Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

October 2, 2013
10/02/2013
MPP Plans to End Prohibition in 10 More States by 2017

MPP Plans to End Prohibition in 10 More States by 2017

The nation’s largest marijuana policy organization announced Monday it will support efforts to end marijuana prohibition in 10 more states by 2017. The Marijuana Policy Project’s announcement...
October 2, 2013
10/02/2013
Kentucky House Speaker May Support Medical Marijuana Law

Kentucky House Speaker May Support Medical Marijuana Law

Kentucky advocates for medical marijuana received a pleasant surprise last week when several media outlets reported that House Speaker Greg Stumbo (D-Prestonsburg) is now “leaning in favor”...
October 2, 2013
10/02/2013
Spain’s Ex Drug Czar: “Cannabis Is Not A Drug”

Spain’s Ex Drug Czar: “Cannabis Is Not A Drug”

Araceli Manjón is the former cabinet director of Spain’s National Drugs Plan, which is a position comparable to the US drug czar. She voiced her support for cannabis reform at...
October 2, 2013
10/02/2013
Bus Ads Run In Portland In Support Of Marijuana Initiative

Bus Ads Run In Portland In Support Of Marijuana Initiative

Supporters of Question 1, the ballot initiative to remove penalties for adult marijuana possession in Portland, are launching a series of ads on METRO buses and bus...
October 2, 2013
10/02/2013
Marijuana Initiatives Coming to Wyoming

Marijuana Initiatives Coming to Wyoming

In a sign of changing times, at least two separate marijuana initiative campaigns are getting underway in Wyoming, one of the reddest of the red states. One...
October 1, 2013
10/01/2013
Canada’s New Medical Marijuana System Begins Today

Canada’s New Medical Marijuana System Begins Today

Canada’s MMPR (Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations) begin to take over the medical marijuana system today. Under the new regulations only large corporate entities may grow the...
October 1, 2013
10/01/2013
A New Subscription Service Sends Cannabis-Related Goodies

A New Subscription Service Sends Cannabis-Related Goodies

The Business Insider describes a new subscription service that sends items to subscribers on a monthly basis. CannaBox sends cannabis-related items to enthusiasts each month, and hopes...
October 1, 2013
10/01/2013
Endexx to Acquire THCFinder and Herbal Life LLC

Endexx to Acquire THCFinder and Herbal Life LLC

It looks like THCfinder is about to take it to the next level! Endexx, a corporation that provides web based application as well as storage of documents...
October 1, 2013
10/01/2013
MMJ Web Services Dismay Massachusetts Physician Leaders

MMJ Web Services Dismay Massachusetts Physician Leaders

Web services that help qualifying medical marijuana patients find a doctor willing to prescribe marijuana are raising concerns among the Massachusetts Medical Society. The Society is claiming...
October 1, 2013
10/01/2013
NORML Match Grant Extended to Lament Founding of Prohibition

NORML Match Grant Extended to Lament Founding of Prohibition

Dear NORML members and supporters, Over the last month, $26,650 has been raised by NORML members and supporters in a $100,000 donor match put forward by new NORML...
September 30, 2013
09/30/2013
UK Police Chief: It Is Time To End The War On Drugs

UK Police Chief: It Is Time To End The War On Drugs

Mike Barton, Durham’s chief constable says it’s time to end the war on drugs. “What I am saying is that drugs should be controlled. They should not, of...
September 30, 2013
09/30/2013
The Economist On Cannabis Industry: Here Come The Suits, Man

The Economist On Cannabis Industry: Here Come The Suits, Man

A great article on The Economist describes a recent ArcView investor’s meeting in Denver. The article describes different sides of the cannabis industry as they exist, and...
September 30, 2013
09/30/2013
Latin American Leaders Talk Drug Reform at UN

Latin American Leaders Talk Drug Reform at UN

Once again, the United Nations’ General Assembly meeting in New York City has become a forum for calls for drug reform. Leaders from Latin America took the...
September 30, 2013
09/30/2013
John Morgan: Oxycontin Users Would Be Better Off Smoking Pot

John Morgan: Oxycontin Users Would Be Better Off Smoking Pot

Orlando attorney and medical marijuana advocate John Morgan compared medical marijuana and oxycontin, noting that marijuana is a safer, non-addictive substitute for the popular pain pills.
September 30, 2013
09/30/2013
Reps Urge New Direction With New Drug Czar Pick

Reps Urge New Direction With New Drug Czar Pick

Five Democratic members of Congress are calling on President Obama to use the naming of a new drug czar as an opportunity to take a big step...
September 30, 2013
09/30/2013
MPP’s Mason Tvert On “The Dish”

MPP’s Mason Tvert On “The Dish”

MPP director of communications Mason Tvert recently sat down with Andrew Sullivan at The Dish to discuss the state of marijuana policy. In this segment, he talks...
September 27, 2013
09/27/2013
Why Medical Marijuana in Colorado Is $25 an Eighth

Why Medical Marijuana in Colorado Is $25 an Eighth

In an epic article on the Business Insider, Walter Hickey tells the whole story about how Colorado medical marijuana patients can pay $25 for an eighth of...
September 27, 2013
09/27/2013
Legalization Debate Held at Wichita State University

Legalization Debate Held at Wichita State University

Jack Cole of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) was set to debate local law enforcement at Wichita State University yesterday, but no local law enforcement showed up....
September 27, 2013
09/27/2013
Colorado Marijuana Industry Gets $1 Million From Investors

Colorado Marijuana Industry Gets $1 Million From Investors

Investors from The ArcView Group invested over $1 million into 22 companies in Colorado’s upcoming recreational marijuana industry, despite the fact that 90% of them could not...
September 27, 2013
09/27/2013
Alaska Signature Drive Making Progress

Alaska Signature Drive Making Progress

As the winter months approach, the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana in Alaska is in full swing. Currently, petitioners are working to collect 45,000 signatures by December 1 in...