June 12, 2013
06/12/2013
Sativa Magazine: Educating Ganjapreneurs

Sativa Magazine: Educating Ganjapreneurs

As my mini-series on the green rush investigated (you can read the introductory overview here), the Cannabis industry is exploding. The legal market is expected to grow...
By: Mercedys
June 12, 2013
06/12/2013
Seattle Officials Recommend Private Cannabis Clubs, Delivery

Seattle Officials Recommend Private Cannabis Clubs, Delivery

The Seattle city attorney, with the mayor’s blessing, has sent a letter to the Liquor Control Board suggesting regulations for the legal marijuana industry. Among these recommendations,...
June 12, 2013
06/12/2013
Colorado Marijuana Mogul Busted in Alabama for Possession

Colorado Marijuana Mogul Busted in Alabama for Possession

Vincent Keber, managing director of the company behind Dixie Elixirs, was arrested for possession May 18 at the Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama. For the next...
June 12, 2013
06/12/2013
Marc Emery Released from Solitary Confinement

Marc Emery Released from Solitary Confinement

Marc Emery, Canada’s “Prince of Pot,” has been released from a week of solitary confinement in a Mississippi prison for taking pictures of his prison music band...
June 12, 2013
06/12/2013
Oklahoma Approves Unscientific Per Se Limits For Cannabis

Oklahoma Approves Unscientific Per Se Limits For Cannabis

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has signed legislation, House Bill 1441, into law that criminalizes drivers from operating a motor vehicle if they have any detectable amount of THC and/or its...
June 12, 2013
06/12/2013
How a Doctor Came to Believe in Medical Marijuana

How a Doctor Came to Believe in Medical Marijuana

A California M.D. says it’s time to repeal marijuana-prohibition laws. ‘At long last and practically against my will, I am doing the right thing,’ writes Daniela Drake.
June 12, 2013
06/12/2013
New Jerseyans Ready to Decriminalize Marijuana, Poll Finds

New Jerseyans Ready to Decriminalize Marijuana, Poll Finds

As New Jersey legislators consider a marijuana decriminalization bill, a new poll suggests strong public support for such a move—and more. The poll of likely voters conducted...
June 11, 2013
06/11/2013
Prospero’s Grow Week 12: Almost Harvest Time, Strong Cannabis Smell

Prospero’s Grow Week 12: Almost Harvest Time, Strong Cannabis Smell

After almost 3 months of growing my own cannabis in my apartment in Denver, I’m finally getting to the point where it’s time to harvest. Both of...
June 11, 2013
06/11/2013
Edibles Review: Flo Energy Drink

Edibles Review: Flo Energy Drink

I couldn’t wait to try Flo Energy Drink, and when I saw it in my local dispensary, I was so excited! Right off the bat, this product...
By: Lateralus
June 11, 2013
06/11/2013
Top Ten Reasons to Legalize Marijuana Now

Top Ten Reasons to Legalize Marijuana Now

Despite 40 years and $1 trillion-plus of taxpayer money spent trying to stop – not robbery, not rape, not murder, not even shoplifting – but mostly trying...
June 11, 2013
06/11/2013
What Will Legal Marijuana Look Like in Washington?

What Will Legal Marijuana Look Like in Washington?

Here are the Initial Draft Rules  promulgated by the state Liquor Control Board. Today is the last day to submit comments before the board...
June 11, 2013
06/11/2013
Medicinal Marijuana Stops Seizures, Brings Hope to a Little Black Forest Girl

Medicinal Marijuana Stops Seizures, Brings Hope to a Little Black Forest Girl

Charlotte was having violent seizures 20, 40, 60 times a day. Her parents tried at least a dozen medications, many with harmful side effects. Despite some promising...
June 11, 2013
06/11/2013
Even More Science Suggesting Cannabinoids May Halt Diabetes

Even More Science Suggesting Cannabinoids May Halt Diabetes

Pre-clinical study data published online in the scientific journal Nutrition & Diabetes reports that tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) — a naturally occurring analogue of THC — possesses positive metabolic effects in animal models of obesity....
June 11, 2013
06/11/2013
States That Legalize Health Benefits of Medical Marijuana: Brief History of Medical Marijuana

States That Legalize Health Benefits of Medical Marijuana: Brief History of Medical Marijuana

Marijuana is one of the first plants cultivated by man. Shrouded in controversy, the intriguing history of cannabis as a medication dates back thousands of years before...
June 11, 2013
06/11/2013
Marijuana-Based Medicines Okayed in France

Marijuana-Based Medicines Okayed in France

At the behest of Social Affairs and Health Minister Marisol Touraine, France has modified its Public Health Code to allow for the use of marijuana-based medicines, apparently...
June 11, 2013
06/11/2013
Pro-Marijuana Group Sensible BC Unveils New Billboard in Push to Legalize Marijuana

Pro-Marijuana Group Sensible BC Unveils New Billboard in Push to Legalize Marijuana

Sensible BC has already auto-dialed nearly 1.4-million households in the province trying to drum up support and is now set to unveil a new billboard in West Vancouver...
June 11, 2013
06/11/2013
Legalization Short by 4 Votes in ME House; Senate to Vote

Legalization Short by 4 Votes in ME House; Senate to Vote

On Friday, marijuana reformers recorded the closest vote for a legalization measure on the floor of a state legislature in recent history. Rep. Diane Russell’s LD 1229,...
June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
Marijuana Is the Gateway Drug

Marijuana Is the Gateway Drug

Marijuana is the gateway drug … the gateway to health. Despite all the reefer madness propaganda of the 80’s and 90’s, marijuana is not public enemy #1. It...
June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
Hush The Series: Bringing Medical Marijuana Injustices to Life

Hush The Series: Bringing Medical Marijuana Injustices to Life

An impressive cast and crew list has came together to create HUSH The Series, a drama web series about the staggering consequences for a doctor who used...
By: Mercedys
June 10, 2013
06/10/2013
NJ Panel Approves Bill to Ease MMJ Access for Sick Kids

NJ Panel Approves Bill to Ease MMJ Access for Sick Kids

New Jersey’s Senate Judiciary Committee approved a measure to remove the requirement of a pediatrician and psychiatrist to endorse the use of medical marijuana for children that...