Stories By Ellen Holland
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Legal
FDA Evaluates the Reclassification of Cannabis as Schedule I Substance
June 25, 2014The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently evaluating the drug classification of cannabis, an action...
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Products
Sasquatch Glass
June 22, 2014The party bus is filled with smoke. Dabs have been going off for hours while the...
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Politics
NY Poised to Legalize Medical Marijuana
June 19, 2014New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo indicated today that a deal has been reached for the state...
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Dispensaries
San Jose Cracks Down on Cannabis Dispensaries
June 11, 2014Leaders in San Jose have voted to effectively ban the vast majority of medical marijuana dispensaries...
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Reviews
Buds and Blossoms: Cannabis Bouquets for Colorado Weddings
June 6, 2014Photo by Gracie Malley/Staff Guests of both genders may join in the clamor during a wedding...
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Politics
Congressional Vote Will Not End DEA Cannabis Raids
May 30, 2014While last night’s 219-189 U.S. House vote in favor of amending HR 4660, a criminal justice funding...
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Medical
Canada Approves Testing “Pharmaceutical-Grade” Cannabis
May 23, 2014Roughly one month after enacting a new medical marijuana program that does not allow patients to...
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Legal
New Mexico Court: Employer Must Pay for Cannabis Under Workers’ Comp
May 21, 2014The New Mexico Court of Appeals has ruled that an employer must reimburse a worker injured...
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In History
Washington Announces Retail Cannabis Lottery Winners
May 2, 2014A grow room in the Northwest Patients Resource Center. The NWPRC was not one of the...
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In History
Classing Up Cannabis: 4/20 in Denver
April 25, 2014It’s 4/20 in Denver, Colo., and brunch is being served at a local cafe. The cafe...
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Cannabis
San Francisco Approves Vaporizing Restrictions
March 21, 2014San Francisco has become the latest city in the nation to enact restrictions on the use...
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Economics
Colorado Collects $2 Million First Month of Recreational Sales
March 11, 2014The once illegal herb now found in retail outlets in Colorado generated $2 million in taxes...
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In History
Washington Issues First Recreational Cannabis License
March 5, 2014Washington state has issued the first license to grow and process recreational cannabis to Kouchlock Productions...
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Economics
Feds: Attorneys Should Use Discretion When Prosecuting Cannabis-Related Banking Offenses
February 14, 2014A memo issued by the U.S. Department of Justice today directs U.S. attorneys to use their...
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Economics
Eight Cannabis Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2014
February 13, 2014By now we’ve heard the cannabis movement described as a Green Rush, an unprecedented point in...
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Legal
Medical Cannabis Will Appear on Florida Ballot
January 30, 2014With Monday’s 4-3 Florida Supreme Court ruling stating the intent of a citizen-backed constitutional amendment is...
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Politics
New Hampshire House Votes in Favor of Recreational Weed
January 15, 2014A bill aimed at legalizing recreational cannabis for those 21 and older in New Hampshire received...
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Economics
Will Weed Run Out in Colorado?
January 11, 2014With more than 50 recreational cannabis shops now open and statewide numbers reported to have exceeded $1 million in...
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Legal
Journalist given 5 years of probation surrounding DEA raid
January 9, 2014Jose Gutierrez, a journalist and marijuana activist brutally arrested during the April 2012 federal raids on...
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In History
Colorado Makes History with Retail Cannabis Sales
January 2, 2014Surrounded by a sea of cameras and wearing a wide grin, 32-year-old Iraq war veteran Sean...