Category: Legalize Marijuana

In America, from 1631 to the early 1880s, hemp was even used as currency for trading goods and services. The prohibition of marijuana is relatively recent, with roots in the 1900s, after the Mexican Revolution drove more people from Mexico, trying to escape those tumultuous times, into the United States.

The Michigan State Board of Canvassers certified on Thursday that the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CRMLA) has enough signatures to place an initiative that would make marijuana legal and regulated for adults on the state’s November ballot.

International Experts Testify before the Canadian Senate on Addressing Tensions with UN Drug Treaties

It might be tempting to pack up and move to Colorado for unfettered access, (the mountains! The skiing! Arts and culture! All those craft breweries!) but before you do, familiarize yourself with the laws in your state to see if you can access marijuana at home.

The Green Machine is making its way over the the East Coast!

Even in states where marijuana use is legal, about a quarter of people will never use it. There are also about a fifth of people will use the drug regardless of its legal status.

In a first of its kind, Microsoft has partnered with a Californian company called Kind Financial, to keep a track of legalized Marijuana - from the point of it being planted as a seed, to their sales in the market.

A Few Things For Residents And Tourists To Keep In Mind When Toking Legally on Recreational Marijuana in Oregon.

Who is funding the politicians opposed to marijuana legalization? You won't believe it until you read it with your own eyes!

Legalized States in 2016: Already in 2016, there have been plenty of missions around the country in the fight against legalization of marijuana.

Smoking marijuana today isn’t as frowned upon like it was back in the 60’s, 70’s 80’s and 90’s, in fact it is easy to spot celebrity tokers in the media.

Las Vegas based entertainment and news website OG.lv used November’s Nevada vote on the legalization of cannabis for recreational use as a launching point for state and national level forecasting.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN OHIO: WHERE DO THEY STAND? The controversy on whether or not to legalize marijuana continues in Ohio,

On June 27-28, 2015, Oaksterdam University – the nation’s only recognized cannabis college – will bring to Washington, DC, the city’s first certified career training program for candidates seeking to enter the legal cannabis industry. The two-day event, to be held at the Capital Hilton located at 1001 16th Street, NW, is sponsored by local cannabis entrepreneur Ben David Sheppard and his portfolio of cannabis companies, MD Canna-Care & Cultivation, House of Jane and Jane’s Brew Gourmet Coffees teas and other fine edibles.

The current state of 502 cannabis laws and regulations are strangling the market in Washington State. What changes can be implemented to let it flourish? Boris Gorodnitsky, co-founder of New Leaf Enterprises, a cannabis producer/processor and parent company of Dama cannabis products, breaks down the situation focusing on three key issues: taxes, location restrictions and producer limitations.

New England Cannabis Conventions will be hosting its first Rhode Island show on Saturday May 16th and Sunday May 17th at the RI Convention Center in downtown Providence. For a $25/day admission price, attendees at the event will have the opportunity to network with over 50 local & national Cannabis Industry businesses, talk with Doctors & health care providers, explore investment & career opportunities, and shop for a huge variety of the latest & greatest smoking, vaping, and growing accessories.

The use of marijuana is legal in 23 states, as of 2015, with more states expected to begin the legalization process. This is resulting in a tricky situation on the road – how much marijuana in your system is too much? Public and personal safety is of the utmost concern, so it’s vital that you know both your personal limits and the limits of the law before you drive.

Marijuana Legalization and Public Health: The Great Debate. Highs (and lows) of Marijuana usage in the U.S. Regardless of your feelings about legalizing marijuana, it’s hard to deny that legal weed would be a bonanza for cash-strapped states, just as tobacco and alcohol already are. With Colorado and Washington starting to tax and regulate recreational weed sales, we can finally start to put some hard numbers on the industry’s value:

On January 23, 2015, a group of Nederland, Colo. citizens, who are all members of the Closer to the Heart Cannabis Ministry, filed a citizen’s ballot initiative to put an ordinance on the ballot to make the Town of Nederland the first official “cannabis sanctuary” in the U.S., and perhaps the world.

For some of us it has taken a lifetime for attitudes about marijuana use to soften to the point that it could become legal in some states and widely adopted as a medicinal product.