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The Feds Don’t Want Parents Locking Up Their Pot
By Jimi Devine on June 22, 2017
As cannabis policies at the state and federal levels continue down divergent paths, Stashlogix — a company trying to help people (particularly parents) store their...
Goodbye Medical MJ, Hello ‘Medical AND Adult-Use’ Cannabis
By Chris Roberts on June 16, 2017
California, the undisputed pioneer of state-level cannabis decriminalization, is about to make history again with the 2018 rollout of the largest regulated marijuana market in...
Prosecutor Charges Marijuana Business Attorney
By Chris Roberts on June 12, 2017
An attorney who successfully returned money seized from a dispensary owner has now been changed with criminal action. The case is being called “vindictive prosecution."...
Left Behind by Clemency
By Chris Roberts on June 5, 2017
What's beef? Beef is when a rap video means the difference between a four-year sentence and 20 to life as a "cannabis kingpin.” Jane Scarmazzo...
Ohio Files Lawsuit Against Rx Companies for Opioid Crisis
By Chris Roberts on June 1, 2017
Ohio, like many parts of the U.S., is facing a serious opioid addiction and overdose epidemic, and its state attorney says pharmaceutical companies that flood...
Australia’s Most Famous Pot Prisoner Heads Home
By Jimi Devine on May 31, 2017
Over the weekend, Australia’s most famous pot prisoner, Schapelle Corby, finished her parole in Indonesia and returned home to Australia for the first time in...
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5 Questions About ‘Weed DUI’ Answered
By Rachel O'Connor on May 30, 2017
Many people assume chemical testing for THC is as simple and reliable as testing for blood alcohol content (BAC), but in reality it is much...
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Florida: Smoke ‘Em (At Your Own Risk) If You Got ‘Em
By Chris Roberts on May 15, 2017
How do you get around Florida’s silly ban on smoked marijuana? It appears putting a “WARNING: NOT FOR SMOKING” label on cannabis flower works just...
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AG Sessions Escalates Drug War with New Sentencing Rules
By Greg Zeman on May 12, 2017
Nostalgia for the 1980s and '90s is hot right now, and that retro fever seems to have afflicted AG Jeff Sessions, whose new sentencing memo...
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Federal Cannabis Protections Expected to be Extended
By Jimi Devine on May 2, 2017
Extension of key amendment blocking federal drug enforcement against medical marijuana providers is expected to pass later this week. The Department of Justice will continue...
Don’t Believe Oklahoma’s Meaningless CBD Stunt
By Chris Roberts on April 24, 2017
CBD-extractors in Oklahoma are celebrating after Gov. Mary Fallin signed into law a bill changing the state's official definition of "marijuana." They ought not to...
Canada Introduces Legislation to Legalize Marijuana
By Associated Press on April 13, 2017
Canada is set to be the second country to legalize recreational cannabis. TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government introduced legislation Thursday to...
Uruguay’s Finally Getting (Really Cheap) Cannabis Sales
By Chris Roberts on April 13, 2017
Uruguay was the talk of the cannabis world when it legalized in 2013, making it the first country to do so. Roughly four years later,...
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California Looks to Unite Cannabis Laws
By Ed Murrieta on April 12, 2017
The Golden State is looking to bring its medical and recreational cannabis programs in line with each other. California Gov. Jerry Brown stepped in to...
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DEA Order Places Six ‘Spice’ Ingredients on Schedule I
By Jimi Devine on April 10, 2017
BREAKING: A temporary scheduling order from the DEA has placed six more synthetic cannabinoids found in "spice" and "K2" on Schedule I. Banning these dangerous blends...
GOP Congress is Full of Marijuana Bills
By Chris Roberts on April 5, 2017
Several pro-cannabis bills have been introduced in Congress. Republicans control every wing of American government — which means Republicans in Congress, from House Speaker Paul...
Vermont House Will Get Its Chance to Vote on Legalization
By Julia Granowicz on March 27, 2017
Adult-use cannabis is still possible this year in Vermont. Last year a bill that would have legalized, taxed and regulated marijuana was passed in the...
Group Asks Lawmakers to Hold off on Changes to MA Pot Law
By Associated Press on March 15, 2017
BOSTON (AP) — The group behind a ballot initiative that legalized recreational marijuana in Massachusetts is now urging state legislators to keep the new law...
Legalizing Marijuana Gets Attention of Connecticut Lawmakers
By Associated Press on March 14, 2017
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's continuing fiscal woes, coupled with a new law that fully takes effect next year in neighboring Massachusetts, have prompted state...
The Problem With Drug-Free School Zones
By Chris Roberts on March 10, 2017
These zones, located across the U.S., are really “enhanced drug penalty checkpoints.” On the morning of March 4, Tyler Ray Cordrey, 22, and London Giovani...