, 2014
06/11/2014
International Cannabis Update: Lebanon Battles for Legalization

International Cannabis Update: Lebanon Battles for Legalization

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...
June 10, 2014
06/10/2014
Arizona Judge Approves Medical Marijuana as Treatment for PTSD

Arizona Judge Approves Medical Marijuana as Treatment for PTSD

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...
June 10, 2014
06/10/2014
Decriminalizing Pot Possession Advances in Philly, But Conflicts Could Stymie City Law

Decriminalizing Pot Possession Advances in Philly, But Conflicts Could Stymie City Law

A bill gaining traction in Philadelphia City Council would make possessing small quantities of marijuana only a civil violation, with a $25 fine. Councilman Jim Kenney says Philly...
June 10, 2014
06/10/2014
Fight Over Marijuana Regulation Taken to Colorado Supreme Court

Fight Over Marijuana Regulation Taken to Colorado Supreme Court

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...
June 10, 2014
06/10/2014
Hershey Sues Edible Marijuana Maker Over Punny Product Names

Hershey Sues Edible Marijuana Maker Over Punny Product Names

Hershey has sued TinctureBelle LLC, a Colorado company, over punny pot product names that the chocolate goliath believes are too close to its trademarked Reese’s, Heath, Almond Joy...
June 10, 2014
06/10/2014
Could Cannabis Be a Natural Form of Birth Control?

Could Cannabis Be a Natural Form of Birth Control?

There’s been a lot of talk lately about a recent study which suggested there could be a link between cannabis and decreased fertility in men. The study surveyed young men under...
June 10, 2014
06/10/2014
Sacramento County to Limit Indoor Marijuana Growth

Sacramento County to Limit Indoor Marijuana Growth

Sacramento County, California supervisors are expected today to limit the indoor growth of marijuana to nine plants per house in unincorporated areas. The indoor restriction comes nearly...
June 9, 2014
06/09/2014
Colorado Law Sets Up Marijuana Banks; Feds Must OK

Colorado Law Sets Up Marijuana Banks; Feds Must OK

Gov. John Hickenlooper signed legislation Friday that tries to establish the world’s first financial system for the newly legal marijuana industry in Colorado. It would allow pot businesses to...
June 9, 2014
06/09/2014
DEA Leaning on Massachusetts Docs With Dispensaries Ties

DEA Leaning on Massachusetts Docs With Dispensaries Ties

The Boston Globe is reporting today that the DEA has been visiting Massachusetts doctors involved with yet-to-open medical marijuana dispensaries and giving them an ultimatum: Cut your ties with...