(photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons) A Maine marijuana dispensary aims to clean up their neighborhood with the help of free pot. The Summit Medical Marijuana dispensary in Gardiner, Maine offered grams of pot as a gift to those helping to clean …
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Growing Legal Weed in The Former Soviet Union
In January of this year, Marijuana.com reported on a story coming out of the country of Georgia involving a political party named Girchi. The group had taken it upon themselves to challenge the Georgian government through an act of civil …
Read More »Sessions, Congress, and State Medical Marijuana Policy
In preparation for the administration’s upcoming war on weed, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to publicly disseminate a potentially ominous report sometime this week. Anticipated to recommend tougher penalties for individuals caught cultivating pot, peddling weed, or getting high, the …
Read More »Americans Are Smoking Weed at Highest Rate in Recorded History, According to Gallup Poll – News
More Americans are coming out of the shadows and owning up to their past marijuana use than ever before, according to a new report from highly respected research firm Gallup. Not only are more people saying they’ve lit up in …
Read More »Home Growers are still Criminalized
In 2015, Chile legalized medical marijuana and now residents of the country are increasingly growing cannabis for medical purposes as the nation begins to loosen prohibition during the implementation process. Advocates of the cannabis plant are working hard to ensure Chileans with …
Read More »The Number Of Kids Forced Into Marijuana Treatment Programs by Criminal Justice System Is Growing – News
More than half of all minors placed into drug treatment programs for marijuan are referred to these programs by the criminal justice system, according to a new study published in the Substance Use & Misuse journal. The researchers also found …
Read More »Connecticut Lawyer Argues Federal Marijuana Prohibition is Unconstitutional and Illegal – News
Despite the fact that cannabis legalization has spread like wildfire across the United States, federal prohibition continues to handicap the growth of this budding industry. These long held laws that many states use to criminalize the plant are based on …
Read More »States Keep Saying Yes to Marijuana Use. Now Comes the Federal No.
In a national vote widely viewed as a victory for conservatives, last year’s elections also yielded a win for liberals in eight states that legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use. But the growing industry is facing a federal crackdown …
Read More »Hemp-Based CBD Market Skyrockets As Cannabis Gains Increasing Nationwide Acceptance – News
While everyone has been buzzing about widespread cannabis legalization across the U.S., the CBD market has also seen substantial growth over the past few years. According to a 2016 market estimate by Vote Hemp and the Hemp Business Journal, this …
Read More »No One Has Applied to Grow or Sell Weed For Arkansas’ New Medical Marijuana Program Yet – News
For most states that have legalized medical or recreational cannabis, passed legislation and successful votes have drawn thousands of prospective canna-businesses out of the woodworks to try their hand at growing, processing or selling the newly legal cash crop. In …
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