Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

October 11, 2013
10/11/2013
Autistic Teen Tricked Into Buying Weed for Undercover Cop

Autistic Teen Tricked Into Buying Weed for Undercover Cop

by Sabrina Fendrick, Director of Women’s Outreach, October 10, 2013 In late 2012, a Riverside County, California police officer infiltrated a local high school, befriended a vulnerable,...
October 11, 2013
10/11/2013
Pueblo County, CO Sets Recreational Cannabis Rules and Fees

Pueblo County, CO Sets Recreational Cannabis Rules and Fees

Pueblo County, Colorado has set its rules and licensing fees for recreational cannabis businesses. Pueblo County is one of only seven counties in Colorado so far to...
October 11, 2013
10/11/2013
Study: Marijuana Less Likely to Cause Crash Than Other Drugs

Study: Marijuana Less Likely to Cause Crash Than Other Drugs

The presence of various controlled substances in blood is associated with an increased risk of fatal crash involvement, according to data published online in the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention....
By: NORML
October 11, 2013
10/11/2013
Legalization: 8 Lies The White House Is Spreading About Weed

Legalization: 8 Lies The White House Is Spreading About Weed

In a great article on Policymic, Christopher Blakely shoots down 8 bits of misinformation still being spread about marijuana and legalization by the White House despite our...
October 11, 2013
10/11/2013
Silk Road’s Prices for Cannabis Around the World

Silk Road’s Prices for Cannabis Around the World

Before Silk Road was busted, Price Geek managed to acquire their prices for cannabis from several countries around the world. Prices in the US are relatively low...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Ethics Complaint Filed Against Anti-Marijuana-Tax Group

Ethics Complaint Filed Against Anti-Marijuana-Tax Group

Luis Toro of Colorado Ethics Watch has filed a complaint against No Over Taxation, the Colorado anti-marijuana-tax group that has been giving out free joints. “Voters deserve...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Dutch Rolling Out Pot Scented Cards

Dutch Rolling Out Pot Scented Cards

The Dutch pot scented cards have been used experimentally for three years, but are now being widely distributed in four more cities. The implementation of these cards...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.09)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.09)

The feds back off in some Southern California asset forfeiture cases, an Iowa newspaper tells local authorities to back off from prosecuting a cancer patient, and several...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Battle Over Local Bans on MMJ Set Today for MI Supreme Court

Battle Over Local Bans on MMJ Set Today for MI Supreme Court

The Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments against medical marijuana bans today. The suit was filed in 2010. In 2011, Judge Dennis Leiber ruled that federal law...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Colbert Report on Marijuana Legalization Re-Names States “Cheech-orado” and “Washing-Chong”

Colbert Report on Marijuana Legalization Re-Names States “Cheech-orado” and “Washing-Chong”

Last night on Comedy Central satirical news show The Colbert Report, The Rev. Sir Doctor Sen. Stephen T. Mos Def Colbert, D.F.A., Heavyweight Champion of the World** covered recent...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
TSA Considers Letting Passengers Fly With Marijuana

TSA Considers Letting Passengers Fly With Marijuana

A great article on Think Progress explains that while TSA (as a federal agency) doesn’t technically recognize state marijuana laws, passengers attempting to fly with marijuana have...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Dog Lauded, Life Ruined

Dog Lauded, Life Ruined

Who doesn’t love a good dog? They’re man’s best friend after all; trained to keep a house safe, or to corral livestock on a farm, or to...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Cannabis Cosmeceuticals Coming Following Skin Cancer Study

Cannabis Cosmeceuticals Coming Following Skin Cancer Study

Japanese scientists recently found that synthetic cannabinoids act as a powerful anti-inflammatory and reduce skin cancer by 90% in mice. Here come the cannabis cosmeceuticals, folks.
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Nevada Medical Marijuana Program Called Discriminatory

Nevada Medical Marijuana Program Called Discriminatory

Proposed regulations for Nevada’s medical marijuana program seem to discriminate against the poor, both because hopeful entrepreneurs need an extra $250,000 laying around and because the home...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Legal Marijuana Trend Spreads as More States Weigh Votes

Legal Marijuana Trend Spreads as More States Weigh Votes

On Bloomberg, Alison Vekshin reports the spread of acceptance of legal marijuana, and the acceleration of that spread caused by the DOJ’s memo that they will not...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
The Doomed Economics of Drug Prohibition

The Doomed Economics of Drug Prohibition

Reason’s Jacob Sullum recounts a recent study which found that despite efforts to reduce global drug supplies, the purity of drugs has risen while the price has...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Bigger in Texas: Support for Marijuana Legalization

Bigger in Texas: Support for Marijuana Legalization

They say things are bigger in Texas and, according to new survey data just released by Public Policy Polling, that includes support for marijuana law reform. PPP’s...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Colorado Farmer Harvests First US Hemp Crop in 56 Years

Colorado Farmer Harvests First US Hemp Crop in 56 Years

Ryan Loflin, a Colorado farmer, harvested the first US hemp crop since 1957 last weekend. The 55-acre crop will be used for hemp seed, oils and, of...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
USA v. Gutierrez: Oaksterdam University Protestor Beaten by Federal Officers Found Guilty of Assault

USA v. Gutierrez: Oaksterdam University Protestor Beaten by Federal Officers Found Guilty of Assault

“My children are going to grow up without a father! Over what?!” shouted Sarah Schrader, longtime girlfriend of Jose Gutierrez and the mother of his two young...
October 8, 2013
10/08/2013
Marijuana Legalization Advertisements Spark Controversy

Marijuana Legalization Advertisements Spark Controversy

Marijuana prohibitionists have been stirring up controversy since a line of bus advertisements supporting Question 1 in Portland, Maine were revealed on Tuesday. The advertisements serve to spark...