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Texas Judge: Teachers Shouldn’t Be Punished for Consuming Marijuana

January 24, 2017 at 3:10 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

A Texas administrative law judge recently recommended that no disciplinary action be taken against a public school teacher who admitted eating a marijuana edible while visiting Colorado over Christmas vacation. In a January 10 decision that was published last Friday by the Austin American-Statesman, Judge William Newchurch likens the teacher’s cannabis consumption to gambling in Las Vegas. “Possession of a usable quantity of marijuana is a criminal offense in Texas—but so is gambling,” Newchurch writes. “The ALJ [administrative law judge] [...]

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Cannabis-Friendly Resort Opens First ‘Bud and Breakfast’

August 18, 2016 at 12:30 am / Cannabis News, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

This cozy marijuana retreat in Colorado puts a fun new spin on the traditional bed and breakfast. Vacationing here is sure to be a magical experience. Need to find a recreational cannabis dispensary? Download the Weed Finder app for iOS and Android, and carry over 17,0000 cannabis-industry connections in your pocket wherever you travel! (Cannabis-Friendly Resort Opens First ‘Bud and Breakfast’ – Weed Finder™ News | Video Credit: NowThis Weed)

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Supreme Court Refuses to Consider States’ Lawsuit Against Recreational Cannabis

March 22, 2016 at 12:33 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a lawsuit from Nebraska and Oklahoma against Colorado’s regulated sales of marijuana for recreational use, removing a major threat to the multibillion-dollar state-legal cannabis industry. Possession of marijuana for any reason outside limited research remains a federal crime, and marijuana reform advocates feared an unfavorable ruling would take a wrecking ball to laws in four states that allow recreational pot sales and medical marijuana laws in many others. Colorado’s neighbors argued [...]

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Is Michigan Preparing to Legalize Marijuana?

July 27, 2015 at 1:14 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

LANSING, MI — An evolving bill to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in Michigan could also provide a regulatory framework for full legalization of the drug, according to the sponsor. State Rep. Mike Callton, R-Nashville, has been working on medical marijuana dispensary legislation for several years — a version passed the Michigan House by a wide margin in late 2013 before stalling in the Senate — but recent discussions have led to major changes in the bill. “I think we’ve gotten [...]

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America’s First-Ever Cannabis Resort Opens in Colorado

June 14, 2015 at 1:56 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

(NEWSER) – While $420 seems like a more appropriate price, starting at $395 per person per night, marijuana smokers can treat themselves to a cannabis-filled Colorado vacation. Dubbed “CannaCamp,” the 170-acre resort in Durango does not hand out pot nor sell it on site but Time reports that its concierge will direct vacationers to area dispensaries; travelers can also bring their own. From there, guests can “experience the outdoors and cannabis in a safe, comfortable, and social environment,” per the [...]

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Recreational Cannabis Is Officially Legal In Alaska

February 24, 2015 at 2:34 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

Recreational cannabis is now legal for adults in Alaska. Alaska on Tuesday becomes the third U.S. state to end prohibition of marijuana, officially putting into effect Ballot Measure 2, approved by 53 percent of state voters in November. Alaskans age 21 and older may now legally possess up to one ounce of marijuana, grow as many as six marijuana plants in their homes (with no more than three flowering), and possess any additional marijuana produced by those plants. Shops selling [...]

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Legalization of Marijuana Most-Thriving Industry in U.S.

February 1, 2015 at 11:56 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

Legal marijuana is the fastest-growing industry in the United States and if the trend toward legalization spreads to all 50 states, marijuana could become larger than the organic food industry, according to a new report obtained by The Huffington Post. Researchers from The ArcView Group, a cannabis industry investment and research firm based in Oakland, California, found that the U.S. market for legal cannabis grew 74 percent in 2014 to $2.7 billion, up from $1.5 billion in 2013. The group [...]

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Colorado’s Rollout of Legal Marijuana Is Succeeding

August 9, 2014 at 4:01 am / Cannabis News, Marijuana Legalization

In November 2012, Colorado voters decided to experiment with marijuana, passing a constitutional amendment legalizing recreational cannabis. It was a bold move, but it also required quick, bold, and unprecedented action on the part of the state government to implement the policy. Colorado needed to set up a legal, regulatory, and tax system so that product would be available in dispensaries by January 1, 2014. As part of an examination of Colorado’s implementation and rollout, Brookings’ John Hudak spent a week [...]

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Since Marijuana Legalization, Highway Fatalities in Colorado are at Near-Historic Lows

August 5, 2014 at 7:10 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization

Since Colorado voters legalized pot in 2012, prohibition supporters have warned that recreational marijuana will lead to a scourge of “drugged divers” on the state’s roads. They often point out that when the state legalized medical marijuana in 2001, there was a surge in drivers found to have smoked pot. They also point to studies showing that in other states that have legalized pot for medical purposes, we’ve seen an increase in the number of drivers testing positive for the drug who were involved [...]

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