Resigning AG Holder Open to Cannabis Rescheduling
Departing Attorney General, Eric Holder, is showing greater and more direct support for rescheduling cannabis than just about any other official I can think of.
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Denver Activists Launch Responsible Cannabis Consumption Campaign
As Cannabis use becomes more common in Colorado, a new ad campaign has been launched to encourage responsible use of the herb. Behind the ads are activists who seek to promote safe consumption and moderation when partaking of cannabis, rather than past campaign tactics which try to curb use by relying on old views of cannabis as a scary drug.
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A 33-Year Police Veteran Stars in Oregon's New $2M Marijuana Legalization Ad Campaign
Marijuana legalization advocates in Oregon have launched a $2 million-plus ad campaign starring a 33-year police veteran, Pete Tutmark, who criticizes what he calls a “broken” system that diverts resources from...
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Colorado's Legal Marijuana Harvest Is Underway
Down a long dirt road snaking deep into the yellow hills of southern Colorado, Ryan Griego and his staff are harvesting green gold: legal marijuana. Here, 1,000 organically grown marijuana plants are being...
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Big Changes Set to Alter Colorado Recreational Marijuana Industry
Colorado embarks on a new era for its legal recreational marijuana industry Wednesday, the first day people who didn't previously own a medical-marijuana store can get into the recreational industry.
Road Safety Experts Concerned by Cannabis
Road safety officials are expressing some concern over the loosening marijuana laws, fearing that with greater access and acceptability comes an increase in fatal crashes. This is a worthy endeavor, to be sure. But it is not an easily answered topic.
Seattle Cannabis Tickets Dismissed Due to Officers 'Political Motivation'
One officer disagrees with the legalization of cannabis and has apparently been taking it out on the people of Seattle. In one incident, Jokela wrote that he found two people using cannabis and made them flip a coin to determine who would be given the citation.
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The Marijuana Legalization Votes That Will Matter in 2014
The battle over legalizing recreational marijuana in California is already being set for 2016. But while many reformers’ eyes are focused on the next presidential election, this year’s votes on marijuana initiatives have the power to shape that fight.
Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes Says It Is Time to Discuss Making Marijuana Legal in Kentucky
According to Kentucky.com, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes - whose tight race against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is receiving national media attention - said it is "worthwhile" for elected officials to discuss the prospect of making marijuana legal in the state of Kentucky.
Drug Policy Reform Looms Large on Nov. Ballots
This upcoming election season should prove to be of great importance in regards to legalizing cannabis, and de-fanging the wildly overblown "drug war" mentality that has locked this country into decades of wrongful prosecutions and ill-advised polices.
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Seattle's Second Marijuana Retailer Plans to Open Tuesday!
Finally! Seattle’s second I-502, legal marijuana retailer is getting ready to open at 23rd Ave. and E. Union St. in Seattle next Tuesday.
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Marijuana Legalization Effort Begins in California
The Marijuana Policy Project, a U.S. marijuana advocacy group, took steps Wednesday to begin raising money for a campaign to legalize recreational pot use in California in 2016, a move with potential to add a dose of extra excitement to the presidential election year.
Arizona Marijuana Advocates Advance 2016 Initiative
Advocates of an effort to make marijuana legal for adults and regulated similarly to alcohol in Arizona in 2016 have filed paperwork with state elections officials, granting them permission to raise money to campaign for the citizen's initiative.
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Marijuana Tax Revenue May Top $3 Billion a Year With Legalization
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 ...
Poll Shows a Record 65 Percent of Washington, D.C. Voters Support Ballot Initiative 71
The Huffington Post reported that voters seem ready to make marijuana legal in the nation's capital, according to a new poll that puts support for Initiative 71 at 65 percent.
Employers Still Discriminating Against Colorado Cannabis Users
The backward logic of cannabis prohibition continues to create problems for fully functioning, responsible employees who are discriminated against by employers just because they partake of cannabis in their free time.
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Marijuana Money Boosts Washington's Budget
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.
Sen. Krueger Supports Prospect of Legal Marijuana in New York in 2015
According to the Huffington Post, the state of New York may see the regulation and taxation of marijuana for legal recreational use as early as 2015.