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Legal

Appeals Court Rules Washington’s Medical Cannabis Collectives Are Still Illegal

The Washington State Court of Appeals ruled medical cannabis collective gardens are illegal, posing chilling risks...

Hemp

Remembering the Godfather of the Modern Hemp Legalization Movement, Jack Herer (1939-2010)

I’m not sure when I first ran in to Jack Herer, but it was in the...

Politics

Native Americans Resist Cannabis in Washington

The burgeoning marijuana industry in Washington will find no allies in The Yakama Nation tribe of...

Cannabis

San Francisco Approves Vaporizing Restrictions

San Francisco has become the latest city in the nation to enact restrictions on the use...

In History

Washington Issues First Recreational Cannabis License

Washington state has issued the first license to grow and process recreational cannabis to Kouchlock Productions...

Joint Opinions

Where Are All the Women In the Cannabis Industry?

Equality for women in the workforce is not a new issue, but in the world of...

Medical

Research Shows THC May Fight HIV

Rhesus Macaque Mother and Child. Researchers at Louisiana State University (LSU) have released a study that...

Economics

Eight Cannabis Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2014

By now we’ve heard the cannabis movement described as a Green Rush, an unprecedented point in...

Strains

Reader Question about Indica and Sativa

In response to the article The Difference Between Indica and Sativa, Ray in Washington writes: Looking...

Joint Opinions

Kwanzaa’s Seven Principles: Lessons for Marijuana Activists in 2014

Kwanzaa is my favorite winter celebration, mostly because Kwanzaa is about more than shopping and gifts...

Dispensaries

Dispensary Profile: Clear Choice

Although Washington state passed medical marijuana laws in 1998, it wasn’t until 2011 and the passage...

Joint Opinions

Cannabis DUI Testing Creates Record Buzzkill in Legalization States

One year after Washington voters legalized cannabis for recreational use, cops are still pulling over cannabis...

Dispensaries

Dispensary Profile: Northwest Patient’s Resource Center

Unlike most states with a dispensary system, Washington never explicitly authorized the existence of medical marijuana...

Industry Events

Celebrate Victory With Us at Hempfest

With the approval of Initiative 502 voters in Washington State sent a message to the world...

Cannabis

Feds Raid Washington Dispensaries

NBC News reports confirmation by agents at the Drug Enforcement Agency in Seattle that “several” Puget...

Economics

WA Breweries Release Hemp Ale to Celebrate Legalization

Calling it “Joint Effort”, Redhook Brewery has teamed with Hilliard’s Beer to release an ale brewed...

Economics

Top 10 Unlikely Marijuana Vacations

1. Kingston, Jamaica When cold weather arrives, or any time you want a ganja vacation, you...

Politics

From Marijuana Dealers to Businessmen

Not only are Colorado and Washington hiring cannabis-savvy men and women to help the government figure...

Politics

Marijuana Not A Priority For Obama

Obama States the Obvious Today, major newspapers are exulting in Obama’s announcement, to be aired by...

In The Magazine

Top Five Cannabis Events of 2012

Cannabis and hemp have been essential engines of human industry since before the advent of civilization....