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Legal Weed Bill Is The Most Popular On Congress.gov

December 21, 2013 at 6:56 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

A 2013 bill that would have ended the federal government’s prohibition of marijuana is the most viewed legislation on the Congress.gov website – more popular than bills for jobs or for emergency unemployment compensation — but Congress has never voted on it. On Friday, Marijuana Majority took a screenshot of the bill on Congress.gov’s front page and posted it to Facebook: “The contrast between overwhelming public support for marijuana reform and Congress’ lack of action on the issue is frustrating,” Marijuana Majority chairman Tom [...]

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U.S. Treasury May Give Guidelines to Banks Working with Pot Companies

December 20, 2013 at 10:24 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

The federal government may issue guidance giving banks a “yellow light” to work with marijuana businesses, possibly in the first quarter of 2014, a high-ranking state official said Thursday. The development was welcomed by marijuana industry officials who have long pushed for a banking fix, but banking industry leaders were skeptical that mere limited guidance will change much. Jack Finlaw, chief legal counsel to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, said state officials expect guidance similar to that of a broader Department [...]

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NY Lawmaker Steve Katz, Who Voted Against Medical Marijuana, Invests In Pot

December 19, 2013 at 5:02 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Republican New York Assemblyman Steve Katz, who voted against a medical marijuana bill in 2012, and was arrested for pot possession in March, will invest up to $10 million in the coming years in cannabis-related businesses, Smell the Truth has learned. Katz – a New York native and resident – joined the investor network of San Francisco-based marijuana investment and research firm The ArcView Group this December, said ArcView CEO Troy Dayton. “He’s gung-ho.” Katz intends to help pool millions of dollars of investment capital [...]

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Washingtonians Smoke 175 Tons of Weed Annually

December 18, 2013 at 10:32 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Knowing how much marijuana people consume is now a very important statistic for officials in Washington and Colorado. That number can help them make sound decisions about how to regulate the supply side of the country’s first recreational marijuana markets. And on Wednesday a non-profit think tank released a report showing that Washington residents consume far more weed than the state initially thought. In 2012, the Washington Office of Financial Management estimated that residents were consuming about 85 metric tons of marijuana. TheRAND Corporation now estimates [...]

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Can a Tech Startup Change the Way People Think About Medical Marijuana?

December 17, 2013 at 5:06 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

A California businessman says he has invented a new way of consuming marijuana that could change people’s attitudes and habits when it comes to the increasingly popular herb. The pro-pot movement has made leaps and bounds in recent years. An October Gallup Poll for the first time found a majority of American voters favoring legalization of marijuana. Even former Microsoft executive Jamen Shively recently announced he wants to get into the medical marijuana business. Still, not everyone is convinced. The world of weed, including medical [...]

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How Cannabis Can Help You Quit Cigarettes

December 17, 2013 at 5:53 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

“Government’s a joke. All dey wan’ is ya smoke cigarettes and cigar,” Bob Marley told HIGH TIMES for a 1976 cover story. “[But] cigar wickeder den herb. Yeah, man, ya can’t smoke cigar. Smoke herb. Some big cigar me see man wit’, God bless! Me tell him must smoke herb.” Given the fact that daily marijuana use doesn’t negatively affect health, while tobacco kills millions of people worldwide every year, that’s some pretty sound medical advice from the dearly departed reggae legend. Puffing a [...]

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20 Amazing Things Marijuana Could Do For The World If We Legalized It Today

December 16, 2013 at 10:20 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

We’ve heard all the anti-pot propaganda, about how it’s worse than heroin, and destroys the lives and families of anyone who touches a single joint. It’s time for all that to end. Marijuana can help make us happier, smarter, healthier, and just a better race of people overall. 1. It can stop seizures Source: edition.cnn.com A young girl named Charlotte had been suffering from Dravet Syndrome, which causes uncontrollable seizures, since she was five months old. By the time [...]

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Uruguay’s President Rips Into U.N. Official Over Marijuana Law

December 15, 2013 at 7:41 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

José “Pepe” Mujica shot back on Friday at the president of the International Narcotics Control Board, a U.N. agency, for saying that his administration refused to meet with the agency’s officials before legalizing marijuana this week. Mujica batted down the criticism, insisting that his administration is open to discussing the law and accusing the INCB President Raymond Yans of applying a double standard by criticizing Uruguay, even as U.S. states pass laws to legalize recreational marijuana consumption. “Tell this old [...]

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Parents Losing Custody for Medical Marijuana Use

December 11, 2013 at 4:19 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

During a telephone conversation with her husband, Wendy Jones heard a loud bang through the receiver right before the call went dead. On her way back from a work trip to Anaheim in early 2012, she’d called her husband Mark to say she was less than an hour away from their East San Diego County apartment. After several failed attempts to call him back, she arrived home to find their apartment ransacked. Mark and their 6-year-old son John were [...]

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