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Legal

Jamaica Decriminalizes Pot on Bob Marley’s Birthday

The universe has nearly righted itself as Jamaica, a country renowned for its cultural impact on...

Joint Opinions

Cannabis Trends to Look Out For in 2015

New legislation in 2014 allowed cannabis to infiltrate mainstream markets. Thus, last year many were introduced...

Grow

Colorado Seeks Federal Approval for State Colleges to Grow Cannabis

Photo by Brett Levin Colorado is pushing barriers once again with its most recent request to...

In History

The Year in Weed: Biggest Cannabis Moves in 2014

Photo by Monkiphoto It’s been an exciting year of ups and downs for everyone’s favorite plant,...

Medical

Missouri Families Continue to Wait for Implementation of CBD-only Medical Cannabis Law

3-year-old Autumn Bay, photo by Chris Wallis. It takes nearly 17 hours to drive from Bernie,...

Cultivation

Florida Judge Rejects Lottery Cultivation Scheme

Photo by Mendez Enrique Florida’s notorious Amendment 2 may have failed at the election box, but...

Economics

Big Cannabusiness: Reconciling the Recreational Boom and the Medical Marketplace

On New Year’s Day, as retail sales of cannabis went legal in Colorado, the state’s dispensaries...

Joint Opinions

Federal Marijuana Legalization by 2024: How Will It Happen?

Over the past year, a number of lawmakers and industry experts have speculated the end to...

Legal

California’s Legal Issue

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

Industry Events

Activism and Industry Meet at the State of Marijuana

Cast against a backdrop of the Hollywood sign, cannabis activists and entrepreneurs gathered in Los Angeles...

Books

The Biblio-Files: 7 Books That Should be in Every Smokers Library

1. “Hemp Bound: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Next Agricultural Revolution” Doug Fine, author...

Joint Opinions

Monsanto May Turn Sights to Cannabis

The spread of medical marijuana will inevitably attract large corporate attempts to take over the market....

Hemp

Hemp Week

We know that here in the U.S. we should have been celebrating Hemp Week all along....

Medical

Canada Approves Testing “Pharmaceutical-Grade” Cannabis

Roughly one month after enacting a new medical marijuana program that does not allow patients to...

In History

A Tale of Two Nations: While Cannabis Science Progresses Abroad, American Politicians Still Skeptical

Cannabis cigarettes are seen at Tikkun Olam medical cannabis farm, near the northern Israeli city of...

In The Magazine

Medicating America

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

Economics

Colorado and Washington Law Enforcement Set to Lose Millions in Asset Forfeiture Money

According to the Wall Street Journal, local police departments in Colorado and Washington expect to lose...

Economics

Industrial Hemp Legislation Passed in 20 States

In 1938, Popular Mechanics Magazine ran an article titled “Billion Dollar Crop” touting the potential in...

Joint Opinions

Free Market Capitalism and Legal Marijuana: The Final Push

Last week, the Arcview Group, a group of marijuana industry investors and researchers, released their forecast...

Current Events

Seattle City Council Pleases Half Of Cannabis Community, Enrages Other Half

Northwest Patient Resource Center in Seattle was the featured dispensary profile in issue 8. Voters in...