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A Toast? How About a Toke? Marijuana Is a Welcome Wedding Guest in Colorado and Washington State

July 28, 2014 at 7:43 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Marijuana Legalization

Earlier this month, when Ellen Epstein arrived at the Devil’s Thumb Ranch in Tabernash, Colo., for the wedding of her friends Lauren Meisels and Bradley Melshenker, she, like the other guests, found a gift bag waiting for her in her hotel room. But rather than a guide to activities in the area or a jar of locally made honey, the canvas bag contained a rolled joint, a lighter and lip balm infused with mango butter and cannabis, along with this [...]

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New York Times Editorial Board Calls For Legalization Of Marijuana

July 27, 2014 at 2:16 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization

The most authoritative paper in the United States has put its weight behind the federal legalization of marijuana, a momentous endorsement in the prolonged fight to end to the criminalization of marijuana that has been in place since 1937. Debuting what is to be a six-part series, The New York Times editorial board called for an end to the “prohibition” of marijuana, saying the current ban “[inflicts] great harm on society just to prohibit a substance far less dangerous than alcohol.” The interactive series [...]

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Joel Naselroad: In Prison And Brutally Shot By Police For 3 Cannabis Plants

July 27, 2014 at 8:00 am / Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization

Joel Naselroad may be in jail today but his tragic story exemplifies the police state that countless Americans are fighting against. As Naselroad suffers in jail, Americans all over the nation are wondering why a judge would still find reason to imprison Naselroad for the tragic event that happened on October 8th, 2013. An article posted just a few days ago in the Kentucky Free Press on July 18th gives details to the events that led to the shooting of Naselroad. The [...]

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The NFL Thinks Smoking Weed Is Eight Times Worse Than Beating a Woman Unconscious

July 26, 2014 at 7:25 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News

Ray Rice is an All-Pro running back entering the third year of a five-year, $35 million contract with the Baltimore Ravens. In February, Rice allegedly beat his then-fiancée, Janay Palmer, in an elevator at the Revel Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. Days later, TMZ posted a video that appears to show Rice dragging Palmer out of an elevator. One witness described the knockout punch to Deadspin as an “uppercut.” In May, Rice conducted a breathtakingly tone-deaf press conference addressing the incident. The timing — 3 p.m. on [...]

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3 More Jurisdictions That Could Legalize Marijuana By The End Of The Year

July 25, 2014 at 5:19 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization

This week a marijuana legalization initiative officially qualified for the ballot in Oregon. Voters will also consider legalization measures in Alaska and (probably) the District of Columbia this fall, so by the end of the year three more jurisdictions could join Colorado andWashington in allowing recreational use of cannabis. The differences among the five measures illustrate the advantages of federalism, which allows policy experiments that will help chart the course to the end of marijuana prohibition in America. Oregon The Oregon initiative, known as the Control, Regulation, [...]

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Snoop Dogg May Have Smoked Marijuana in One of the Most Secure Places in America

July 23, 2014 at 6:57 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Music

Snoop Dogg hot-boxed a White House bathroom with some sort of vague approval from on-duty agents — or so he says. In a clip from the rapper’s online show GGN: The Double G News Network Snoop Dogg tells guest Jimmy Kimmel that he lit up one time in the White House. The exchange between the two does not confirm or deny the presence of President Obama or First Lady Michelle Obama. But Snoop Dogg claims that either “FBI” or “CIA” agents approved his request [...]

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Marijuana Legalization Initiative Qualifies for Oregon Ballot

July 22, 2014 at 7:10 pm / Cannabis News, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization

Oregon voters will get to decide this November whether they want to legalize recreational marijuana for people 21 or older. The New Approach Oregon campaign announced Tuesday that the initiative cleared the Secretary of State’s signature hurdle, earning the measure a place on the November ballot. “This is our moment to be part of history and lead a movement,” Dominique Lopez, metro regional organizer for New Approach Oregon, said in a statement. “Treating marijuana use as a crime has failed, but together we can [...]

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Wildfires Cause Problems for Marijuana Stores in Vancouver

July 21, 2014 at 8:08 pm / Cannabis News

Yet another supply issue has been causing shipment delays and problems for marijuana stores in Vancouver and around the state — this one, though, isn’t related to a lack of licensed growers. Wildfires have destroyed plants at some grower’s facilities and reduced shipment amounts at others as employees have struggled to protect businesses and their homes from the growing threat in several parts of the state. The fire cut one shipment from Riverside grower CannaSol Farms to Vancouver retailer New [...]

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Illinois Legalizes Medical Marijuana For Children With Seizures

July 20, 2014 at 8:23 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Illinois children and adults with epilepsy will soon be allowed to use marijuana to ease their symptoms under a law signed on Sunday by Democratic Governor Pat Quinn, the latest in a series of measures loosening restrictions on cannabis by U.S. states. The move to add epilepsy and other seizure disorders to the list of conditions legal to treat with marijuana or its extracts comes as numerous states have made medical use of the drug legal. Two states, Colorado and [...]

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