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Economics

Colorado Marijuana Tax Loophole Shortchanges School Fund

Contrary to what most believe, a large majority of the revenue generated over the past several...

Economics

U.S. Could Rake In $3 Billion… If Pot Were Legal

The line down at the neighborhood gas station down the street is a little longer than...

Dispensaries

Washington State Threatens to Shutdown Dozens of Potential Dispensaries

It was only a few months ago that the state of Washington allowed cannabis retail locations...

Politics

Colorado Makes Plans to Revise Marijuana Production Standards

There has been almost nothing but good news regarding Colorado and its trailblazing journey as the...

Joint Opinions

The Butterfly Effect of Prohibition

By Federal Inmate 63131-097 Jasmine is a typical 12-year-old girl. She’s pretty, smart and loves cheerleading,...

Politics

Legalization Measure Makes it to Oregon Ballot

Although a majority of Oregon voters rejected a similar measure presented about two years ago, it...

Legal

California’s Legal Issue

California boasts the world’s eighth largest economy, larger than even Russia. San Francisco Weekly’s Chris Roberts recently...

In History

6 Months of Successful Retail Sales in Colorado

Closing the month of June, the State of Colorado will have half a year’s worth of...

In History

Washington Announces Retail Cannabis Lottery Winners

A grow room in the Northwest Patients Resource Center. The NWPRC was not one of the...

Joint Opinions

Recreational Tax Revenues Should Subsidize Medical Cannabis Users

If we legalize recreational cannabis, in any jurisdiction, at what rate will it be taxed?  How...

Politics

Democratic Governors Split on Marijuana Legalization

Democratic governors across the country are stuck at a crossroads when the issue of legalizing marijuana...

Joint Opinions

New Yorkers: Protest #HighNYC Ad Ban in Times Square on 4/20

Just when you thought that New York had returned to the forefront of progression in America,...

Legal

The Lori Duckworth Raid

Since 2008, Lori Duckworth acted as Executive Director of the Southern Oregon Cannabis Community Center and Southern Oregon NORML alongside...

Politics

Kansas City Based Agrisoft Ready to Tackle Pot Shop’s Cash Problem

One of the most challenging aspects to entering the cannabis industry is in relation to how...

Economics

Video: Stephen Colbert Highlights “Ganjapreneurs” Shaping New Industry

Every time a late night host mentions positive marijuana news, audiences go wild. Most recently, Colbert...

Politics

How To Open a Cannabis Social Club in Europe

Spain’s cannabis social clubs (CSCs), also called ‘”associations” have been such a source of inspiration to...

Economics

Colorado Collects $2 Million First Month of Recreational Sales

The once illegal herb now found in retail outlets in Colorado generated $2 million in taxes...

In The Magazine

Medicating America

America is broken. Unemployment is at its highest since the recession of April 1983. The national...

Economics

Washington State Could Manage Marijuana Commerce Using State-Run Banking

So far, one of the biggest challenges surrounding legalized marijuana in Colorado has been what to...

Joint Opinions

Blue Collar Cannabis Economics

Way back during the Vietnam War days when I was just a sprout, I avoided Vietnam...