Colorado Contemplates Rules for Legal Pot

Before legal cannabis sales begin in early 2014, rules and regulations must be established for Colorado’s Amendment 64. In advance of approaching deadlines, the state Department of Revenue released a 100-page document containing rule changes and clarifications for t… High Times

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Legal Pot Would Be Dirt Cheap in Uruguay

The tiny South American nation of Uruguay is making big strides in its effort to legalize recreational marijuana. On July 31, Uruguay’s House passed a legalization bill. The bill is likely to be approved by the Senate and eventually signed into law by President&nbsp… High Times

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D.C. Records its First Legal Pot Deal in 75 Years

The 15-year struggle to legalize medical marijuana in the District ended like this: A 51-year-old Northwest resident entered a North Capitol Street rowhouse Monday evening and emerged 90 minutes later with slightly less than a half-ounce of street-legal, high-grade, D.C.-grown cannabis. Shortly before 6 p.m., Alonzo walked into the high-security sales room of the Capital […]

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Activists Decry New Legal Marijuana Rules

Changes to Dealer Provisions May Make It Harder for Those in Need to Get Medication Marijuana activist Sam Mellace hopes to be the first licensed medical marijuana producer in Canada after spending the past 10 years running his “pretty much” legal operation. The Abbotsford, B.C., resident has been producing marijuana since 2002 for himself and […]

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How Much Will a Legal Marijuana Habit Cost You?

If you’re an average pot smoker in Colorado—paying average prices for average-quality marijuana—you can expect to spend around $ 650 on weed next year. A study conducted by the Colorado Futures Center at Colorado State University aimed to get to the bottom of how much the state can expect to collect in tax revenues now […]

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Some Dispensaries Not Too Thrilled By Legal Pot

Medical marijuana groups are wary of a bill that would legalize and tax marijuana in Maine. Estimates nationwide suggest if marijuana were legal, much of the profit gained by medical retailers and black-market criminals would disappear. That worries Glenn Peterson, the owner of Canuvo, a Biddeford medical-marijuana dispensary.  He also serves as president of the […]

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