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Economics

Washington’s Cannabis License Lottery Winners Announced: What’s Next?

The Washington State Liquor Control Board (WSLCB) completed the first lottery for retail licenses in the...

Politics

Three Bills In Illinois Legislature Aim to Decriminalize Cannabis

Just as Illinois residents, politicians and law enforcement officials begin to prepare for the implementation 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...

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...

Joint Opinions

Driving High: New Marijuana Laws Continue to Get It Wrong About Cannabis and Driving

As more and more states adopt medical and recreational marijuana policies, it seems the most feared...

Cultivation

Terpenes & Cannabis: Breeding for Flavor

The Green House Seed Company has started a real breeding revolution by providing customers (and anyone...

Joint Opinions

California Police Chiefs Association Unwilling To Work With Cannabis Industry

In a piece for the Sacramento Bee, “California Police Have No Interest in Setting Pot Rules,”...

Politics

Native Americans Resist Cannabis in Washington

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

Legal

Study Suggests Cannabis Legalization Reduces Police Resources Needed in Washington

Initiative 502 was passed in Washington in November of 2012 and was implemented one month later....

Joint Opinions

First Cannabis Industry Job Fair: A Sign Of Things To Come

Just like the iconic lines wrapping around recreational dispensaries in Denver on New Year’s Day, the...

In History

Digital Marketing Lessons for the Cannabis Industry from Snoop Lion aka Snoop Dogg

If you told me in 1992 that Snoop Lion, formerly Snoop Doggy Dogg, would evolve from...

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...

Industry Events

Seattle’s MJBA Vendor Fair is “Coming Out of Legal Cannabis Industry”

This weekend, the MJBA is hosting its first ever Vendor Fair at the Magical Butter Headquarters,...

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...

Legal

The Dagga Couple: Suing South Africa for Right to Use Cannabis [VIDEO]

In August 2010, the Johannesburg-area home of Julian “Jules” Stobbs and Myrtle Clark was raided shortly...

Industry Events

Are Cannabis Cups Obsolete? An Argument for a Championship Cup

Who produces the best pot? The answer is determined many times a year in many locations...

Cultivation

Cannabis Collectives Springing Up in Spain

Dried marijuana flowers are stored at the plantation of the Sibaratas Med Can association in Mogan...

Economics

Feds: Attorneys Should Use Discretion When Prosecuting Cannabis-Related Banking Offenses

A memo issued by the U.S. Department of Justice today directs U.S. attorneys to use their...

Politics

Members of Congress Ask Obama to Remove Cannabis from Schedule I Classification

A letter from 18 individual members of Congress requesting that the President Obama “instruct Attorney General...

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...