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Congress stops medical marijuana research in its tracks
Congress is still not prepared to give the scientific community the green light to dig any deeper into this progressive concept.
By MIKE ADAMS
1-800-Flowers is concerned about growers jumping ship to cash in on cannabis
The legal cannabis industry has brought about some challenges that could become detrimental to the entire flower industry as legalization expands into more states.
By Mike Adams
Denver freezes its weed industry, preventing new marijuana shops from opening (for now)
The "booming" marijuana industry in Denver, Colorado will remain frozen at its current size.
By KRISTEN GWYNNE
Canada sets plans for legalizing marijuana in 2017
"We know it is impossible to arrest our way out of this problem.”
By KRISTEN GWYNNE
U.S. Senate pushes to give veterans access to medical marijuana
Federal lawmakers are working once again to provide military veterans with hassle-free access to state medical marijuana programs.
By Mike Adams
Pennsylvania to become the 24th state to legalize medical marijuana
Pennsylvania will inevitably become the twenty-fourth state in the nation to legalize a comprehensive program that allows patients suffering from with a variety of conditions to use medical marijuana.
By Mike Adams
DEA says it will consider downgrading marijuana's classification in 2016
The latest word from the DEA may suggest that big changes are on the horizon.
By MIKE ADAMS
Pot legalization activists light up in front of the White House. Literally.
Pot smoke wafted across the White House lawn on Saturday as activists, toting a 50-foot inflatable joint and a cage to highlight the absurdity of locking up marijuana users, called on President Obama to remove pot from the DEA’s dangerous drug list.
By MAUREEN MEEHAN
Majority of businesses in Massachusetts are against legalizing cannabis
The state's largest employer group is lobbying hard against the effort.
By Mona Zhang
Los Angeles is considering a tax on medical marijuana to help the homeless
City officials are reportedly mulling over a plan in a series of budget talks that would utilize a portion of the tax revenue generated from the local medical marijuana industry to build more affordable housing units for local residents.
By Mike Adams
Tampa is the latest Florida city to decriminalize marijuana possession
Mayor Bob Buckhorn has signed a measure into law that will prevent those people busted with small amounts of weed from being thrown in jail.
By Mike Adams
CDC tells doctors to stop testing patients for marijuana
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released an updated set of guidelines for prescribing opioids to patients suffering from chronic pain.
By Mike Adams
Where pot is legal, more black people still go to jail for marijuana
African-Americans are still getting busted more than whites for marijuana in states that have made it legal.
By Mike Adams
U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to Colorado's marijuana laws
The nation’s highest court announced on Monday it would dismiss a case submitted by Oklahoma and Nebraska suggesting that Colorado’s retail pot market had become a drug trafficking menace.
By Mike Adams
Pennsylvania could become the next state to legalize medical marijuana
Pennsylvania may be well be on its way to becoming the next state to legalize a comprehensive medical marijuana program.
By Mike Adams
Prison-to-pot proposal would turn this empty jail into a cannabis center
A cannabis concentrate producer in Southern California, wants to turn the defunct Claremont Custody Center into a marijuana grow and cannabis oil production center.
By Kristen Gwynne
The U.S. marijuana economy is expected to hit $44 billion by 2020
The grass really is greener on the other side — at least on the other side of legalization.
By Sativa Von Teese
New Hampshire bill decriminalizing marijuana passes House, heads to Senate
Earlier last week, the House of Representatives put their seal of approval on a bill that would decriminalize the possession of up to a half-ounce of marijuana.
By Mike Adams
