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Marijuana makes money. But legalizing it doesn't eliminate the black market or solve a state's budget problems. Those are the lessons from Colorado's first full year of tax collections on recreational pot. The year-end report, released Tuesday, tallied about $44 million in new sales taxes and excise taxes from recreational pot.
The report, Secret, Dangerous and Unaccountable: Exploring Patterns of Misconduct in Missouri’s Drug Task Forces is the culmination of years of research and “Sunshine Requests”, Missouri’s equivalent to Freedom of Information Act requests.
Pending legislation in Washington may put the unregulated medical cannabis market under the looming eye of the state and one man in control of medical cannabis.
Although Alaska will now join Washington, Oregon and Colorado among the ranks of the enlightened, the ink was barely dry on the new law before local governments moved to forestall or even reject its implementation within their jurisdictions, since Measure 2 includes an “opt out” provision.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have recently conducted a detailed analysis of attitudes towards weed on Twitter. Their findings: Twitter loves the ganj.
Snoop Dogg (a.k.a. Snoop Lion) is putting together a fund specifically to aid in weed startup companies.
Seattle has made cannabis history once again as the first city to employ vending machines that dispense cannabis buds.
This new admission puts Senator Cruz among the ranks of Republican politicians who admitted to smoking weed, such as former Florida Governor Jeb Bush who was apparently a smoker and high school bully in his youth. All these southern politicians who have smoked weed yet there is still no love in any southern states in the legalization movement, for shame.
U.S. drug czar Michael Botticelli, though banned from supporting marijuana legalization due to federal law, says that the nation's capital should be able to implement its own laws using its own funds, even if that does indeed mean legalizing marijuana.
Recently, Sabet tweeted about an article from Food and Wine magazine which discusses that, in Denver, there is an epidemic of people going to restaurants so stoned that they just pass out in their food during the meal.
I knew I was in for a treat when I opened up the cheese straws just from the smell. Unlike many other edibles, these cheese straws did not smell like cannabis. The aroma was a delightful mix of rosemary, thyme and cheese, just as described.
Recently, Nancy Grace invited famous rapper, 2 Chainz, on her show to discuss marijuana.
The main issue is how to reconcile the medical community with the recreational community. Medical cannabis has been legal in Washington for nearly 20 years, recreational pot has been legal since the passage of I-502 in 2012.
In one of the earliest moves to resolve a central contradiction of US cannabis legalization laws, the Anchorage, Alaska city council has reiterated its opposition to cannabis consumption in public places — except for licensed cannabis cafes. Civil fines for smoking in all other public places will be $100 per infraction.
MBank made a brash move and widely publicized their intention to work within the cannabis market, without first seeking FDIC approval.
In Kan's estimation, cannabis is a $40 billion dollar market with a limited amount of players. Calling cannabis an "investors dream," Kan claims that there is tremendous opportunity to be a prime-mover in this quasi nascent industry.
National momentum appears to be shifting toward marijuana legalization, and observers say Vermont or Rhode Island could be the next states to legalize. "It's pretty easy to give us a call, and we'll call you back," said Sen. David Zuckerman, who plans to introduce a marijuana legalization bill this session.
The industry created over ten thousand new jobs and brought in approximately $19 million a month. Rather than bringing about the end of society as we know it, cannabis legalization is only improving the job market and giving people a good time.
