Vermont became the latest state in the nation to decriminalize marijuana possession Thursday when Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law legislation that eliminates criminal penalties for the possession of ounce or less by an adult. “This change just makes common sense,” Schumlin said in a [...]
Booksellers and cannabis publications are pushing back at Colorado’s plans to hide cannabis magazines with porn behind the counter. The Associated Press is reporting that the American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit in Colorado challenging the state’s new law requiring cannabis magazines to be treated as porn at bookstores and newsstands. The [...]
“Yes, we are Big Marijuana,” said former Microsoft CEO Jamen Shively, 45, who announced last Thursday that he plans to open Starbucks like chain cannabis stores in Colorado and Washington State. Shively told reporters he hopes to raise $100 million in investments, that will create “the most recognized brand in an industry that does not [...]
Washington state businessmen who say they’re trying to create the first national brand of marijuana received some heartfelt support Thursday from the former president of Mexico, Vicente Fox. Fox appeared at a news conference in Seattle, where he recounted how the war on drugs has ravaged his country and praised the states of Washington and [...]
Here is a list of 10 unlikely marijuana friendly destinations. 1. Kingston, Jamaica: When cold weather arrives, or any time you want a ganja vacation, you probably want to go to Jamaica. Land of Bob Marley, with marijuana growing an agricultural livelihood for many islanders, cannabis lovers across the world flock to the Caribbean to [...]
In a unanimous decision the California Supreme Court ruled on May 6, that city and county governments have the legal authority to ban cannabis care centers. The CSC ruled that local governments even retain the right to use zoning laws and other bureaucratic tactics to wipe care centers out of existence within their respected jurisdictions. [...]
Cannabis Reform Activists Decry ‘Ugly’ Cannabis Reform Free New York Budget Deal By Toby Rogers Cannabis reform activists in New York walked out of Albany last month, as usual, with nothing this legislative session. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who made cannabis reform his top priority, was also handed his second cannabis reform defeat in [...]
Here is a great video courtesy of our friends The Bloom Room on the benefits of Cannabis. The Bloom Room is dedicated to providing premium, medical-grade cannabis to its members. They strive to educate Their patient community about the medical science of cannabis, and to offer a comfortable, clean, and safe environment for them to [...]
NYPD Spent One Million Hours On 440,000 Cannabis Arrests, A “Huge Waste” Says Report By Toby Rogers A joint report by the Drug Policy Alliance and the Marijuana Arrest Research Project released yesterday indicates that the New York Police Department has spent 1 million hours on 440,000 low level cannabis possession arrests between 2002 and [...]
Even better than the real thing? Not in Maryland. Maryland’s medical cannabis bill has a clause within it that criminalizes synthetic cannabis, otherwise known as “incense” or “spice,” while allowing medical cannabis to researched academically and prescribed to patients by a doctor or a nurse. The measure, part of a move to stem public outcry [...]
