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In the world-renowned California marijuana growing region known as the Emerald Triangle, a new source of anxiety for pot farmers has emerged: a paramilitary, private security firm known as LEAR Asset Management Corp.
One officer disagrees with the legalization of cannabis and has apparently been taking it out on the people of Seattle. In one incident, Jokela wrote that he found two people using cannabis and made them flip a coin to determine who would be given the citation.
The battle over legalizing recreational marijuana in California is already being set for 2016. But while many reformers’ eyes are focused on the next presidential election, this year’s votes on marijuana initiatives have the power to shape that fight.
The entrepreneurs of the young U.S. marijuana industry are taking another step into the mainstream, becoming political donors who use some of their profits to support cannabis-friendly candidates and ballot questions...
Less than a year after he opposed the use of medical marijuana, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is now asking the U.S. Justice Department for a waiver to permit the state to import limited amounts of marijuana for the treatment of seriously ill children and young adults who suffer from rare seizure disorders.
Here is yet another marijuana success story that flies directly in the face of its schedule I federal status designation of "no medical use." 4 year old boy Landon Riddle was diagnosed with leukemia and prescribed a rigorous treatment of chemotherapy and a myriad of anti-cancer pills.
In Denver where it is legal to give away cannabis for free, hundreds of veterans lined up to enter Operation Grow4Vets largest event to date where free cannabis was distributed.
The way that is phrased for us implies that, because Ward was possibly stoned, Stewart is off the hook. While they don't come right out and say it, it's strongly intoned that Ward, due to being high, is somehow to blame for his own demise.
According to Kentucky.com, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes - whose tight race against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is receiving national media attention - said it is "worthwhile" for elected officials to discuss the prospect of making marijuana legal in the state of Kentucky.
The administration of cannabidiol (CBD), a nonpsychotropic cannabinoid, is associated with improved quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease, according clinical trial data published online ahead of print in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.
When it comes to parenting, these pot-smoking moms are unapologetic about getting high. When Jane West and her friends get together, the laughter rolls, trays of food and stories are passed around. But instead of splitting bottles of wine...
This upcoming election season should prove to be of great importance in regards to legalizing cannabis, and de-fanging the wildly overblown "drug war" mentality that has locked this country into decades of wrongful prosecutions and ill-advised polices.
I was mildly amused to see that Dowd had a chance to redeem herself, when none other than the "patron saint" of pot himself, Willie Nelson, invited Dowd to join him for a toke on his tour bus. Hip enough to understand that refusing such an offer would be downright foolish, Dowd accepted and met Nelson, who as she wrote, she hoped would be her "Marijuana Miyagi."
Anti-cannabis proponents in Florida have reached a new low, with an ad campaign that likens cannabis to a date rape drug. "No On Amendment 2", an anti-legalization group released an ad which insinuates that medical cannabis will be used as a date rape drug if legalized.
Finally! Seattle’s second I-502, legal marijuana retailer is getting ready to open at 23rd Ave. and E. Union St. in Seattle next Tuesday.
While the nation focuses on marijuana legalization initiatives in Alaska, the District of Columbia, and Oregon, a California initiative of defelonization that would turn drug possession felonies into misdemeanors is quietly heading for a likely victory at the polls in November.
"Scratch & sniff" cards are to be distributed by police officers to the public in Northern Ireland so people will recognise the smell of cannabis growing. The scratch card contains an element that replicates the smell of cannabis in its growing state, which is a different smell to when it is being smoked.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of September 24, 2014:
