State police officers in Colorado and Washington are stopping and searching significantly fewer cars in the years since cannabis was legalized in the two Northwest states. Cops often use the smell (real or imagined) of cannabis as an excuse to …
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Drug Smuggling Still Plagues Arizona-Mexico Border, But Cannabis Arrests Are Dropping – News
Despite Donald Trump’s outlandish plan to build a wall on the border in between the U.S. and Mexico, drugs continue to be smuggled, especially in the Southwest region. A recent study on large-scale drug arrests shows that trafficking is more rampant in Arizona …
Read More »Oregon Department of Revenue Employee Arrested for Stealing Dispensary Tax Cash – News
A former employee at the Oregon Department of Revenue is facing a slew of criminal charges after pocketing a local dispensary’s payroll tax payment. Because federal banking laws restrict banks from protecting money from the cannabis industry, legal weed …
Read More »Roger Stone Is Trying to Persuade President Trump to Legalize Marijuana at the Federal Level – News
Political strategist Roger Stone, a man who will undoubtedly go down in infamy for injecting master manipulating herky-jerky into the veins of White House, has made it his mission to influence President Donald Trump to legalize marijuana at the national …
Read More »New Jersey Marijuana Arrests Hit Record High Under Governor Christie – News
A new report by the American Civil Liberties Union has found that the number of New Jersey residents arrested for marijuana-related crimes has been steadily increasing over the past decade. The report analyzed FBI Uniform Crime Report and U.S. Census …
Read More »Federal Bill Introduced to Legalize Medical Marijuana at the National Level – News
Just days after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was caught trying to persuade Congressional figures to potentially allow him to prosecute medical marijuana patients, a bi-partisan group of federal lawmakers have introduced a bill aimed at legalizing medical marijuana nationwide. …
Read More »New Hampshire Decriminalization Law Awaits Governor’s Signature
We have been following the proposed cannabis legislation in New Hampshire’s state Congress closely this session, and we are so glad that the decriminalization measure has passed through both the House and Senate! Now, we await the Governor’s decision on …
Read More »Rebel With a Cause: The One Conservative Who Voted For Legal Pot
The legalization of marijuana in Canada has brought about many questions throughout the process. What will the final age limit be? Where will marijuana be sold? And will there be restrictions on advertising for pot companies? The only aspect of …
Read More »Finding the Positives in Chief Keef’s Airport Weed Arrest
This morning, after hearing that Attorney General Jeff Sessions was attempting to dismantle all of the medical marijuana progress America has made in the last decade or so, it felt like my world was closing in. Then, I calmed myself …
Read More »New Jersey’s Push for Cannabis Legalization Is a Matter of Social Justice – News
A recreational cannabis legalization bill was filed in the New Jersey state senate last month, but with anti-weed Governor Chris Christie still in office until January, most lawmakers are waiting until 2018 to make any significant moves. For the national …
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