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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...

Economics

WA Recreational Cannabis Deadline Approaching

Those hopeful of growing, processing and selling recreational marijuana in Washington state have until Dec. 19...

Joint Opinions

Will Legalization End the War on Weed? Doubtful.

With little over a month left until the new legalization laws in Washington and Colorado go...

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...

Joint Opinions

Another Official Study Proves “War On Drugs” To Be A Complete Failure

Despite the growing realization that the global war on drugs has been a caustic – and...

Legal

Election 2013: Cities Vote to Legalize Cannabis

Citizens who walked into polling booths yesterday sent a strong message to state and federal government,...

Current Events

Portland, Maine Votes on Cannabis Legalization

Residents of Portland, Maine are headed to the ballot box today to decide whether to legalize...

Dispensaries

Dispensary Profile: Northwest Patient’s Resource Center

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

Joint Opinions

Majority of Americans Now Favor Cannabis Legalization

As Washington and Colorado continue to blaze a path toward the retail sale of cannabis a...

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...

Current Events

Flying with Cannabis Remains in Grey Zone

While several news sources are reporting the TSA may be allowing passengers to travel with marijuana,...

Current Events

Supreme Court Denies Appeal to Reclassify Cannabis

The nations’s highest court on Monday denied the appeal of a lower court’s decision against Americans...

Politics

Guatemalan President Urges Countries To Overhaul Drug Policy In UN Speech

Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina spoke out against the failed drug war and urged nations to...

Current Events

VOTE for NORML’s TV Ad to Appear During the Super Bowl

Intuit Quickbooks is currently running their Small Business Big Game contest, with the grand prize being...

Legal

Proposed Medical Marijuana Regulation Legislation Failed

Until just one week ago, AB 604 was a bill about eyewitness identification in criminal investigations. 

Politics

Sen. John McCain: “Maybe We Should Legalize” Cannabis

Speaking at a Tucson town hall meeting last week, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told attendees, “Well,...

Politics

Senate Holds Hearing on Conflict Between Federal and State Cannabis Laws

Taking preemptive action against states that have voted to legalize recreational cannabis may result in the...

Politics

VIDEO: Feds Green-Light Cannabis Legalization

Attorney General Eric Holder has told the governors of both Washington and Colorado the federal government...

Politics

Senate To Hold Hearings On State/Federal Cannabis Conflicts

Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy has announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to...

Politics

Waiting for the Green Light

Representatives in Colorado and Washington are eager to find out how the federal government will treat...