At a time when the country is rethinking its drug policies large and small, one state rises to the forefront of national attention. Once a pioneer in legalizing medical marijuana, the state of Montana is poised to become the first in the nation to repeal its medical marijuana law. Set against the sweeping vistas of [...]
The number of medical marijuana cardholders registered with the state continues to fall, dipping to below 11,000 last month. As of April 30, 10,640 Montanans were registered as medical marijuana cardholders with the state, down from 11,993 as of the end of March, for an 11.2 percent drop, according to registry statistics kept by the [...]
Mystery accompanied the federal Justice Department’s crackdown on California’s state-legal medical marijuana industry since Oct. 7, when prosecutors formally declared their war on weed. Who was behind the feds deciding it was time to shut down hundreds of California dispensaries — rogue prosecutors? Drug warriors in the Attorney General’s office? Eric Holder himself, despite multiple [...]
WHITE PINE, Mich. — A Canadian biotechnology company wants to cultivate medical marijuana in a former copper mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula where it has been growing plants for more than a decade. Prairie Plant Systems Inc. of Saskatoon, which has a contract to supply medical marijuana in Canada, would need approval from state and [...]
Today, Washington is one of about 15 U.S. states where medical marijuana dispensaries can operate—on the state level, at least—legally. With a doctor’s signature, patients in The Evergreen State can purchase cannabis from one of hundreds of dispensaries within the state. Or, if they prefer, they can grow it on their own. So last summer, [...]
Lee, 49, who backed a close but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to legalize marijuana in California in 2010, said he will now focus his attention on campaigns to legalize marijuana in other states in November. He said legalization measures are already on the ballot in Colorado and Washington and similar measures could also be on the [...]
Federal officials from at least three law enforcement agencies raided Oaksterdam University and several other locations owned or affiliated with Prop 19 founder Richard Lee in Oakland this morning. IRS and DEA spokespeople said the search warrant for the raids is under seal, with no time frame for the seal being lifted. They would not [...]
Sir Paul McCartney has revealed he has finally given up smoking cannabis after deciding “enough’s enough”. The star has been an unashamed dope smoker since the 1960s and has been arrested on occasion as well as famously being deported from Japan in 1980. But now the multimillionaire musician – who turns 70 this summer – [...]
After an exciting close to 2011 the British cannabis campaign has taken a lot of heart from happenings around Europe regarding cannabis legislation. First of all it was announced Switzerland will permit its residents to grow up to 4 cannabis plants each, in a bid to remove prospective customers from the drug dealers queue. Then [...]
At The Apothecarium, a quaintly upscale medical marijuana club in San Francisco’s Castro District, the vibe is even jollier than usual this month. To boost holiday spirits, the dispensary is giving a storewide 15 per cent discount to patrons who donate to its canned food drive, making year-end contributions to local charities and raffling off [...]
