Great to see publications like The Wall Street Journal covering the business of medical marijuana. Read more about the Greenleaf Compassion Center, the first licensed provider of medical marijuana in New Jersey, its plans and estimated costs for launch.

Roseanne Barr was on the Late Show with David Letterman last night and she held no punches back on Obama’s war on medical marijuana. It’s a short clip,...

Yesterday the Truth in Trials Act, H.R. 6134, was introduced by Rep. Sam Farr (D-Calif.), and 15 other House Democrats such as Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), and three Republicans, including GOP POTUS candidate Ron Paul (R-Texas). The bill would give people facing federal prosecution for marijuana possession the right to “introduce evidence demonstrating that the marijuana-related activities for which the person stands accused were performed in compliance with State law regarding the medical use of marijuana.” It would also create an affirmative defense under federal law for marijuana possession. Read more at The Hill on this exciting development!

Peter Lewis, a billionaire and former chairman of Progressive Insurance, has funded $525,000 or 99.8% of the funding for The Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Act. Read more about this weedist at Boston Daily.

In 2008 alone, Appalachia grew four billion dollars worth of marijuana. Read at the Washington Post on the lifestyle and economic realities of this green region and the consequences of prohibition.

Gil from WeedMaps reviews a True OG nug from Pot Spot Collective in Los Angeles. It’s always a joy to watch someone knowledgeable and passionate review a product,...

Nick Hagen writes an article to combat scare tactics being spread by some illegal drug dealers and a small group of medical marijuana advocates, who are telling their Washingtonian customers to vote against I-502 this November to legalize marijuana. Read more on why black markets are not in the people’s best interests.

In June, Lakota covered how to make cannabutter, which is a staple for cannabis cooking. An alternate staple is cannaoil, or cannabis oil. Just as butter can be substituted...

Not to feel left out by all the raids occurring in NorCal, Venice Beach’s Pacific Collective medical marijuana dispensary was served a search warrant by the Feds last week. Read more at Venice-MarVista Patch.

Scott Morgan poses the question have “the feds have finally taken things too far” with their coordinated attacks on legitimate medical marijuana businesses? Read Scott’s convincing answer at the Huffington Post.

Check out National Cannabis Coalition’s thorough and useful table comparing the three states with marijuana legalization on the November ballot; Oregon’s Oregon Cannabis Tax Act vs Colorado’s Amendment 64 vs Washington’s Initiative 502.

Denver Westword reports on the new billboard placed in the GOP-heavy Grand Junction Colorado in support of Amendment 64 to legalize marijuana this November. Pat Robertson believes marijuana should be regulated like alcohol so how come only 35% of Republicans support ending prohibition?

Hats off to Weedmaps and SC Laboratories for producing the Know Your Medicine series. Educating the public is the key to legislative victory in the war against...

NORML and one of my favorite bands Slightly Stoopid have teamed up to raise awareness for the marijuana legalization initiatives going before voters this November in Washington State...

MSNBC writes a great piece on the hypocrisy of the stigma put on mothers that responsibly use cannabis whereas consuming alcohol is just fine. Only 46% of women support recreational marijuana legalization versus 55% of men. This is precisely the type of misinformation we must wage war on to win at the election polls. Read more at MSNBC.

Paul Armentano, deputy director of NORML, writes a great piece on the rapidly growing support amongst the people and local politicians to end marijuana prohibition. Read Paul’s deep insights on politics & polling at the federal level on cannabis reform.

If you recall from Round 1 of our public health menace cage match fight, marijuana lost to peanuts. Peanuts kill 100 people every year, is the most...

Seattle’s Kiro 7 News reports on Michael R. Saffioti, a 22 year old man who collapsed and died in prison after being arrested for a small amount of...

The 67,885 signatures that the Arkansans for Compassionate Care submitted on July 5th to put legalizing medical marijuana on the Arkansas November ballot have been reviewed by the Secretary of...

Gustin Reichbach, the Brooklyn judge who wrote an op-ed for the NY Times pleading for medical marijuana to be legalized passed away on Saturday from his struggle with stage 3 pancreatic cancer. Read more at Gothamist on his legacy.