Colorado

Colorado cannabis sales are climbing.

Colorado’s Grow-Off is like Iron Chef for marijuana, a competition to find out whose prowess reigns supreme under controlled conditions. Instead of receiving the same theme ingredient (i.e. pork), 40+ growers throughout Colorado received an identical clone of a mystery cannabis strain.
Without knowing the strain’s genetics, each of these growers spent six months nursing their clone from veg to flower to harvest. The harvest date was at the growers’ discretion, and varied from grow to grow depending on when the plant went into bloom.

Colorado legislators have been busy passing new laws to control the growing marijuana black market in their state. When Colorado legalized recreational weed in 2012, they allowed each individual to grow up to 99 cannabis plants, or to assist someone else in growing them, a freedom that some have exploited to grow extra pot for the black market.

A piece of legislation responding to the Trump administration’s proposed crackdown of legal cannabis has made significant headway in Oregon, and needs only the signature of Governor Kate Brown to become law. 

The proposal would require the state’s cannabis retailers to destroy all customer information within 30 days and to halt the collection of new customer data.

Project 22 is a joint collaboration from The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) with state chapters from Missouri and Colorado.Project 22 will fly veterans from Missouri into Colorado to attend the ‘Inaugural Institute of Cannabis Research Conference’ being held at Pueblo University to learn about the benefits of medical cannabis from researchers, doctors, and scientists like Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, Dr. Sue Sisley, Dr.

Following in the progressive footsteps of Colorado and California, the state of Nevada made the leap towards legalizing recreational cannabis last November. Since then, lawmakers have been working to implement the system before 2018, but edible manufacturers may face a major hurdle in trying to get some of their products on the market. 

Although Nevada may be home to the illustrious and tourist-driven Sin City, Sen. Patricia Farley of Las Vegas believes that the state’s accepted vices should stop at sugary weed snacks.

Although marijuana was made legal in the District of Columbia a few years ago, a story from U.S. News & World Report suggests that the local police department is now engaging in small time sting operations in an attempt to eliminate any sign of pot commerce from the city streets.

Officers with the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department have arrested around seven people for dealing weed within the last week, the report states.

4/20 is like the Super Bowl of holidays for the cannabis community.  Whether you are attending a giant expo, a public smoke sesh, or an intimate party with friends, this day is special to all of the consumers, activists, and cannabis industry professionals.So, what are the best 420 events in 2017?This year we are lucky, because 4/20 falls on a Thursday, so we get a whole WEEKEND for the best 420 events in 2017!  If you have an event that seems like it should be on this list, please let me know by emailing [email protected].

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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.

Opponents of marijuana legalization have long argued that it will only lead to increased use in teens, but a new study has proven that to be wrong.

The latest Washington State Healthy Youth Survey found that the 2016 rate of teen marijuana use has remained steady since the state voted to legalize the substance in 2012, reports the Washington Post.
The state-run survey of 37,000 middle and high school students found no measurable effect on the rate of teen marijuana use, either from the state’s 2012 decision to legalize recreational use, nor the 2014 implementation of retail dispensaries.