Cannabis Legalization: Proceed With Caution
Cannabis legalization has the momentum it needs; will it be preserved from commercialization and the free market? As the legalization movement makes it...
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Cannabis legalization has the momentum it needs; will it be preserved from commercialization and the free market? As the legalization movement makes it...
The Institute for Social and Economic Research, with the University of Essex, concluded a cost benefit analysis of taxing marijuana in England and Wales.
The retail marijuana regulations decide where businesses can be located, what kind of businesses will be approved and the details of the application process.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of September 18, 2013:
Bainbridge, WA is considering interim zoning rules for retail marijuana because a moratorium sends the wrong message to voters that approved legalization.
Advocates and lawyers have argued for years that medical marijuana dispensaries already are permitted under San Diego’s existing zoning scheme.
Monday night Denver's city council passed its regulations for retail cannabis dispensaries in the city.
Last week brought new hope for making marijuana legal in Vermont, a state that just decriminalized marijuana possession this past summer.
The city council of Long Beach, California unanimously voted to draft an ordinance to regulate and allow medical marijuana dispensaries.
Thursday, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley appointed the eleven members of the state's Medical Marijuana Commission.
Aspen, Colorado has prepared recommendations for the city council for regulating marijuana businesses. The council will discuss the recommendations today.
California's AB 604, a bill to tighten medical marijuana regulation in the state, was not approved by the deadline Thursday night.
Colorado this week became the first legal marijuana state to set its final rules for pot commerce, but Washington state isn't far behind.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of September 11, 2013:
Monday, Colorado became the first state in the nation to finalize marijuana regulations for the recreational industry.
Under the new law in Colorado allowing recreational use of marijuana, all marijuana products must be labeled according to their potency.
Nevada's Department of Health is preparing its MMJ business regulations, and officials say the state could be ready to issue licenses by April 2014.
A June audit of Colorado's Medical Marijuana Registry found serious breaches in the confidentiality that was supposed to be in place.