SEATTLE — On April 29, more than 40 high-net-worth investors from around the world will gather in Seattle to hear pitches from the top entrepreneurs in the new legal cannabis industry. The private event is hosted by The ArcView Investor Network. A news conference to announce some of the first funded deals will be held […]
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Advocates Eye Legalizing Marijuana in Alaska
Alaska, known for its live-and-let-live lifestyle, is poised to become the next battleground in the push to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. The state has a complicated history with the drug, with its highest court ruling nearly 40 years ago that adults have a constitutional right to possess and smoke marijuana for personal use […]
Federal Law Trumps Colorado’s on Medical Marijuana
A severely disabled man fired because of his after-hours medical-marijuana use has no legal recourse because the drug remains banned under federal law, a Colorado court ruled Thursday. A three-judge panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals upheld 2-1 the firing of Brandon Coats, a quadriplegic who has a prescription for the drug in a […]
7 Key Questions on Marijuana Legalization
Believe me, I’ve heard all the pot jokes, and some of them are true. Public support for legalizing marijuana use is at an all-time high. Some state-level marijuana laws are going up in smoke. And yes, Washington and Colorado are embarking on a historic joint venture. Puns aside, discussions about marijuana legalization are getting serious. […]
Pot Legalization Won’t Change Mission
The nation’s drug czar said Wednesday the legalization of marijuana in Washington state and Colorado won’t change his office’s mission of fighting the country’s drug problem by focusing on addiction treatment that will be available under the federal health overhaul. Gil Kerlikowske, director of the National Drug Control Policy, released President Barack Obama’s 2013 strategy […]
Marijuana Repeal Considered In Colorado
” Marijuana legalization could be going back to the ballot in Colorado — a prospect that infuriated pot legalization activists Friday. The proposal for a marijuana ballot measure came as the House started debate Friday evening on bills to regulate and tax pot. One bill would state how pot should be grown and sold, and […]
Pot Activist Sees ‘Beginning Of The End’ For Prohibition
4/20. New numbers released ahead of yearly smoke-out in city show majority warming to marijuana legalization in B.C. There will be more than just a pungent aroma wafting over the Vancouver Art Gallery at Saturday’s annual 4/20 protest. Activists say a new wave of optimism has been lit under them by more polls showing overwhelming […]
Marijuanamerica: Why America Loves Weed
HuffPost BlogBy Alfred Ryan Nerz Against all odds, more than seventy-five years after the passage of the Marihuana Tax Act, and after millions of marijuana arrests during the combined drug wars of Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and even Obama, weed somehow seems to be winning. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Pot Legalization Won’t Change Mission
The nation’s drug czar said Wednesday the legalization of marijuana in Washington state and Colorado won’t change his office’s mission of fighting the country’s drug problem by focusing on addiction treatment that will be available under the federal health overhaul. Gil Kerlikowske, director of the National Drug Control Policy, released President Barack Obama’s 2013 strategy […]
Rival Marijuana Measures Thrown into the Electoral Pot
LA TimesBy Kate Linthicum Three competing measures on the May 21 city ballot have divided L.A.’s lucrative medical cannabis industry, with each side accusing the other of trying only to protect profits, not do what is best for patients. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz