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Legal

Big Alcohol Wants To Own Legal Pot, But Prop 64 Stops Them

[Note: Story updated Sept. 2 with response from RVR] A new Politico story this week indicates...

Cannabis

The Fight to Preserve Mendo’s Marijuana Heritage

How can we preserve a lifestyle that has spanned decades and provides for thousands of people?

Politics

Poll: Californians Like Cannabis Legalization — A Lot

A majority of Americans support legalizing cannabis — and with a ballot initiative in the November...

Current Events

California Legalization: 10 Things To Know

On November 8, voters registered in California will get a chance to end cannabis prohibition. Here’s...

Current Events

Cannabis Industry Squashes Police Raid in California

California’s newly regulated medical cannabis industry is done with running and hiding from police and has...

Politics

Anti-Trump Voter Surge Could Also Legalize Pot

The all but certainty of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promises to energize young progressive voters...

In The Magazine

The United States of Prohibition – History Set to Repeat Itself

By the time the 21st Amendment was ratified on Dec. 5, 1933, alcohol’s 14-year position as...

Politics

Massachusetts Officials Fight Hard to Foil Marijuana Initiative

While voters in Massachusetts will likely get the opportunity to decide later this year whether the...

Politics

Montana Supreme Court Restricts Medical Marijuana Laws

Montana’s medical marijuana community took a big hit today after a ruling from the Montana Supreme Court limited cannabis...

Legal

CA Group Offers Free Weed to Supporters of Marijuana Legalization

While cannabis activists across the United States continue to brainstorm creative ways to persuade more supporters...

Economics

As Alaskan Oil Plummets, Pot Futures Are Bright

Alaska’s money managers are facing a mounting crisis this year as crude oil prices continue to...

Economics

Tax Code 280E: The Dagger Pointed at the Heart of Medical Cannabis

Near the end of 2015, in the case of Canna Care Inc v. Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service...

Politics

Wary Massachusetts Senators Visit Colorado to Glimpse Own State’s Marijuana Future

Eight Massachusetts state senators, who form a special committee on marijuana, took a trip to Colorado...

Medical

MMJ in Missouri: Fundraising Hits Big Hurdle

Although 70 percent of Missouri voters support legalizing marijuana for medical purposes, the state legislature is...

Current Events

Go North, Young Person: The Canadian Green Rush Is On

If you are one of Canada’s 27 currently-licensed medical marijuana growers under Health Canada’s rigorous system, 2016 may...

Legal

A Guide to CA’s Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act

In October of this year, California Governor Jerry Brown signed the Medical Marijuana and Safety Act...

Politics

CA Legalization Initiatives Unite for 2016

A portion of California’s marijuana legalization machine made significant moves this week, when members of the...

Politics

Sean Parker Unveils California’s Latest Marijuana Initiative

A number of organizations are working to legalize a recreational cannabis industry in California next year,...

Politics

Republicans on Legalization: Can We Talk About Something Else?

The Republican presidential candidates debated each other on Wednesday in Colorado, the first state to have...

Politics

Maine Cannabis Advocates Join Forces to Legalize Cannabis

Two marijuana advocacy groups campaigning to bring a full-scale recreational cannabis market to Maine in 2016...