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U.S. Marijuana Legalization will Generate $8.7 Billion in Tax Revenue

February 22, 2016 at 2:05 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

As Washington lawmakers struggle to find ways to balance the national budget, a significant source of revenue may be burning away right before their eyes. The federal legalization of marijuana would offer a large new revenue stream, according to research from the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank. “We don’t know the size of the marijuana market right now, and we certainly don’t know what would happen to the price and the demand for marijuana under different levels of legalization,” [...]

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Worst Anti-Marijuana Campaign Since Reefer Madness Hits Australia [VIDEO]

February 4, 2016 at 5:23 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

This is the worst anti-drug campaign we’ve seen, but it is also the most hilarious. “Stoner Sloth” is a series of videos purportedly meant to illustrate the horrors of marijuana to impressionable teens. The videos star people in large sloth costumes struggling through various life events due to how high they are. At the end of each ad – after the featured sloth has had trouble in class or embarrassed itself at dinner – the tagline “You’re Worse On Weed” is plastered across the [...]

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The Frontlines of the Cannabis Movement in Australia

January 11, 2016 at 12:55 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Alex Impey is breaking the law selling his customers marijuana, but as long as he keeps hearing stories that the drug is helping them cope with pain, he couldn’t care less. And business for medicinal marijuana is booming, with Mr Impey telling Daily Mail Australia he receives 20 new requests for help each week at his hemp store, Gnostic Hemporium, on the NSW Central Coast, north of Sydney. ’I’ve got people coming in all the time, who have everything from [...]

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Vermont Governor Supports Legalization of Cannabis

January 9, 2016 at 2:41 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin said on Thursday he would seek to legalize marijuana through the legislative process, instead of through the ballot box, for the first time in the United States. In his State of the State address, the Democratic governor said more than 80,000 Vermonters reported using marijuana last year, contributing to a black market. He said legislators needed to proceed step by step to regulate marijuana. “That’s why I will work with you to craft the right bill [...]

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Did Legal Marijuana Just Come to Texas?

December 24, 2015 at 11:48 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

Oh happy day. Texas now has a legal marijuana market, in which marijuana can be grown and sold without the feds swooping in all stealth-like. But unfortunately — at least for most of you Texas’ potheads — that Lone Star legal weed will only be permitted on Native American reservations. (It’s okay — still we’re secretly hopeful, too.) In one of the coolest marijuana moves by the feds to date, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week that Native [...]

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Federal Marijuana Prohibition Ended by Congress

December 17, 2015 at 9:45 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

Hidden away deep in the 1,603-page federal spending measure is a clause that stops the federal government’s banning of medical marijuana which is a huge change regarding drug policies. The bill was passed over the weekend, and this is the first time that Congress has approved of a nationwide legislation supported by cannabis reformers. This stops about twenty years of strain between states and the government over medical marijuana. Now, because of the bill, states that have legalized medical marijuana [...]

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How Marijuana Enhances Exercise and Helps You Lose Weight

November 25, 2015 at 10:42 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

As cannabis becomes more integrated within mainstream culture, millions are becoming more educated on the many benefits of THC and cannabinoids. Not only does cannabis consumption lower insulin resistance, but it also improves fasting insulin and facilitates metabolic function. More athletes and even those engaged in moderate recreational fitness have incredible benefits from daily consumption of the once demonized plant. Coupled with the pain-relieving effects of both plant and human-derived cannabinoids, cannabis and exercise seem to go hand in hand [...]

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MEXICO: Supreme Court Ruling Sets Stage for Recreational Marijuana

November 5, 2015 at 2:09 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

A narrow ruling by Mexico’s Supreme Court could eventually clear a path to make recreational use of marijuana legal. Four people in the Mexican Society for Responsible and Tolerant Personal Use will now be permitted to grow and smoke their own marijuana. Marijuana still cannot be sold in Mexico but some say the court’s ruling could lead to full legalization. Mexico has long struggled with violent conflict from drug cartels. The advocacy group first brought the case forward in 2013, [...]

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Colorado Monthly Cannabis Sales Top $100 Million

October 20, 2015 at 1:23 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

Monthly marijuana sales in Colorado have soared past the $100 million mark for the first time, according to the August recreational and medical marijuana sales data from the state Department of Revenue released Friday. Once again, marijuana sales surpassed the previous month’s numbers with recreational marijuana coming in at $59.2 million and medical marijuana tallying $41.4 million. The combined $100.6 million in marijuana sales continues the month-to-month record-setting trend for 2015. Recreational cannabis sales began on Jan. 1, 2014 in [...]

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