Colorado keeps cannabis tax promise, funding two new mental health clinics
By Kevin Fixler, Summit Daily Colorado’s Office of Behavioral Health announced this week that Frisco and Montrose will both receive funding for new mental health... Read more.
The Industrial Hemp Farming Act is back — is this the year Congress legalizes the crop?
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are again calling for industrial hemp to be legally separated from marijuana in the Controlled Substances Act, and advocates believe... Read more.
Justice Department has “effectively shut down” marijuana research at DEA
25 research proposals are sitting at the DEA waiting for Justice Department sign-off By Matt Zapotosky and Devlin Barrett, The Washington Post The Justice Department... Read more.
This economist has a strategy to kill the marijuana black market
Op-ed from director of economic studies at the Cato Institute and Department of Economics at Harvard University By Jeffrey Miron, Denver Post Guest Commentary... Read more.
Legal marijuana states try to curb interstate smuggling to fend off feds
By Andrew Selsky, The Associated Press Well before Oregon legalized marijuana, its verdant, wet forests made it an ideal place for growing the drug, which often... Read more.
#NoSmokeIsAJoke: John Morgan files lawsuit against Florida
The trial lawyer who led the effort to allow marijuana for medical uses in Florida filed a lawsuit Thursday against the state’s decision to ban smokable... Read more.
Orlando Airport bans weed, despite local decriminalization and MMJ expansion
A board overseeing Orlando International Airport approved a measure prohibiting marijuana on its premises, despite its decriminalization by local police and... Read more.
How Florida may look under proposed medical marijuana rules
Florida health officials have issued their proposed rules to implement the state’s constitutional medical marijuana amendment. The regulations that were... Read more.
Bitcoin is becoming the preferred currency for Ganjapreneurs
Cannabis companies are turning to the world’s most popular digital currency in an effort to get rid of all that cash. The inability to access traditional... Read more.
Florida attorney will sue state over medical smoking ban
The Florida Legislature’s passage of a bill to enact the state’s constitutional amendment expanding the use of medical marijuana has ended one chapter in the... Read more.