Stories By Sherman Smith
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Legal
Michigan Groups Compete Over Signatures for Recreational Cannabis Petitions
July 8, 2015The Board of State Canvassers in Michigan recently ok’d petitions from two cannabis advocate groups eager...
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Medical
Research Proves Teen Use Doesn’t Increase In MMJ States
June 25, 2015Sorry parents. Sorry lawmakers. Your tall tales of crazed marijuana smoking youth and weed peddlers influencing...
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Economics
Come One, Come All: The Investors Are Here
June 20, 2015As the growth of the legal cannabis industry continues and precedents within the business are consistently...
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Politics
Sorry Federal Workers…You Can’t Smoke With Us
June 9, 2015Although medical marijuana has been legalized in 23 states throughout the U.S. and in the District...
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Legal
Scent of Sinsemilla to No Longer Trigger Drug Dogs
March 24, 2015With nearly half of the United States legalizing cannabis for medicinal or recreational use, policy makers...
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Economics
From Wall Street to Weed Street
March 8, 2015Snoop Dogg is just one of a number of celebrities and investors that have taken to...
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Joint Opinions
NHTSA: Pot Usage Doesn’t Increase Crash Risk
February 22, 2015The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently determined that a person driving under the influence...
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Grow
Cannabis Sprouts Roots on Tribal Land
February 18, 2015Photo by Azel Praer Barry Brautman, CEO of FoxBarry Farms and United Cannabis Corp., has made...
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Legal
Jamaica Decriminalizes Pot on Bob Marley’s Birthday
February 10, 2015The universe has nearly righted itself as Jamaica, a country renowned for its cultural impact on...
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Economics
Peter Thiel’s Venture Fund Invests in Cannabis
January 23, 2015Efforts to turn marijuana from taboo to mainstream have gotten a bolster as one of the...
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Politics
Arizona Bill Could Legalize Cannabis
January 15, 2015An Arizona state representative recently introduced a bill to legalize recreational marijuana use in the state....
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Economics
Former Alaskan Senator named CEO of Nevada-based Weed Company
January 6, 2015Former Democratic Alaskan Senator and 2008 Presidential candidate Mike Gravel has recently been appointed CEO of...
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Politics
Missouri Legislation Proposal Wants To Make Weed As Legal As Corn
January 1, 2015Author and marijuana activist Mark Pederson is at the helm of a proposal that would be...
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Economics
Nation’s First Weed Bank to Open in Colorado
December 21, 2014When finding places to put your cash becomes a problem, more than likely you’re a success....
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Joint Opinions
Medical Marijuana and the Workplace
December 7, 2014With cannabis being legalized recreationally or medicinally in more than 20 States throughout the U.S., there...
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Politics
AG: Legalization in California is Inevitable
December 4, 2014With her defeat of Republican Ron Gold, California Attorney General Kamala Harris believes that the decision...