On Monday, Bertha Madras, a professor of psychobiology at Harvard Medical School and part of Trump’s newly formed “Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis," told a crowd in Wyoming that all of the horrors associated with opioids and prescription painkillers are very similar to what the government predicts will happen with respect to marijuana.
“The lessons that we have learned from opioids are directly applicable or generalizable to marijuana,” she said at a “marijuana education” event, reports the Associated Press.
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Maine Doesn’t Want to Be the First State to Legalize Social Pot Clubs
Ever since Colorado pulled the plug on its idea of allowing public marijuana consumption in designated areas, lawmakers in Maine have been looking to use the retreat as an excuse to do the same.
According to the Portland Press Herald, there are concerns with the part of the state's legal marijuana law that allows for the creation of social pot clubs. Lawmakers are now toying with the idea of postponing the licensing of these types of operations until they can be certain that there no longer exists the threat of federal interference.
Private Security Firms Are Hoping to Cash in On Massachusetts’ Burgeoning Cannabis Industry
This past weekend marked Boston’s third annual New England Cannabis Convention. The event celebrated Massachusetts’ new recreational legalization laws, with vendors selling glassware, soil solutions, grow boxes, and app ideas throughout the Hynes Convention Center.
Indiana Governor Expected to Sign Medical Marijuana Bill
Indiana is well on its way to having an ultra-light medical marijuana law put on the books in 2017.
Earlier last week, legislative forces in Indianapolis put their seal of approval on a measure aimed at giving epilepsy patients access to a non-intoxicating form of marijuana, commonly referred to as CBD oil. The bill managed to get through the Senate on Thursday, followed by a unanimous vote in the House right before lawmakers cleared out for the weekend.
California Regulators Study Impact of Cannabis Growing on Energy
Since Prop 64 was passed last November, California has anxiously prepared for what will undoubtedly make it the central hub of the world’s cannabis industry. But while the Left Coast braces itself for the explosive market that recreational legalization is predicted to create, regulators and utility companies are concerned about how cultivation will impact the state’s energy supply.
Back in February, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) hosted a workshop to study the potential effects of large-scale cannabis cultivation on the state’s power grid.
Iowa Lawmakers Passed Last Minute Legislation to Expand Medical Marijuana Access
Just hours before adjourning for the year, Iowa’s House of Representatives voted to pass House FIle 524, a piece of legislation that, if signed by the governor, would expand the state’s extremely limited medical marijuana program and bring cannabis cultivation to Iowa.
According to the Des Moines Register, the bill wasn’t unveiled to the Iowa House until 3 a.m. Saturday morning, and it passed State Senate approval by 7 a.m. the same day.
Philadelphia Police Arrest 11 and Detain 75 in ‘Smoke Session’ Pot Party Raid
A Philadelphia cannabis party was shut down last night when local narcotics officers raided the warehouse hosting the “Philly Smoke Session” event.
According to Philly.com, around 75 attendees were detained by police and as many as 11 people were arrested, including the party’s organizer, N.A.
Washington State Has Grown Over 150,000 Pounds of Legal Weed this Year
Legal cannabis has been regulated in Washington State since the first recreational pot shop opened in the summer of 2014.
Vermont Senate Approves Recreational Marijuana Legalization
This week, the Vermont Senate approved an amendment to a House marijuana decriminalization bill that would create a system of legally taxed and regulated recreational marijuana sales. The original bill, H.
The Unknown Science Behind the “Entourage Effect” of Chemicals in Marijuana
We're all familiar with the effects that come with nice hit of that sweet sticky icky, but many tokers are unaware about the actual role that the different chemicals in marijuana play in creating that high.