Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

October 8, 2013
10/08/2013
Colorado Mountain Resorts Gear Up For Recreational Marijuana

Colorado Mountain Resorts Gear Up For Recreational Marijuana

With recreational shops preparing to open by the end of winter, Colorado mountain resort towns are deciding where they stand on the sales. Telluride, Aspen, Breckenridge, Steamboat...
October 8, 2013
10/08/2013
US Supreme Court Rejects Marijuana Reclassification Appeal

US Supreme Court Rejects Marijuana Reclassification Appeal

The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear an appeal from medical marijuana advocacy groups who had challenged the DEA’s decision to maintain marijuana’s status as a...
October 8, 2013
10/08/2013
Buying Marijuana in North Korea Sure Sounds Easy

Buying Marijuana in North Korea Sure Sounds Easy

Kotaku’s Brian Ashcroft remarks on a recent article by Darmon Richter about buying marijuana in North Korea. Apparently North Korean grass is grown openly and available (though...
October 8, 2013
10/08/2013

Romania Legalizes Medical Marijuana

The East European nation of Romania has approved the use of marijuana for medical purposes, according to neighboring Bulgaria’s Sofia News Agency, citing Romanian sources. It becomes the...
October 8, 2013
10/08/2013
Cannabis Information Booth Approved for Denver Health Expo

Cannabis Information Booth Approved for Denver Health Expo

Cannabis Patient Network will have the first approved cannabis information booth at the Denver Rock n’ Roll Marathon Health Expo on October 18. CPN will be educating...
October 7, 2013
10/07/2013
Washington To Hold Cannabis Business Licensing Seminars

Washington To Hold Cannabis Business Licensing Seminars

Licensing staff from Washington’s Liquor Control Board have scheduled several seminars to inform interested entrepreneurs about the cannabis business licensing process.
October 7, 2013
10/07/2013
Nevada Releases Draft Of Medical Marijuana Regulations

Nevada Releases Draft Of Medical Marijuana Regulations

On Friday, Nevada’s Department of Public and Behavioral Health released an 80 page draft of proposed medical marijuana regulations for the state. Public forums on the regulations...
October 7, 2013
10/07/2013
Pot Prices – September 2013

Pot Prices – September 2013

High Times reports that US pot prices, kind and mids finished below August averages, with schwag climbing slightly. The US Price Index dropped to its lowest point since January...
October 7, 2013
10/07/2013
Arkansas: MMJ Proposal Cleared To Gather Signatures

Arkansas: MMJ Proposal Cleared To Gather Signatures

A new Arkansas MMJ proposal has been cleared to gather signatures by Attorney General Dustin McDaniel. Supporters of the proposal will need to gather over 60,000 signatures...
October 7, 2013
10/07/2013
Polls Find Maryland, Florida Ready for Marijuana Reform

Polls Find Maryland, Florida Ready for Marijuana Reform

Polls from two more states this week show an increasing acceptance of the need to reform marijuana laws. In a Florida poll, Sunshine State voters said they...
October 4, 2013
10/04/2013
Colorado’s Marijuana Tax Debate Heating Up

Colorado’s Marijuana Tax Debate Heating Up

With the vote on Proposition AA, Colorado’s proposed 25% marijuana tax, coming up next month the debate over the taxes are heating up. Activists against the tax...
October 4, 2013
10/04/2013
Study: Drugs Cheaper and More Prevalent Despite Prohibition

Study: Drugs Cheaper and More Prevalent Despite Prohibition

Law enforcement-based efforts criminalizing the possession of illicit substances have largely failed to reduce drug production, potency, or access, according to an assessment of global drug interdiction...
By: NORML
October 4, 2013
10/04/2013
New Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced In Wisonsin

New Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced In Wisonsin

Yesterday, the introduction of the Jacki Rickert Medical Cannabis Act was announced by its sponsors at a press conference. The new Wisconsin medical marijuana bill is sponsored...
October 4, 2013
10/04/2013
California: Governor Signs Industrial Hemp Farming Act

California: Governor Signs Industrial Hemp Farming Act

Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown last week signed legislation, Senate Bill 566: the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act, into law. The measure reclassifies varieties of cannabis containing minute...
By: NORML
October 4, 2013
10/04/2013
Marylanders Ready to Tax and Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol

Marylanders Ready to Tax and Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol

A new poll jointly commissioned by MPP and the ACLU of Maryland shows that a majority of Marylanders support legalizing marijuana for adults and regulating it similarly...
October 4, 2013
10/04/2013
Switzerland Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession

Switzerland Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession

As of this week, the possession of up to 10 grams of marijuana is no longer a criminal offense in Switzerland. Instead, the Swiss have decriminalized the possession of...
October 3, 2013
10/03/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.02)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.02)

California localities continue to grapple with medical marijuana issues; meanwhile, officials in three states are moving forward with implementing medical marijuana laws, and a key Kentucky politician...
October 3, 2013
10/03/2013
Colorado Accepting Applications for Retail Cannabis Outlets

Colorado Accepting Applications for Retail Cannabis Outlets

The state of Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division yesterday began accepting formal applications from those seeking to open the first-in-the-nation retail cannabis outlets. The agency had accepted 23...
October 3, 2013
10/03/2013
Pot Bust by Traffic Cops Picked Up by Justices

Pot Bust by Traffic Cops Picked Up by Justices

The Supreme Court said it will take up whether an anonymous 911 call reporting a reckless driver justified a search that led to a pot bust. In...
October 2, 2013
10/02/2013
Three-Year-Old Goes to School With 14 Bags of Weed

Three-Year-Old Goes to School With 14 Bags of Weed

If you haven’t already, check out this story about a toddler who went to school with a backpack full of weed in New York City. I had...