While many Colorado officials have come forward over the past few months to declare that legal weed is working better than they ever imagined, some prosecutors across the state believe the legal cannabis industry is responsible for the majority of the state’s murder… Read article here: High Times
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Chart: Millennials, Baby Boomers Most Interested in Growing Legal Weed
A survey found millenials were most likely to grow marijuana if it were legal. Read article here: High Times
Germany To Make Medical Marijuana Legal Early 2017, Australian Market Potential Huge
The whole world seems to be joining the “legalise marijuana” campaign with Germany stating its plans to legalise medicinal cannabis early 2017. Germany’s Health Minister Hermann Groehe will be presenting the draft legislation to the German cabinet on Wednesday. He said that Germany’s goal should be to treat seriously ill patients in the best possible […]
Banking Woes Easing for Some Legal Pot Businesses
Federal data show that the number of banks and credit unions across the country willing to handle pot money under Treasury Department guidelines issued two years ago has jumped from 51 in March 2014 to 301 last month. Read article here: High Times
Radical Rant: The ‘No Third Legal Drug’ Anti-Marijuana Argument
Saying that we can’t legalize marijuana because alcohol and tobacco are already legal and cause terrible harm is like saying that we can’t create a youth badminton league because we already have youth football and soccer and they cause concussions. Read article here: High Times
Vermont: Legal Marijuana Could Be Doomed for 2016
While marijuana advocates have been looking to Vermont as being the great green mountain of hope in terms of finally getting weed legalized somewhere in the United States by way of the state legislature, a recent turn of events brought down by the House of Representatives… Read article here: High Times
As Legal Weed Goes Global, International Drug Treaties Are Questioned
As Canada (under Justin Trudeau) and Mexico consider marijuana legalization, leaders hope the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs will clarify international drug control treaties. Read article here: High Times
Man Says Marijuana, Not Legal Scrapes, Led to Kids’ Removal
A Navy veteran seeking to get five of his children back from state custody in Kansas says his use of medical marijuana to treat PTSD – not the family's past scrapes with the law – prompted the state's action. Read article here: High Times
Radical Rant: How to Be a Legal Pot Smoker in 10 States
How would you like to be absolutely protected from arrests, tickets and fines for smoking marijuana in 20 percent of the United States? Read article here: High Times
Was Police Dog Sniff Outside Connecticut Condo Door Legal?
A Connecticut marijuana bust has turned into a potential precedent-setting case on whether apartment and condo dwellers have the same rights as house owners when it comes to police using drug-sniffing dogs outside their homes. Read article here: High Times