After becoming the first country in the world to completely legalize marijuana, Uruguay is now ready to become the first country to sell pot in drug stores.

Uruguay’s head of the National Drug Board Juan Roballo announced on Thursday that pharmacies will soon be authorized to sell cannabis, reports Reuters.
“Cannabis will be dispensed in pharmacies starting in the month of July,” Roballo told a press conference.
The country’s government will regulate the process, which will initially provide pharmacies with 882 pounds, although that amount could increase depending on demand.

Kandypens continues to outdo themselves by crafting gorgeous, reliable vaporizers with the release of their new Elite model.

The Elite looks beautiful right out of the box, sporting gold and ceramic finishes usually reserved for a luxury fountain pen. Limited to a production of only 500 units, the Elite will definitely stand out among a crowd of bland vaporizers.
Not to be outdone by its immaculate form, the Elite also packs major function in a small box.

Out of the many ways to forge deeper connections with both new acquaintances and familiar loved ones, smoking pot could very well be the most fun and effective method.

The latest Cut Video production proves just as much, bringing on a casual pot smoker to introduce his own grandmother to hitting both a joint and a bong for her first time.
“It was around,” Grandma Helen tells her grandson Andrew of her childhood.

One of the NFL’s most influential team owners believes it’s time to repeal the league’s harsh policy towards marijuana.

In an owners-only meeting in Arizona last week, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones brought up his concern for the league to “drop its prohibition on marijuana use,” reports Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio.
According to Florio:
Jones also raised the question of the NFL’s position on marijuana. Jones, per a source who heard the comments, wants the league to drop its prohibition on marijuana use.

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The pressure to legalize marijuana worldwide has become so much so that U.S. lawmakers are taking a pot-filled field trip to Europe.
A bipartisan Congressional Delegation that includes New York Congressman Brian Higgins and California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher have scheduled a trip to Europe next week to study their various legal cannabis policies and regulatory systems, reports Marijuana Politics.
The delegation’s multi-country tour will be highlighted by a stop in Germany, where medical marijuana was legalized earlier this year.

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Bipartisan lawmakers have introduced legislation that would remove marijuana from the federal list of controlled substances and make the government responsible for regulating the industry.

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep.

Despite what the Trump administration tells you, marijuana can actually help put an end to America’s addiction to painkillers.

A new study has found that the rate of hospitalization related to opioid painkillers dropped at an average of 23 percent in states that allow medical marijuana, reports Reuters.
The study, which was published in the Drug and Alcohol Dependence report, also observed a 13 percent drop in the average of opioid overdoses in said states.
In order to find their conclusions, researchers from the University of California San Diego analyzed hospitalization records from 27 states — nine of which

The upcoming Coachella Music and Arts Festival won’t be the only party filled with weed smoke in the desert next month.

Pot dispensary search engine Weedmaps is planning to hold a massive, fully legal “marijuana oasis” for VIP guest six miles outside of the Coachella festival grounds, reports TMZ.
The compound is said to include two grow houses, a greenhouse, and five dome-shaped enclosures to test top-shelf strains from GenX, Brass Knuckle and West Coast Cure.
Each dome station reportedly offers a different cannabis experience such as vaporizing, edibles, and good old fashioned smoking.

The Great White North is about to become even greater next summer.

A senior government official on Monday said that Canadians should be able to legally smoke and use marijuana by July 1, 2018, reports the Associated Press.
Under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the liberal government is set to introduce legislation to legalize marijuana this week, which lawmakers say would put the bill on schedule to go into effect by the estimated date.
The government is expected to follow guidelines set by a marijuana task force that recommends adults should be allowed to carry up to 30 grams of

Fearing the recent anti-marijuana comments made by members of the Trump administration, a group of California lawmakers have introduced a bill to make sure state law enforcement doesn’t end up working against the will of voters by assisting feds crack down on legal cannabis, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Assembly Bill 1578 was presented this week by six Democratic legislators concerned with recent comments from newly minted Attorney General Jeff Sessions and White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, who both hinted at greater federal interference in states that have legalized marijuana.
“Prohibiting our state and local law enforcement agencies