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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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U.S. Open Allowing Cannabis into Prestigious Golf Tourney

June 17, 2015 at 5:08 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

Marijuana is legal in both Washington and Colorado, and shops to buy legal weed are all over the Seattle area at this point. With the U.S. Open in Tacoma at Chambers Bay, I wondered if fans could just walk in with their completely legal marijuana. So at the risk of getting put on some kind of list you don’t want to be on, I asked. Turns out fans are allowed to come through the security gates with marijuana — bags [...]

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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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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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Washington State Is Low on Legal Pot

July 1, 2014 at 7:35 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

A slow licensing process means that stores set to open next week could be overrun If inspections go well in the following days, the Washington State Liquor Control board plans to issue the first retail licenses to legal pot shops on July 7. That means July 8 could be the historic opening day in the Evergreen State. The problem is that only about 20 retail shops are expected to get licenses—and they may even have trouble getting their hands on [...]

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There’s A Marijuana Coffee That Really Lets You ‘Wake And Bake’

June 2, 2014 at 7:27 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Your morning joe just got a little more Mary Jane. Marijuana coffee is coming to the state of Washington, and the product is promising consumers a caffeinated buzz. The cold-brewed cannibis-infused coffee, called Legal, is expected to hit the market in early July, product developer Adam Stites told The Huffington Post on Monday. “It’s an alert, creative high,” he said. Stites also calls it “the wake and bake drink,” according to My Northwest. He said each bottle contains about 20 milligrams [...]

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Spokane Grower Gets State’s First Marijuana License

March 7, 2014 at 9:19 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

In Olympia this morning, the Washington State Liquor Control Board awarded the first license to grow and process marijuana in the state, and it didn’t go to one of the many people applying on the liberalized west side. It went to a grower from Spokane. Sean Green owns a pair of medical marijuana dispensaries in Shoreline and Spokane under the name Pacific Northwest Medical. Green also operates Kouchlock Productions, a dispensary on East Francis that is also the trade name under which [...]

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Marijuana in the Post Prohibition World [VIDEO]

February 22, 2014 at 7:52 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

While the Canadian government is taking a major step backwards for its citizens’ freedoms by restricting the rights of medicinal marijuana users, Colorado and Washington State have legalized marijuana for both medicinal and recreational use and so Dan Dicks of Press For Truth went to Seattle to investigate! Marijuana in the Post Prohibition World Article via Press for Truth

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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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