08:38pm Dispensary wars continue in California, a package of restrictive bills passes in Michigan, and DC’s long-awaited dispensaries are a step closer to opening. California Last...
A Philip Morris USA (Marlboro) spokesman was vague when asked if the nation’s largest tobacco company will produce or market cannabis. A spokesperson from the 2nd largest firm, Reynolds American...
It has been nearly seven weeks since voters in Colorado and Washington made history, enacting at the ballot box unprecedented measures legalizing the adult possession on cannabis. Yet...
09:15pm Rolling Stone’s Tim Dickinson continues his coverage of marijuana legalization with a not unjustifiably optimistic article, “The Next Seven States to Legalize Pot.” Dickinson’s predictions:...
Denver lawyer Rob Corry said his client expects to receive $5,000 per plant (totaling $210,000), based on what law enforcers have testified a marijuana plant is worth,...
The group in charge of creating rules for an industry that has never existed before — the recreational marijuana stores allowed under Colorado’s newly enacted Amendment 64...
A majority of Americans are now demanding we reassess our cannabis policies. As I argue in The Seattle Times, this reassessment should also include amending employers’ policies that sanction workers’...
10:03pm I have criticized the ease with which some media outlets and even some reformers have accepted the argument made by prohibitionist advocates that courts are certain to...
Breaking his silence on the topic of marijuana legalization since two states approved ballot initiatives to regulate cannabis, President Barack Obama addressed the issue in an interview with Barbara...
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, an ardent opponent of marijuana legalization, said Wednesday he would respect the will of the voters on Amendment 64 but cast doubt...
04:08pm Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said in a statement Thursday that he intends to hold a hearing seeking information about how the Obama...
06:21pm Lots of action–good, bad, and ugly–in California this week, plus a Washington appeals court ruling that appears to clear the way for dispensaries. Let’s get...
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department will announce “relatively soon” its policy on recently passed state measures legalizing the use of marijuana as “there is a...
02:54pm A mostly great piece in Rolling Stone this weekend, “Obama’s Pot Problem,” missed the mark on the federal preemption question — can the feds shut...
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has quietly signed Amendment 64 into law today. Governor Hickenlooper has been unclear about when he will sign Amendment 64 into law, which...
New York Times: “Glorifying marijuana has arguably turned out to be shrewd public relations moves” for under-30 female singers Rihanna, Lady Gaga and Lana Del Rey in light of the...
Now that states have started legalizing recreational marijuana, Rolling Stone explores if President Obama will continue the government’s war on weed, or tell the DEA and DOJ...
10:42pm A slight majority of adults say the federal government should not attempt to enforce federal marijuana laws in states which have voted to legalize it,...
History was made in Washington on Election night when 55 percent of voters decided in favor of Initiative 502. And at 12am this morning, history was made once again. Today,...
