Category: Marijuana News

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General marijuana news and commentary

June 28, 2013
06/28/2013
CU-Boulder Spent $108K To Shut Down 420 Party In 2013

CU-Boulder Spent $108K To Shut Down 420 Party In 2013

The University of Colorado at Boulder spent almost $108,000 to shut down this year’s 420 party on campus. In 2012, the first year the infamous (in Colorado...
June 28, 2013
06/28/2013
Oregon DA’s Oppose Dispensary Bill: May Affect Old Cases

Oregon DA’s Oppose Dispensary Bill: May Affect Old Cases

Oregon’s DA’s Association opposes legislation that would license and regulate medical marijuana shops. Lincoln county DA Rob Bovett claims one reason to oppose the dispensary bill is...
June 28, 2013
06/28/2013
CT MMJ Hopeful Claims to Own a CO Dispensary…That Doesn’t Exist

CT MMJ Hopeful Claims to Own a CO Dispensary…That Doesn’t Exist

Ethan Ruby is a Connecticut businessman that has been raising money to finance a medical marijuana dispensary. He has been claiming that he owned a dispensary in...
June 28, 2013
06/28/2013
Canada Changes Medical Marijuana Regulations

Canada Changes Medical Marijuana Regulations

Previously in Canada, medical marijuana patients needed to provide proof of qualifying medical conditions to Health Canada, which would then issue them a card allowing them to...
June 28, 2013
06/28/2013
NH Medical Marijuana Bill Receives Approval From Legislature

NH Medical Marijuana Bill Receives Approval From Legislature

New Hampshire state lawmakers gave final approval to a bill Wednesday that will allow state residents with serious illnesses to obtain and use medical marijuana if their...
June 28, 2013
06/28/2013
Rolling Stone: Five Reasons Cops Want to Legalize Marijuana

Rolling Stone: Five Reasons Cops Want to Legalize Marijuana

Rolling Stone’s Kristen Gwynne describes five reasons to legalize marijuana that even police officers agree with. These reasons include better overall public safety, renewed focus on real...
June 28, 2013
06/28/2013
California Dispensary Numbers Shrink in War of Attrition

California Dispensary Numbers Shrink in War of Attrition

California medical marijuana dispensaries — and their patients — are under a sustained, two-pronged attack, and that is having a dramatic impact on patient access across the...
June 27, 2013
06/27/2013
Lawyers Guild Report Condemns Federal Marijuana Policy

Lawyers Guild Report Condemns Federal Marijuana Policy

The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) — the country’s oldest and largest public interest and human rights bar organization — issued a report yesterday addressing the federal government’s flawed policy...
June 27, 2013
06/27/2013
Hawaii: Governor Signs Measures Amending Medical Cannabis

Hawaii: Governor Signs Measures Amending Medical Cannabis

Democrat Gov. Neil Abercrombie yesterday signed two separate measures into law to amend the state’s 13-year-old medical marijuana program. House Bill 668 transfers the administration of the state’s medicinal cannabis...
June 27, 2013
06/27/2013
Help Washington Implement I-502 With Short Survey

Help Washington Implement I-502 With Short Survey

Washington’s Liquor Control Board, the entity in charge of implementing I-502, is funding a survey to gather opinions about how best to implement the historic law. If you...
June 27, 2013
06/27/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.06.26)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.06.26)

It’s been a good week for medical marijuana in state legislatures, with New Hampshire now poised to become the 19th medical marijuana state, and that’s just for...
June 27, 2013
06/27/2013
Marijuana Stocks Are Rising, Should You Invest?

Marijuana Stocks Are Rising, Should You Invest?

In an article on The Daily Beast, Winston Ross describes the rising trends of marijuana stocks, but cautions potential investors. Until marijuana is removed from, or rescheduled...
June 26, 2013
06/26/2013
Piers Morgan, Bill Maher: Patrick Kennedy Reefer Madness, Child’s Play to Dismiss With Hard Data

Piers Morgan, Bill Maher: Patrick Kennedy Reefer Madness, Child’s Play to Dismiss With Hard Data

Last night, Patrick Kennedy joined CNN’s Piers Morgan to discuss marijuana legalization on his recurring “Gone to Pot” segment. Before getting into Patrick’s “truths”, hats off to...
June 26, 2013
06/26/2013
Vancouver’s Second Medical Cannabis Kush Cup – June 28-30

Vancouver’s Second Medical Cannabis Kush Cup – June 28-30

Canada’s finest medical cannabis will be chosen at Vancouver’s second Kush Cup over the weekend. Along with fine buds, there will be a health expo and entertainment....
June 26, 2013
06/26/2013
Marijuana Dispensaries Becoming Domain of the 1 Percent

Marijuana Dispensaries Becoming Domain of the 1 Percent

In an article on Huffington Post, Eleazar David Melendez describes the new bureaucratic obstacles that will likely prevent anyone but the very rich from entering into the marijuana...
June 26, 2013
06/26/2013
“All Your Pot Are Belong to Us”, an Artful Look at Weed Trafficking

“All Your Pot Are Belong to Us”, an Artful Look at Weed Trafficking

Between 2005 and 2011, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 17 million pounds of weed on the Mexico-U.S. border. Seventeen million pounds. That’s seven billion dimebags! It’s enough weed to roll a...
By: Andy Cush
June 26, 2013
06/26/2013
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Open in Vermont

Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Open in Vermont

Vermont passed medical marijuana legislation 2 years ago, and now qualifying patients can finally purchase medication at medical marijuana dispensaries. 2 dispensaries have opened in the state over the...
June 26, 2013
06/26/2013
Oregon Medical Marijuana Dispensary Bill Moving

Oregon Medical Marijuana Dispensary Bill Moving

A bill that would create a registry of medical marijuana outlets and help legitimate the state’s thriving medical marijuana industry passed a major hurdle Monday, winning approval...
June 25, 2013
06/25/2013
Fund Raiser for the Southern Oregon Four

Fund Raiser for the Southern Oregon Four

The most recent raids on medical cannabis safe access points in Southern Oregon on May 23, 2013 made the news across the country. I could go into...
By: Anna Diaz
June 25, 2013
06/25/2013
CT Firm Seeks Approval for Medical Marijuana Production

CT Firm Seeks Approval for Medical Marijuana Production

A firm in Connecticut is seeking approval from the City of Middleton to use 15,000 square feet of a city-owned building as a medical marijuana production facility. The...