As we’ve previously reported, America’s ongoing legalization efforts across the country have negatively impacted Mexican cartels’ ability to sell their schwag on American soil. Thanks to states like Colorado and Washington–along with medical marijuana pillars like California–America has enough homegrown weed that no one wants what Mexico sold for decades. Thus, …
Paul Petroff, right, smells a cannabis sample at recreational marijuana store ‘Cannabis City’ on the first day in which retail marijuana sales are made legal in Seattle, Washington.Picture: STEPHEN BRASHEAR/EPA Bob Leeds, left, owner of Sea of Green Farms, hands boxes containing packaged recreational marijuana to Tom Beckley, right, the …
Colorado attorney argues marijuana taxes are illegal Last year, attorney Rob Corry, who helped author Amendment 64, the 2012 law that legalized limited recreational marijuana sales, campaigned against cannabis taxation measures by, among other things, co-hosting rallies featuring free joints. Corry’s efforts fell short at the ballot box, so …
The cannabis industry is growing exponentially. It’s truly an exciting time for anyone that is currently involved in the cannabis industry. With numerous states fighting to legalize, tax, and regulate cannabis, the potential for continued growth is substantial. If you are already a part of the cannabis industry, congratulations. You …
If medical marijuana becomes legal in Florida, someone is going to make money from it. Already, a crowd of would-be investors and entrepreneurs are forming on the ground floor. Since last summer, more than 60 businesses have incorporated in Florida with names suggesting the founders intend to get into the …
Petition: Vote to Prevent the DEA from Arresting Patients in Medical Marijuana States By Barry Bard Despite saying they’d leave Washington and Colorado alone, the Obama administration really hasn’t. And the DEA’s policies and invasion of patient rights in all medical marijuana state remains a serious issue and an affront …
The Kentucky Hemp Growers Cooperative Association is a member-owned corporation providing assistance, information, and resources to partner-members endeavoring to produce or sell industrial hemp. Incorporated in 1994, the Cooperative seeks to uphold a tradition of legal and profitable hemp production in Kentucky. The original Kentucky hemp cooperative association, organized during …
The Bronner family is committed to helping transition our major industries away from polluting, unsustainable materials and methods to cleaner, more sustainable ones. Hemp’s excellent fiber can replace virgin timber pulp in paper, glass fibers in construction and automotive composites, and pesticide-intensive cotton in textiles. Because of its huge market …
A New Leaf: The End of Cannabis Prohibition by Alyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian New Press, 264 pp., $17.95 (paper) Jeff Chiu/AP Images Medical marijuana patient Kevin Brown at the Apothecarium, a medical cannabis dispensary in San Francisco, December 2011 In the summer of 2006, a young scientist from Israel …
Puerto Rico considering legalizing pot, prostitution to ease national financial crisis After eight years of their economy going into the gutter, Puerto Rico is kicking around the idea of giving their tourism industry a boost by legalizing marijuana use. And if that doesn’t get you down to the tiny little …