A town of 120 people in Colorado that received an exponential boom in the economy when a marijuana grow operation popped up in its border is trying to change its name to Kush. Still called Moffat, Colorado, the founder of the operation Area 420, Mike Biggio, is leading the effort to change the name in […]
Several pieces of reform-friendly legislation have advanced out of their chambers of origin and are now awaiting hearings in their second chambers. “We’re happy to see that many of the cannabis reform bills which we have been activating our membership to lobby for are moving through the California legislature,” said Cal NORML Deputy Director Ellen […]
A Republican Senator from Montana has created a video ad in hopes to raise the prospects of his own sponsored SAFE Banking Bill. SAFE Banking would make it legally “safe” for banks to deal with marijuana companies, including dispensaries. Because it is now a legal gray area, many dispensaries have to deal in cash, which […]
A motion to overturn Democratic Governor John Carney’s veto of a key cannabis legalization bill, House Bill 371, was declined by members of the Delaware House late last night. The vote was 20 yes, 20 no, and 1 not voting. “We commend Representative Osienski’s dedication to this crucial criminal justice reform and trying every avenue […]
With legalization happening left and right, many are starting to worry about the environmental impacts it has on the planet. The expanding trend to cultivate, grow, and sell marijuana has pushed many into the growing market. But with all this marijuana production, some are left to wonder the impact it has on the environment regarding […]
The discussion of how marijuana is the first step down a dark and sinister path of a drug-fueled life path has been around for about as long as marijuana has in America. On one side, it’s an understandable deduction: your overall openness to brain-altering experiences expands, and eventually you’ll want to take this sensation further […]
This is worth talking about because it shows that believing marijuana is only a road to madness and violence is still very prevalent in the mainstream. Laura Ingraham, in her show last week, brought weed into the conversation of mass shootings in the US. Now, the first thought is that she’s trying to evade the […]
Today, the Virginia General Assembly voted to approve the budget bill which contains language to recriminalize personal possession of over four ounces of marijuana in public. The language, which creates two new misdemeanors, will take effect immediately upon Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin’s signature on the budget. Currently, the personal possession in public of more than […]
There is a confusion as to whether citations given in states with decriminalized marijuana laws should be counted as “arrests” in those areas. Therefore, counties are reporting different sets of numbers and everything we’ve been told is all up in the air. The statistics are so uncertain that the Justice Department has launched an investigation […]
California has been doing a really good job at preventing under aged people from entering and then purchasing from cannabis shops. In the state of California, over the last few months tests have been done to see whether these cannabis shops are checking for IDs. Researchers sent people who looked underage into 50 different marijuana […]
