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The big innovation of the Powerwall is that it is a battery that can store enough energy to get people disconnected from utility companies (off the grid). But what does this have to do with cannabis cultivation?
The White House scolded Congress Thursday for meddling with the District of Columbia’s recent vote to legalize marijuana, saying federal lawmakers shouldn't “interfere” in the matter.
Illinois is becoming a hotbed in the legal marijuana debate. The state recently authorized medical marijuana and now recreational use is at the heart of conversation between the current mayor and a woman who may have her sights set on his chair.
Money may not grow on trees, but it apparently does grow on marijuana plants. If all 50 states legalized cannabis today, they'd be collectively raking in more than $3 billion a year in tax revenue. That's according to NerdWallet, a personal finance site, which forecasts a total $3.1 billion ...
Washington tax coffers could get a $25 million boost by next July and nearly $200 million by mid-2017 from legal marijuana, state economists estimate.
Here's just a few of the estimates from Oregon's Legislative Revenue Office if they legalize recreational weed this November: About 8% of the population, or ~322k Oregonians,
In a much anticipated move, the US Sentencing Commission last Friday voted unanimously to retroactively apply previously approved reductions in federal sentencing guidelines to federal drug war prisoners already serving their sentences.
Desert Hot Springs, a southern California town plagued with crime and financial destitution is now considering the legalization of medical marijuana dispensaries. Their hope is that it can not only pull the town out of desperate times, but will also salvage their local police force with the use of pot taxes.
An amendment, which blocks funding for D.C.’s new law that removes criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana, passed the Appropriations Committee...
As MPP previously reported, Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) cosponsored an amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act that would make medical use of marijuana legal.
Any regular smoker who wants something quick and reliable should definitely try the shake at their local marijuana dispensary. Many dispensaries offer shake, which is typically the ground up or otherwise end of a batch of bud.
After a long debate that had the US House of Representatives in session until after midnight, the lower chamber of Congress cast a historic 219 to 189 vote to restrict the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration from using taxpayer funds to interfere in state-sanctioned medical marijuana programs in the 20+ states that have enacted them.
The House of Representatives is expected to debate and vote on budget appropriation legislation for the Department of Justice's medical marijuana raids.
Michigan’s Medical Marihuana Program (MMP) has a surplus of $23,534,952.42, accumulated over the Program’s almost 5-year existence, from overpayment of fees.
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper put over $7 million in his proposed 2014 budget for medical research on cannabis.
Marijuana possession arrests currently outpace violent-crime arrests. In 2011 there were just over 660,000 marijuana arrests vs. about 530,000 violent crime
A group of law enforcement officers slammed AG Eric Holder for releasing a marijuana policy memo stating the federal government will not block state laws...
For the 35 proposed medical cannabis dispensaries that the state of Massachusetts has allotted itself, 181 applications have been filed before the deadline,
