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Michael Perkins, an operator of several medical pot shops hopes to to begin recreational sales on July 8 in Washington, says on recreational pricing, “I would assume $20 to $25 a gram until ...
In a memo obtained by NORML, released in late May, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) clarified their drug policy in light of the growing number of states legalizing marijuana for medical and recreational use.
Washington state's Liquor Control Board will issue about 20 licenses for marijuana retail stores on July 7th and the stores that are ready can open the next day.
Delegates at the British Medical Association's annual representative meeting in Harrogate are to debate whether cannabis should be legalized. "Existing drug policy is contradictory and ineffective. The number of drug users has sky rocketed in the last 30 years despite the introduction of tougher and tougher drug laws. Our policy makers aren't prepared to have a sensible, rational, evidence-based debate on drugs."
Democrat Connecticut Gov. Malloy recently signed legislation, House Bill 5476, to study the feasibility of establishing a regulated commercial hemp industry.
New York State lawmakers announced today that they have come to agreement to approve a limited pilot program for medical marijuana in the Empire State.
A ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in Oregon will be on November's ballot after supporters collected more than 100,000 signatures...
On Tuesday, MPP and allied advocates launched a ballot referendum committee to make marijuana legal, taxed, and regulated for adults in Massachusetts. The committee is called...
Colorado recorded its biggest recreational marijuana tax haul yet in April, topping more than $3.5 million in sales and excise taxes on over $22 million in revenue.
On Thursday, June 12, 2014, a new law is to be implemented in City of Denver parks / public green spaces: the consumption, use, display, transfer, distribution, sale, or growth of marijuana in any park will be prohibited.
Colorado's attorney general said in an amicus brief to the state supreme court that Coloradans do not have the right to use marijuana off the job if their company has a zero-tolerance drug policy. The case is the first time the scope of marijuana legalization has been presented to the Colorado Supreme Court.
Sacramento County, California supervisors are expected today to limit the indoor growth of marijuana to nine plants per house in unincorporated areas.
The Minnesota Department of Health is seeking a director for its new Office of Medical Cannabis, which will implement the medical marijuana bill signed into law last month by Gov. Mark Dayton.
Denver's 650,000 residents are serviced by 75 recreational marijuana dispensaries (1 shop for every ~8.7k residents). Whereas the 2 million living in the suburbs have just 21 recreational shops...
The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol launched a signature drive Tuesday in support of a 2016 ballot measure that would end marijuana prohibition in Nevada.
Oregonians have a last chance this week to provide comments to the medical dispensary rules. Please take this opportunity to let the rules committee know what you think. Once the rules are finalized, they will be much harder to change.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of May 21, 2014:
Florida set strict parameters for growing medical marijuana. Eligible farms see it as a potential economic boost, and the number of nurseries will grow.
