With Washingtonians eagerly awaiting the opportunity to purchase newly legalized pot, the state Liquor Control Boarddecided to delayestablishing official regulations for licenses that must be obtained for cultivating, processing, or selling recreational cannab… High Times
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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 […]
Rules Change on Olympic Marijuana Testing
It’s been 15 years since Ross Rebagliati won snowboarding’s first Olympic gold medal at the 1998 Winter Games — and then nearly lost that medal after he tested positive for marijuana. Since then, the drug has become an integral part of Rebagliati’s life. Next month Rebagliati will open a medicinal marijuana dispensary in Whistler, British […]
Canadian Offical Blasts New Medical Pot Rules
Canada's contradictory approach to regulating medical marijuana was recently criticized soundly by Quebec's Health MinisterRéjeanHébert, who objects to thenew federal policyannounced in February that will no longer permit pati… High Times
Colorado Localities Make Own Rules On MJ Sales
As Colorado moves closer to issuing temporary regulations on the sale of marijuana, now legal in small quantities here, some cities and towns are not waiting for the new rules to take effect. More than a dozen municipalities across the state have decided to enact moratoriums on retail marijuana sales, restricting them for now or […]
Lawyer Takes On Feds Over New Pot Rules
Abbotsford lawyer John Conroy is undertaking a legal battle against new changes to the federal government’s medical marijuana program. On Monday, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced some of the anticipated changes to the program, which includes banning individual home-based medicinal grow-ops in favour of larger government licenced producers. The new regulations mean sick or disabled […]
Wash. Cannabis Industry: The Top Ten Hottest Issues In the I-502 Draft Rules
Cannabis Business Group and MJ Freeway to co-host webinar on what you need to know about the details in the draft rules that affect your eligibility to obtain an I-502 Producer, Processor, or Retailer license. Register to attend Wed. May 29, 2013. SEATTLE, Wash. — Cannabis Business Group (CBG), one of Washington’s fastest growing cannabis industry trade […]
Colorado May Tax Marijuana Sales 40% as Lawmakers Design Rules
Bloomberg.comBy Jennifer Oldham Last week Colorado lawmakers set out to create a framework for how the state would become the first in the nation to regulate and tax recreational marijuana sales, including combined levies as high as 40 percent on the newly legal product. Medical Marijuana News – THCbiz
Court Rules for Immigrant in Deportation Case
“The social sharing of a small amount of marijuana” by immigrants lawfully in the United States does not require their automatic deportation, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. “Sharing a small amount of marijuana for no remuneration, let alone possession with intent to do so, does not fit easily into the everyday understanding of trafficking, […]
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