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March 18, 2014
03/18/2014
Washington Medical Cannabis Dodges Bullet, for Now

Washington Medical Cannabis Dodges Bullet, for Now

Medical cannabis gets at least a temporary stay of execution in Washington state. A bill that would have, by any effective assessment, essentially dismantled the medical marijuana...
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March 17, 2014
03/17/2014
Coloradans Can Challenge Sentences for Marijuana Offenses That Are No Longer Crimes

Coloradans Can Challenge Sentences for Marijuana Offenses That Are No Longer Crimes

A Colorado appeals court ruled that Amendment 64, the state’s marijuana legalization initiative, applies retroactively to the sentences of people convicted of minor cannabis offenses.
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March 17, 2014
03/17/2014
Colorado Residents May Get a Refund for Pot Tax

Colorado Residents May Get a Refund for Pot Tax

Budget advisers for Colorado crunched the numbers and revealed the state could be forced to refund as much as $100 million to taxpayers. The state’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights...
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March 11, 2014
03/11/2014
Colorado Collects $2M in Recreational Pot Taxes for January

Colorado Collects $2M in Recreational Pot Taxes for January

Colorado made roughly $2 million in recreational marijuana taxes, based on $14.02 million in sales, for the month of January, state revenue officials reported yesterday. They declared that the...
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March 10, 2014
03/10/2014
Bad Medical Bill Progresses in Michigan

Bad Medical Bill Progresses in Michigan

In Michigan on Tuesday, Sen. Rick Jones’s SB 783 passed the Senate with a vote of 31 to 7. This bill — which is now pending in the House Judiciary Committee...
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March 10, 2014
03/10/2014
Legalization Study: Street Dealers Will Be Unemployed

Legalization Study: Street Dealers Will Be Unemployed

According to a recent online poll conducted by Medical Marijuana Business Daily, 61 percent of Colorado stoners prefer to buy weed from legal sources rather than their...
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March 7, 2014
03/07/2014
New Mexico: Department Of Health To Expand State’s Medical Cannabis Program

New Mexico: Department Of Health To Expand State’s Medical Cannabis Program

Representatives of the New Mexico Department of Health have announced their intentions to expand the state’s medical cannabis program. State Health Secretary Retta Ward accepted an advisory board’s recommendation...
By: NORML
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March 7, 2014
03/07/2014
Michigan Medical Marihuana Review Panel Recommends PTSD As Qualifying Condition

Michigan Medical Marihuana Review Panel Recommends PTSD As Qualifying Condition

Finding by panel of physicians, professors, and medical marijuana advocates would make Michigan the eighth state to provide relief for those suffering from the effects of traumatic...
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March 6, 2014
03/06/2014
Washington State Issues First Legal Marijuana License

Washington State Issues First Legal Marijuana License

Washington state has issued its first legal marijuana license, launching a new phase in the state’s ambitious effort to regulate a market that has been illegal for more than...
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February 28, 2014
02/28/2014
Patients May Defy New Canadian Medical Marijuana Laws

Patients May Defy New Canadian Medical Marijuana Laws

New Canadian medical marijuana laws go into effect April 1, and many patients may be forced to defy them or go without medication.
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February 26, 2014
02/26/2014
Canada’s New Medical Marijuana System Will Lead to Fraud

Canada’s New Medical Marijuana System Will Lead to Fraud

Cannabis Culture reports that one of the many problems with Canada’s new medical marijuana system is an increase in fraud.
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February 25, 2014
02/25/2014
At Halfway Point, GA Medical Marijuana Bill in Trouble

At Halfway Point, GA Medical Marijuana Bill in Trouble

Halfway through the 2014 session, Georgia’s medical marijuana bill has a problem: it doesn’t create a legal source of cannabis.
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February 24, 2014
02/24/2014
New Medical Cannabis Bills in California

New Medical Cannabis Bills in California

Friday, February 21, was the deadline to introduce new bills for the 2014 legislative session in California. There are three bills that will be a priority for...
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February 20, 2014
02/20/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.02.19)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.02.19)

California counties continue to struggle with dispensary and growing rules, Reno’s mayor has a change of heart, some Oregon cities may have to change their ways, and...
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February 19, 2014
02/19/2014
Weedist Women: Rowshan Reordan of Green Leaf Lab

Weedist Women: Rowshan Reordan of Green Leaf Lab

Weedists: Meet Rowshan Reordan “Weedists are the people who are out there fighting the good fight and these are their stories.” Green Leaf Lab celebrated its grand opening...
By: Anna Diaz
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February 18, 2014
02/18/2014
Reno Mayor Has Change of Heart, Supports Dispensaries

Reno Mayor Has Change of Heart, Supports Dispensaries

Reno Mayor Bob Cashell has changed his mind, now voicing support for licensing medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.
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February 14, 2014
02/14/2014
Medical Marijuana Update (2014.02.12)

Medical Marijuana Update (2014.02.12)

Lots of action at the state house on medical marijuana this week, plus Arizona eases up on the rules and the Michigan Supreme Court hands down a...
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February 13, 2014
02/13/2014
Potential Danger Behind Marijuana Edibles

Potential Danger Behind Marijuana Edibles

I’ve always been impressed with how many things THC can be infused in to. I’ve seen hard candies, chex-mix, all manner of cookie, cake, and brownie; I’ve...
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February 12, 2014
02/12/2014
Coloradans Split On Whether Pot Hurts State’s Image: Poll

Coloradans Split On Whether Pot Hurts State’s Image: Poll

According to a recent Quinnipiac University Poll, 51% of overall  Colorado voters said that recent legal marijuana measures are bad for the state’s wholesome image (with a margin of error of...
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February 12, 2014
02/12/2014
Will State Cannabis Be Grown With Love?

Will State Cannabis Be Grown With Love?

I have been consistently voicing my concerns about Washington State running the cannabis market. Topics have largely been focused on what the State-run market will do to...
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