The name appeared out of nowhere, unfamiliar to the players who have worked for months to influence how recreational marijuana will be regulated in Colorado. On March 28, someone named Matt Taylor hired high-powered lobbying firm Axiom Strategies to work on “marijuana issues,” records show. Taylor has since expanded his lobbying team to rival that […]
Workers Rights: Another fishy story about not passing a drug test from an employer
Many employers don’t want to have to take the monetary fall if someone has a literal fall. If you have been the accident of a bunk worker’s compensation case, you know what it’s like to get the raw end of a deal. Many Americans have had to deal with this in the wake of trying […]
Why Prohibitionists Have an Interest in Allowing Marijuana Legalization
Reason.comBy Jacob Sullum It has been five months since residents of Colorado and Washington voted to legalize marijuana, and the Justice Department still has not said how it plans to respond. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Why It’s So Hard For Scientists To Study Medical Marijuana
Eighteen states (plus the District of Columbia) allow cannabis use for certain medical conditions. Despite that, scientists have a harder time doing research on the potential medical benefits of marijuana than they do on “harder” drugs like ecstasy or magic mushrooms. The public may think of pot use as no big deal, but federal laws […]
Colorado Eases Marijuana Industry Rules for Small Business
ColoradoWatchdog.orgBy Calvin Thompson DENVER — A full five months after Coloradans voted to treat marijuana like alcohol, it looks as if legislators might consider following through with it. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Employers Buckle Down on Drug Testing as USA Nears Legalization of Marijuana
According to a recent MSNBC documentary, the nationwide legalization of marijuana is imminent. Those who have been on the forefront of this breaking story for decades are suggesting that the war on drugs is all but over, and that it’s no longer a matter of “if” marijuana will be legalized, but when it will be […]
Violent Police Raid Of Medical Marijuana Collective Caught On Camera
Has medical marijuana truly been legalized if this is considered acceptable police procedure? Watch as police rampage through the THC Downtown Collective, a marijuana dispensary in Long Beach, California, which was operating in accordance with state laws but lacked a proper city permit. Officers do as much destruction as possible, knock out the facility’s security […]
White House Rejects Medical Marijuana For Soldiers’ PTSD Treatment
Marijuana ruled hazardous to your health, war not. Adding to the hypocrisy is the fact that our president was once a legendary stoner who during his teen years invented new methods of getting high and cruised around Hawaii in a mobile drugmobile called the Choomwagon. Higher Thinking Primate writes: Despite evidence that medical marijuana can […]
Feds Continue Crackdown on California’s Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Raw Story reports that the Department of Justice is pressuring landlords to evict medical marijuana dispensaries from their properties. Two dispensaries, HopeNet and Vapor Room, both report that their landlords received letters threatening them with seizure of property and other penalties unless the shops were closed. The scare tactics are in sharp contrast to the […]
Medbox Positions Itself as the Leader on Wall Street in the Legalized Marijuana Industry
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Medbox, Inc. (MDBX), a leader in providing industry specific consulting services and patented systems to various medical and retail related industries worldwide, seeks to be the standard bearer of corporate governance and transparency in the mushrooming legal marijuana industry and has issued a progress report to its shareholders concerning the status of […]