NJ: On Marijuana, Why Help Criminals Keep Their Monopoly
The latest head-count in the Senate offers sobering news for those working to legalize marijuana in New Jersey. Only five senators said yes, from...
Inside The Weird And Wild Crusade For Clean Pot
Late last winter, I found myself barreling down the freeway at 80 mph with a man who goes by the name Ziggy. Ziggy has...
MA: Pot Lobbying On Beacon Hill Reaches New High
When lawmakers proposed tough new regulations and higher taxes on recreational marijuana sales last year, as part of a re-write of the voter-approved pot...
New Jersey’s Path To Legal Marijuana Could Take A Turn
New Jersey's path to potentially legal recreational marijuana could take a turn soon with a legislative hearing scheduled, though legislators are expressing caution over...
Canada: High Interest In Legal Weed At Business-Oriented Cannabis Convention In...
In a packed ballroom in the bowels of the Telus Convention Centre, would-be cannabis entrepreneurs rubbed shoulders with well-experienced cannabis experts as the inaugural...
Canada: Saskatchewan Medical Cannabis Association Calls For Moratorium On Dispensary Raids
Alicia Yashcheshen says a police raid on the Canna-World medical marijuana dispensary this week robbed her of her access to medicine.
Yashcheshen is co-founder of...
CA: Nevada City Struggles With Cannabis Parameters
Nevada City, the first jurisdiction in the county to start licensing medical marijuana businesses, has found the road somewhat rocky.
A contentious debate surrounding the...
CA: City Considers Cannabis Regulations
The Foster City Council is set to decide if and how it wants to regulate personal cultivation of cannabis, whether it wants to ban...
Marijuana Is West Virginia’s Next Billion Dollar Industry
I am writing you, gentlemen, in the middle of a teachers’ walkout, the brink of a work stoppage by all state employees, and, quite...
Rescheduling Marijuana Would Make Things Even Worse Than They Are Now
It's truly amazing how quickly the marijuana industry has blossomed in recent years. In 1995, not a single state in the U.S. had approved...
NY: Judge Tosses Challenge To Federal Marijuana Laws
A judge early last week dismissed a lawsuit challenging federal laws criminalizing marijuana as unconstitutional, saying the five plaintiffs had failed to pursue changes...
IL: Republicans Signing On To Bills To Legalize Recreational Marijuana
Legislation to legalize recreational marijuana use throughout the state is being revised to gain more bipartisan support in an effort to secure a veto-proof...
CA: Los Angeles Has Already Netted Millions In Permitting Fees From...
The City of Los Angeles has already made more than $2.4 million from recreational marijuana companies who have obtained temporary permits to sell the...
CO: Aurora Neighbors Looking For Solutions To Illegal Marijuana Grows
It’s a neighborhood of expensive homes, golf course views and kids playing catch in cul-de-sacs. But over the past few years a couple of...
Why Can’t Hollywood Get Weed Right
Most Friday nights in high school ended the same way. We’d return in the wee hours from a desolate stretch of Marin County wilderness...
Pro-Marijuana Legalization Group Selling Rolling Papers with Sessions’ Face
A group advocating for the legalization of recreational marijuana use is now selling rolling paper with the attorney general's face on the box.
The group,...