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Washington Grants 334 Licenses for Marijuana Dispensaries

May 3, 2014 at 11:38 pm / Cannabis News

Find Dispensaries: http://buff.ly/1mtWAA6 | WFTV: http://buff.ly/1mtWAAc | Twitter: http://buff.ly/1mtWyID | Facebook: http://buff.ly/1mtWyIG | Google+: http://buff.ly/1mtWyIH OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – The business names and rankings from lotteries for 334 legal marijuana retail licenses were released by the state Liquor Control Board on Friday, but applicants with a high score still have other requirements they must fulfill if they are to receive the coveted documents required to open their shops this summer. The list of 1,174 was posted after the 75 lotteries [...]

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New Special Documentary Sheds Light on Medical Marijuana

August 7, 2013 at 6:14 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Is marijuana bad, or could it be good for some? CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta spent a year traveling around the world to shed light on the debate. Catch his groundbreaking documentary “WEED” at 8 p.m. ET August 11 on CNN. (CNN) — By most standards Matt and Paige Figi were living the American dream. They met at Colorado State University, where they shared a love of the outdoors. After getting married, the couple bought a house and [...]

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The Hemp Takeover of Colorado

August 6, 2013 at 4:32 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

SPRINGFIELD, Colo. — Along the plains of eastern Colorado, on a patch of soil where his father once raised alfalfa, Ryan Loflin is growing a leafy green challenge to the nation’s drug laws. As part of regulation, Colorado will be able to randomly test hemp crops to ensure that they have only trace amounts of THC, a chemical in marijuana. His fields are sown with hemp, a tame cousin of marijuana that was once grown openly in the United States [...]

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Obama Squanders $300 Million to Eradicate Medical Marijuana

August 3, 2013 at 3:31 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

An analysis from pro-medical marijuana group Americans For Safe Access found that President Barack Obama’s administration has spent nearly $300 million on combatting medical marijuana in states that have legalized the drug. The report calculates the total amount of federal spending on medical marijuana intervention at $289 million over Obama’s four-and-a-half years in the White House. According to the analysis, the Drug Enforcement Administration alone spent 4 percent of its budget in 2011 and 2012 cracking down on medical marijuana [...]

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The Truth About the Dispensary Raids in Seattle

July 25, 2013 at 3:16 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

UPDATE: A source in the U.S. Attorney’s Office tells KING 5 News that only four pot dispensaries were raided. The source says the raids were a continuation of an investigation that became public in 2011 when the DEA raided several pot dispensaries. The raids were not the federal government making a statement about pot use in Washington state, the source says. The raids involved people incriminated in 2011 who did not plead or go to trial. — Original story — [...]

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187,000 Pounds of Marijuana Annually? Legal Pot Business to Bloom in Washington

January 8, 2013 at 9:40 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Voters in Colorado and Washington recently approved the legalization of marijuana for recreational—not “medical”—purposes. But this hardly means that the business of growing and dispensing of pot will be all fun and games. A big Seattle Times story reveals what Washington residents and entrepreneurs intrigued with the business aspects of legal marijuana can expect, largely based on what’s been taking place for years in Colorado’s medicinal marijuana industry. “This is not your father’s marijuana,” the story quotes Colorado Governor John [...]

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