The United States federal government may not be ready to sanction marijuana use, but a new agriculture bill is set to legalize preliminary stages of hemp production in states that allow the practice. A new farm bill, passed by Congress on Tuesday, would allow universities and state agriculture departments to establish industrial hemp growing programs. […]
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Feds Call Out CO in Releasing Study on Teen MJ Use
Federal drug abuse officials called out Colorado by name Wednesday in releasing a new national survey of illicit drug use among teenagers, saying marijuana legalization efforts are clearly changing youth attitudes in a dangerous way. The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy noted many teens report getting their marijuana from others with medical […]
Feds Raid Medical Marijuana Businesses In Colorado
Today federal agents, assisted by local police, staged the biggest crackdown on marijuana dispensaries in Colorado since the state legalized cannabis for medical use in 2000. The Denver Post reports that the raids hit more than a dozen dispensaries in the Denver area, plus businesses in Boulder and elsewhere. Federal officials wouldn’t give specific reasons […]
BREAKING: Feds Raid And Brutalize Dozens of Marijuana Facilities in Denver
This morning — 7 weeks before Colorado begins to open legal, retail marijuana shops — federal agents (of the DEA variety) raided a dozendispensaries and marijuana facilities in Denver alone among other raids around the state making this the largest federal raid si… High Times
Yelp-style Weed Review Site and Other Startups Hope To Gain As Feds Ease Up
Fast Company Ask investors about emerging trends in technology, and they might mention wearable devices, the connected home, mobile payments, even Bitcoin. But more often than not, they’re glossing over cannabis, a multibillion-dollar industry that’s only gaining momentum with varying degrees of legalization in 21 states and the District of Columbia. Medical Marijuana News – […]
Governors Ask Feds to Change Banking Rules for Pot Businesses
On Wednesday, Washington Governor JayInslee(D) and Colorado Governor John W.Hickenlooper(D) sent asigned letterto key government officials – including the secretary of the treasury and the chairman of the board of governors of the… High Times
Feds in Talks With Banks Over Marijuana Business
The government is in talks with bank regulators to see whether financial institutions in states that have approved recreational marijuana use can do business with drug dispensaries there, a top Justice Department official said Tuesday. The announcement came nearly two weeks after the Justice Department decided it won’t take legal action against Colorado and Washington, […]
Feds Won’t Sue Over Legal Cannabis In Colorado & Washington
In a dramatic change in drug policy, the Justice Department said Thursday that it won’t sue to stop the states of Colorado and Washington from allowing recreational marijuana use as it issued a sweeping national policy statement that outlines its top priorities for pot enforcement. The action, welcomed by supporters of legalization, could set the stage […]
Feds Say They Will Go Easy on Banks
During the groundbreaking phone call on Thursday, August 29 in which U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told the governors of Colorado and Washington the federal government would not attempt to intercept regulated legal marijuana in their states, he also said the Department of Justice (DOJ) is “actively considering” how to oversee the relationship between banks […]
Marijuana Expert Suggests Contract with Feds; WA AG says Worth Considering
The News TribuneBy Jordan Schrader An expert on marijuana policy expects guidance from the nation’s capital on Colorado and Washington state’s pot legalization to remain muddled — leaving sellers uncertain and constantly vulnerable to selective federal enforcement. But it doesn’t have to be that way, he said. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz