Medical marijuana is finally coming to the U.K. after a century of prohibition, thanks in part to public support of a young boy who nearly died after police seized his CBD medicine. This Thursday, Home Secretary Sajid Javid announced that …
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Will South Korea Become the First Asian Country to Legalize Medical Marijuana?
Like many other Asian states, Korean cannabis laws are far more extreme than Western nations, giving courts the power to sentence pot smokers to death. The country’s Narcotics Control Act currently prohibits all forms of cannabis cultivation and use, including …
Read More »New Bill in Congress Would Require Feds to Study Impact of State-Legal Weed
This week, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers has proposed a new attempt to correct this information deficit – the Marijuana Data Collection Act. This new bill, presented on Tuesday by Reps. If the bill passes, NAS would have 18 months …
Read More »Legalizing All Drugs Would Raise $100 Billion for U.S., Says Harvard Economist
First reported by Marijuana Moment, Miron’s latest financial forecasting for the Cato Institute examined data from the country’s emerging legal weed markets, projecting those trends to cover all federally scheduled substances. Replacing America’s War on Drugs with a regulated adult-use …
Read More »Did New Jersey Just Put an End to Cannabis Prohibition?
Within 24 hours, state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal declared that the city’s new policy was void, as Hudnut had no authority to supersede the state’s drug policies. For a moment, it seemed like Grewal was out to block the Garden …
Read More »Colorado Reports Teen Cannabis Use Is Down, but Adults Are Toking Up
As legalization continues to do away with the stigmas of prohibition’s past, the Centennial State’s leadership in cannabis reform has also decreased local teenage pot use, assuaging the primary worry of anti-weed advocates. In the first of the two government-led …
Read More »Political Pot Block Prevents Jersey City from Decriminalizing
Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop and municipal prosecutor Jake Hudnut held a press conference last Thursday to announce that they were decriminalizing minor marijuana possession and use, effective immediately. The next day, NJ Attorney General Gurbir Grewal stepped in and …
Read More »California Pot Industry Struggles Amidst New Regulations, Illicit Competition
California’s legal weed growing pains are starting to sting. With a constant push-and-pull of compliance and competition, ganjapreneurs up and down the coast are left looking for a light at the end of the tunnel. She added that most of …
Read More »Pennsylvania Could Make Nearly $600 Million a Year From Legal Weed
At a joint press conference held this Thursday, DePasquale unveiled a new report which estimates that a taxed and regulated adult-use market could bring the Keystone State close to $600 million a year. There are 9.5 million adults in Pennsylvania, …
Read More »Colorado Widow Denied Compensation Because Husband Smoked Weed
Recreational cannabis use has been legal in Colorado since 2012, but some individuals who are choosing to avail themselves of this new freedom have been unwittingly putting their families at risk. An autopsy found that Lee had high levels of …
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