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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...

Politics

Florida CBD-only Bill Passes Senate, Moves to House

An overwhelming majority of Florida’s senators voted this week 16-3 to pass a bill legalizing a...

Politics

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Supports Marijuana Legalization

In an interview with NPR’s Scott Simon last week, retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said...

Films

Dallas Buyers Club

Academy Award Best Picture nominee Dallas Buyers Club generated more than just Oscar buzz, but also...

Politics

Will Oregon Be the Third State To Legalize Recreational Cannabis?

With legal sales in Washington expected this summer, Oregon finds itself in an interesting predicament. With...

Legal

Attorney General Grilled For Not Reclassifying Cannabis

Last week, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the federal government is considering rescheduling cannabis...

Joint Opinions

Why Families Move for Whole Plant Medical Cannabis

Undergreen Railroad has been made aware that a company that makes CBD products is imploring patients not to move...

Politics

Michigan Approves Medical Marijuana for PTSD Treatment

The Michigan Medical Marijuana Review panel has added post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to the list of...

Joint Opinions

Why Arizona Blocking the PTSD Study Isn’t Surprising

Well before the passage of S.B. 1070 put them on the extreme-right map, Arizona established itself...

Economics

What If Colorado Released All Marijuana Prisoners of War?

Last month, Marijuana.com got duped by a pipe dream, with their article “Colorado Will Release All...

Economics

Advertisers Detain Marijuana “#HighNYC” Ad in Times Square

Weedmaps, a dispensary locator and review site with Headquarters in Denver, Colo., recently took a large...

Legal

What To Make of the New CBD-only Laws

There is a new trend in conservative states: extremely narrow bills that allow patients to use...

Economics

Uruguay: The Socialist Approach to Legalized Cannabis

Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica is considered the world’s “poorest” president. He donates 90 percent of his...

Politics

Native Americans Resist Cannabis in Washington

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

Medical

Remembering Peter McWilliams

What if you were a bestselling author and nearly finished with one of your most inspiring...

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...

Legal

Alabama and Kentucky Poised to Legalize Medical Marijuana? Not So Fast

Lawmakers in several states are poised to enact legislation in the coming weeks aimed at providing...

Politics

Study: Americans Say Sugar is More Harmful than Cannabis

According to a poll run by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal, Americans believe that...

Cultivation

Growing Green: Legal Cultivation Laws Are Environmentally Unsustainable

There has been a lot of press recently about the newly legalized states of Colorado and...

Legal

I Am Serving 20 Years For Opening a Medical Cannabis Dispensary

February 5, 2014 I grew up in Modesto, Calif., and like many of the low income...