Tag: Cannabis
Big news in Colorado and Washington: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told the governors of the two states that the federal Department of Justice would not interfere with their recent legalization of recreational cannabis. Though the citizens of Colorado and Washington voted to legalize last year, that hasn’t stopped federal authorities from raiding dispensaries in […]
Though weed is now totally legal for recreational use in Washington in Colorado, that it’s still illegal federally has led to some complications. The Department of Justice hasn’t stated its official position on those who grow, sell, or use the plant in areas where it’s been legalized, the feds have shown they aren’t above making […]
Last week, we told you that Uruguay’s lower legislative house had passed an all-out cannabis legalization bill, that would allow and regulate the growing, sale, and use of the plant. Now, thanks to reporting from El Pais, we’ve learned of another facet of the legislation: weed prices will be fixed, and they will be fixed […]
As the medical and (recreational) cannabis economy is booming along the West Coast and in states like Colorado that have enacted common sense legislation, New Jersey still can’t seem to get their shit together. Their program is so heavily regulated and restrictive, that it could be the country’s costliest. But first, a quick recap. Back […]
Last night, Uruguay’s lower legislative house voted 50 to 46 to pass a sweeping cannabis bill that would legalize and regulate the growing, sale, and consumption of the plant. The country’s Senate has yet to vote, there is a “comfortable majority” for legalization, according to the New York Times. And Uruguayan President José Mujica, himself a vocal cannabis supporter, […]
Something was conspicuously missing from that Fox News clip we posted earlier today, in which the anti-drug bishop Ron Allen rails against the “horrible” nature of a pro-cannabis ad at NASCAR’s Brickyard 400 race: a comment from the Marijuana Policy Project, the ultra-successful pro-weed lobbying group behind the spot. The Fair and Balanced news network […]
According to a new study, young people mice shouldn’t smoke weed until they’ve reached adulthood. Researchers from the Maryland School of Medicine found that the rodents they got stoned during adolescence were more susceptible to brain abnormalities as adults. “In the adult mice exposed to marijuana ingredients in adolescence, we found that cortical oscillations were […]
ANIMAL has a longstanding policy to not use the word “marijuana.” Cannabis? Sure. Weed? Definitely. Pot? Not my term of choice, but hey, it turns up sometimes. Marijuana, though? Almost never. NPR has a good article explaining why. A common version of the story of the criminalization of pot goes like this: Cannabis was outlawed […]
Across the country, from legal 21-and-over Denver dispensaries to black-market NYC delivery services, steeply priced strains of “killer bud”—so thick with tricome crystals they shimmer like snow-covered pine trees—are readily available. OG Ghost Train Haze, Headband, Blue Dream, Lemon Diesel, and Kosher Kush (and dozens of other similarly named varieties), pick your poison. Containing levels […]
For entrepreneur Troy Dayton, providing basic services like insurance and capital management amounts to revolutionary business. The support his firm ArcView supplies might sound standard, but the businesses it works with are anything but: ArcView coordinates investment for the booming number of legal, cannabis-focused companies taking root across the United States. “I always thought that […]
