Ever since the passage of the Washington state recreational marijuana initiative I-502, activists, those with marijuana business interests and the state have been in a fierce and growingly contentious battle to bring the medical industry under some kind of regulation. After July 2014, when the recreational market actually became transactional, most officials began to advocate […]
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Kentucky: Hemp Will Contribute To The Landscape Of The State
With industrial hemp helping define the future economic landscape of Kentucky, Freedom Seed and Feed, LLC has partnered with the University of Pikeville to develop a research institute designed to facilitate the development of this new industry within the coalfield region of Eastern Kentucky. Paul E. Patton, chancellor and interim president of the University of […]
Alabama: Legislative Gatekeeper Kills Medical Marijuana Bill, Claims State Doesn’t Need It
Earlier this week, it seemed as though Alabama lawmakers were prepared to stand in support of Senate Bill 326, the most comprehensive plan to legalize cannabis for medicinal purposes in the South, when it was nearly given unanimous approval by the Alabama Senate Judiciary… Read article here: High Times
New York State Officials Ignore Patients, Providers and Industry Experts to Instead Pursue One of the Nation’s Most Unworkable Medical Marijuana Programs
Advocates: Final Regulations to Leave Thousands of Patients to Suffer Needlessly Abandoned by Cuomo Administration, Critically Ill Patient and Families Vow to Return to the Legislature to Fix New York's Broken Medical Marijuana Program New York – Last night the New York State Department of Health (DOH) released the final regulations for New York’s medical marijuana […]
Alaska Becomes 3rd Legal Marijuana State
Smoking, growing and possessing marijuana *is now legal in America’s wildest state*, thanks to a voter initiative aimed at clearing away 40 years of conflicting laws and court rulings. Making Alaska the third state to legalize recreational marijuana was the goal of a coalition including libertarians, rugged individualists and small-government Republicans who prize the privacy rights […]
Pot Growers Convicted on Fed Count in State Where It’s Legal
Three people were found guilty Tuesday of growing marijuana, but they also were exonerated of more serious charges in a widely-watched federal drug case in a state where medical and recreational marijuana is legal. Read article here: High Times
Washington State Judge Upholds City Ban on Pot Shops
An attempt to overturn the city of Kennewick's ban on cannabis businesses on the grounds that it is discriminatory was thrown out of court last week. Benton County Superior Court Judge Bruce Spanner dismissed the lawsuit brought by two owners of a recreational pot sto… Read article here: High Times
East Coast State Poised To Make A Fortune On Marijuana
One state could reap hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue if it were to legalize marijuana, but only if other nearby states don't also jump on the bandwagon, according to a study released Friday. Read article here: High Times
New Marijuana Policy Course at Oregon State University
A new public policy course is changing the face of the curriculum at Oregon State University. Students at the OSU campus in Corvallis, OR will have a chance to help shape policies related to marijuana legalization in Oregon as part of a new sociology course entitled &ldqu… Read article here: High Times
This State is the REAL Stoner Capital of America
It is a reasonable assumption that marijuana use has the capacity to increase in states that have legalized the leaf for recreational use, but a recent federal study indicates the majority of American stoners actually reside in Rhode Island and not in the legal—medi… Read article here: High Times