Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

August 23, 2013
08/23/2013
CNN to Vaporize New  Dr. Sanjay Gupta Weed Strain

CNN to Vaporize New Dr. Sanjay Gupta Weed Strain

CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who recently changed his mind about medical weed, has a weed strain named after him, for now. Within 24 hours of the official press release being released, CNN contacted...
August 23, 2013
08/23/2013
Colorado MMJ Patients Protest Lack Of Confidentiality

Colorado MMJ Patients Protest Lack Of Confidentiality

A June audit of Colorado’s Medical Marijuana Registry found serious breaches in the confidentiality that was supposed to be in place. Protesters gathered Wednesday along with an...
August 23, 2013
08/23/2013
MA Dispensary Application Process Continues to Move Forward

MA Dispensary Application Process Continues to Move Forward

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) collected several applications today from prospective Registered Marijuana Dispensary (RMD) operators, as today marked the Phase I application deadline. With the passing...
August 23, 2013
08/23/2013
New Pot Strain Named After Sanjay Gupta

New Pot Strain Named After Sanjay Gupta

Gupta Kush is a new indica organic pot strain from Helping Hands Herbals Dispensary in Boulder, CO named after CNN’s MMJ crusader Dr. Sanjay Gupta. GK has its origins...
August 23, 2013
08/23/2013
Florida Medical Marijuana Initiative Moving Forward

Florida Medical Marijuana Initiative Moving Forward

Could Florida be the first state in the South to approve medical marijuana? A bill that would have done that was stymied this year in the legislature,...
August 23, 2013
08/23/2013
Feds Force Security and Armored Car Companies to Stop Servicing the Cannabis Industry

Feds Force Security and Armored Car Companies to Stop Servicing the Cannabis Industry

DEA puts public safety and lives at risk On the heels of Dr. Sanjay Gupta‘s endorsement of medical cannabis, and Eric Holder’s speech advocating reform of the...
August 22, 2013
08/22/2013
Obama: Rescheduling Medical Marijuana Not My Call

Obama: Rescheduling Medical Marijuana Not My Call

CNN reports that — despite the increasing calls from activists, the public, and even Dr. Sanjay Gupta (who was Obama’s original pick for Surgeon General) to reschedule marijuana...
August 22, 2013
08/22/2013
Colorado To Begin Cannabis Seed-To-Sale Tracking In October

Colorado To Begin Cannabis Seed-To-Sale Tracking In October

Years after such a system was supposed to be in place for medical marijuana, Colorado regulators are preparing to roll out a system using radio frequency tags...
August 22, 2013
08/22/2013
New Study: Cannabis Is the ‘Least Risky Drug’ for Driving

New Study: Cannabis Is the ‘Least Risky Drug’ for Driving

A new study from Denmark confirms what cannabis advocates have said for years — marijuana is much safer than other substances when it comes to driving impairment....
August 22, 2013
08/22/2013
Denver Police Schedule Reddit Ask Me Anything About Marijuana

Denver Police Schedule Reddit Ask Me Anything About Marijuana

The Denver Police Department recently held a one-hour ask me anything session on reddit, and so many questions were asked about marijuana that the department decided to...
August 22, 2013
08/22/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.08.21)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.08.21)

Dispensaries get regulation in Oregon, a dispensary will open in Delaware, and they’re already popping up in Arizona. There’s more medical marijuana news, too; let’s get to...
August 21, 2013
08/21/2013
Canadian Police Chiefs Want Tickets for Marijuana Possession

Canadian Police Chiefs Want Tickets for Marijuana Possession

013 Canada’s police chiefs are ready to quit arresting people for marijuana possession. Meeting in Winnipeg over the weekend, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police passed a resolution...
August 21, 2013
08/21/2013
Forbes: Why Legal Marijuana Is a Good Argument for Tax Reform

Forbes: Why Legal Marijuana Is a Good Argument for Tax Reform

Forbes’ Howard Gleckman describes the motivation behind the legal marijuana industry’s eagerness to pay taxes: to be able to deduct expenses. He then uses this example to...
August 21, 2013
08/21/2013
Poll Finds Few Think We’re Winning War on Drugs

Poll Finds Few Think We’re Winning War on Drugs

013 Four decades after President Richard Nixon ushered in the modern war on drugs, fewer than one out of 20 Americans think it is being won, according...
August 21, 2013
08/21/2013
Connecticut Agency Addresses Concerns About MMJ Regulations

Connecticut Agency Addresses Concerns About MMJ Regulations

Connecticut’s Department of Consumer Protection released revised regulations for the medical marijuana industry in the state. Issues that were addressed include limiting background checks for caregivers and...
August 21, 2013
08/21/2013
Federal Agency Lies About Weed

Federal Agency Lies About Weed

013 At the center of the Marijuana Policy Project’s “controversial” ad at NASCAR’s Brickyard 400 was the claim that cannabis is less toxic than alcohol. It’s true–just ask the...
By: Andy Cush
August 21, 2013
08/21/2013
Last Obstacle for CA Patients: Police Lobbyists

Last Obstacle for CA Patients: Police Lobbyists

On Huffington Post, Americans for Safe Access’ Executive Director Steph Sherer details the last and oldest obstacle to regulate dispensaries in California: police lobbyists. Ever since medical...
August 21, 2013
08/21/2013
Medical Marijuana Patients Test 25-Mile Limit

Medical Marijuana Patients Test 25-Mile Limit

013 Medical marijuana advocates claim in court that Arizona unconstitutionally bars some patients from growing the drug at home if they live less than 25 miles from...
August 20, 2013
08/20/2013
Billboards Raising Awareness, Support for Sensible BC

Billboards Raising Awareness, Support for Sensible BC

Three billboards have popped up to raise awareness and recruit supporters for a Sensible BC petition to decriminalize and legalize cannabis in the province. The petition would...
August 20, 2013
08/20/2013
New Jersey Dispensary to Provide Meds to Sick Kids for Free

New Jersey Dispensary to Provide Meds to Sick Kids for Free

Thanks to the fact that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has finally eased access to medical marijuana for minors, Compassionate Care Centers of America Foundation, Inc. has said...