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Cannabis Radio Live is a Livestream video podcast hosted by Daron Babin (Cannabis Radio Co-Founder) and Jorge Hermida (Host of Blunt Business). In this weekly show, Daron and Jorge hit the top headlines in the cannabis world as well as answer the questions and concerns from the Cannabis Community. Tune in every Tuesday at 3 pm Est/12 pm Pst on Cannabis Radio's Facebook, Youtube, and more!
Psychedelics can alter a person’s core metaphysical beliefs for as long as six months after use, study suggests. Findings from the journal Scientific Reports suggest that psychedelic drugs can alter a person’s core beliefs about the nature of reality, consciousness, and free will. After taking psychedelics, participants’ views tended to sway from physicalism to supernatural beliefs, and these changes lasted up to six months.
We discuss Cannabis and the Corporate Monopoly. Marijuana regulation may be relatively new, but regulation itself isn’t. Neither are antitrust laws that lead to more competition, better wages and innovation. When regulators have actively enforced these laws—as in the case of oil and railroad monopolies—they’ve been able to rein in corporate excesses and encourage a more diverse marketplace. But when enforcement is lax, as with Big Tech, concentrations of wealth and power can accumulate rapidly.
Daron recaps his experience at Cannadelic conference in Miami and questions should marijuana extractors consider the mushroom market?
Tie in to Super Bowl: NFL Spending $1 Million to Fund Cannabis Studies
The league still hasn't lifted its ban on weed for players
https://www.theroot.com/nfl-spending-1-million-to-fund-cannabis-studies-1848484495
Cannabis marketplace Leafly closes SPAC merger deal and will go public on Monday https://www.geekwire.com/2022/cannabis-marketplace-leafly-closes-spac-merger-deal-and-will-go-public-on-monday/
Casino and ... cannabis? California tribe opens marijuana dispensary in Fresno area https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article257934393.html
The Weed Church Of Madison, Wisconsin on Cannabis Radio Live only on Cannabis Radio. Today on Cannabis Radio Live with Daron Babin and Jorge Hermida: New Jersey. legal weed growers brace for layoffs, ‘destroying product’ if the consumer market doesn’t open soon. Senator Chuck Schumer Gives Update On Federal Marijuana Legalization And Banking In Meeting With Equity AdvocatesCannabis banking bill revived as an attachment to a domestic spending bill in House. We also as the question, How well do people drive after smoking cannabis?
Can Cannabis Cure Covid? Cannabis Radio Live Ep 1 with your hosts Daron Babin, Co-Founder of Cannabis Radio, and Jorge Hermida, Senior Producer and Host of Blunt Business. On this inaugural episode of Cannabis Radio Live, we dive into a myriad of topics raising questions in the Cannabis Community. From Cannabis and big technology companies starting to become more synonymous with each other to a growing issue with children gaining access to edibles. We also reflect on a new trend in the news media asking the question, "Can Cannabis Cure Covid?". All today on Cannabis Radio Live Ep 1, streamed live every Tuesday 3 pm Est 12 noon Pst on Facebook and Youtube.
Vermont Legalization Not Dead Yet as Vermont Governor Phil Scott Lays Out Requirements for Legalization.
Vermont's Governor Vetoes Marijuana Legalization, Sets Stage For ore Restrictions in Summer Session;
Trump's Budget includes largest requests ever for High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) and Drug-Free Communities Grants. President Donald Trump is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for two anti-drug grant programs that the White House Office of Management and Budget called “duplicative” and worthy of elimination. After swift push-back from lawmakers and outside interest groups earlier this month, Trump sent Congress "the highest funding amounts ever requested" for the two programs, according to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Drug Czar Website is Back Online, Budget Cuts Could Fizzle as the Trump administration is proposing to gut the budget of the White House "drug czar" by 95 percent.
S. 22, a bill to legalize cannabis in Vermont for adults over 21, landed on Republican Governor Phil Scott's desk – potentially making the state the first in the country to legalize marijuana through the legislative process, and not a ballot initiative. The bill has already been approved by both chambers of the state legislature; now the governor has five days to decide whether to sign or to veto it. But even if he does neither, on Wednesday, May 24th, it would automatically become law.
Drug Policy Alliance Board Member and Columbia neuroscientist Dr. Carl Hart has been directly targeted by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
Democratic lawmakers called for legalizing marijuana, taking a step toward tolls, cutting aid to towns, and opening a third casino as part of budget recommendations released Tuesday. ven though marijuana legalization is included in the proposal, Democratic legislators concede that they do not have enough votes in their own caucus to pass the measure. But they placed the item into the package to spur conversation and help balance the $20 billion annual budget.
New Jersey files legislation legalizing commercial marijuana sales, personal possession, but no home-grow. New study on risks from propylene glycol thinning agents used in cannabis vaporizer cartridges.
Bipartisan Political Backlashing Against Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ memo detailing a new charging criminal policy .
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered federal prosecutors to pursue the toughest possible charges and sentences against crime suspects, reversing ease of penalties for some nonviolent drug violations.
New Hampshire Marijuana Decriminalization Up for Passage as the New Hampshire Senate is expected to vote on a marijuana decriminalization bill.
Vermont Legislature to Pass Marijuana Legalization, and the Senate is set to consider a conference committee report to expand medical cannabis.
Michigan Activists Start 2018 Legalization Campaign as efforts to legalize it for recreational use have stalled in recent years.
Tom Marino Withdraws Name From Drug Czar Consideration as the U.S. Rep. has withdrawn his name from consideration to become President Donald Trump's drug czar
Congress's new proposed funding legislation would even further crack down on D.C.'s ability to spend its own money legalizing and regulating marijuana
National Institute on Drug Abuse Admits Marijuana Helps Opiates, that medical marijuana could reduce the use of opioids needed to control pain.
Colorado Marijuana DUIs Drop 33 Percent as the number of citations for driving while under the influence of marijuana dropped by 33.2 percent in the first quarter of 2017.
Presidential Advisor Jared Kushner and Attorney General Jeff Sessions are at Odds Over Criminal Justice Policy.
Liberals Introduce Bills to Legalize Canadian Marijuana by July 2018 as Adults 18 and can soon legally buy and cultivate small amounts of marijuana.
Guam’s governor drops his support for his own legalization bill,also citing the threat of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General. Concerns in the current administrations ideals of marijuana. Sessions said he was surprised the american people didn't like his comments about marijuana.
California anti-pot group Project SAM faces campaign finance violations from its work opposing marijuana legalization in California.
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez vetoes House Bill 527 a measure that would have made improvements to the medical cannabis program.
Argentina legalizes medical marijuana, after the Senate unanimously approved a bill that was already passed by the House of Representatives last November.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones suggests the NFL stop banning marijuana use among its players at the recent National Football League owners-only meeting in Arizona.
South Africa Marijuana Use At Home Now Legal as a High Court has declared that it is an infringement to ban the use of dagga by adults in private homes.
President Donald Trump named New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to a commission on combating opioid abuse.
Oregon law enforcement’s report on Cole Memo violations
obscene amount of cash the cops are stealing under civil asset forfeiture;
Supreme Court decision on Friday that may decriminalize dagga in South Africa;
How will we sell tax and regulate on a $30 ounce?
ancient Chinese understanding of cannabis as medicine; Nevada’s liquor distributors want no part of pot
Reuters reports that U.S. Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill is seeking details from the nation's top opioid drugmakers on their sales and marketing practices, as lawmakers step up efforts to tackle the country's deadly opioid crisis.
Marijuana in Canada will be legal by July 1, 2018 as the federal government will be in charge of making sure the country's marijuana supply is safe and secure and Ottawa will license producers.
DEA Approves Syndros® THC Oral Solution as the new pharmaceutical drug has received approval for placement in Schedule II classification by the DEA.
New Mexico, Nebraska, and Nevada press forward on marijuana-related bills including a proposed Nevada decriminalization bill and a passed Nebraska Medical Marijuana Bill.
Marijuana Questions Asked as West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin made the second of four appearances in a town hall setting, fielding questions in a packed LaBelle Theatre in South Charleston.
In 2016, Colorado marijuana dispensaries bagged $1.3 billion in recreational and medical cannabis sales, based on Colorado Department of Revenue tax data released Thursday.
Oregon state legislators are moving toward consolidating the state’s medical and recreational pot industries into one regulatory system.
Gov. Susana Martinez on Saturday vetoed another bill that would have established a research program for industrial hemp, a measure that legislators of both parties said could create enormous business opportunities for New Mexico’s farmers. Martinez offered no explanation for her decision, which she announced in a brief statement.
Colorado Senate passed a bill expressly permitting marijuana clubs. But Gov. Hickenlooper is hinting he'll veto unless it bans indoor marijuana smoking...
In a bid to crack down on drug trafficking, the Colorado House on Monday voted to put new limits on marijuana home grow in Colorado that would dramatically
The US Senate has given its approval to rescinding an Obama-era Department of Labor rule regarding drug testing for unemployment benefits...
Rep. Jared Polis has a plan to keep the feds from prosecuting Cannabis businesses in states that have voted to legalize the drug...
.Gov. John Hickenlooper downplayed the possibility that the Trump administration would take aim at Colorado’s recreational marijuana industry.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions reiterated his opposition to marijuana legalization while addressing a collection of the nation’s attorneys general on..
Attorney General Jeff Sessions indicated in a press conference this afternoon that he will recuse himself in any investigation over Russian interference...
Congressman Tom Garrett, a Republican from Virginia, has introduced legislation aimed to federally decriminalize marijuana.
The Arkansas State Senate voted down a move to ban the smoking medical marijuana Monday -- but the sponsor is promising to bring it up again.
The cabinet approved on Sunday the decriminalized use of marijuana in Israel. According to the proposal formulated by the Public Security and Justice ministries
The Legislature on Wednesday approved a bill allowing medical marijuana research in Utah. HB130 was approved in the House after lawmakers...
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is suggesting the Trump administration may crack down on states that have legalized recreational marijuana. Spicer says during a press briefing Thursday that the issue rests with the Justice Department. But he says, "I do believe that you'll see greater enforcement of it.
The cannabis industry was rattled Thursday after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said he expects the Department of Justice to increase enforcement of federal laws prohibiting recreational pot, even in states where it’s already legal.
Colorado’s governor on Tuesday warned California lawmakers that their state has a “steep hill” ahead in legalizing recreational marijuana hurtles, urging them to pay close attention to aspects such as home-grow regulations, pesticides and public safety.
The New Mexico state Senate approved revisions Monday to the state’s 2007 medical cannabis law sponsored by Sen. Cisco McSorley, D-Albuquerque. The bill now moves to the House of Representatives.
The Respect State Marijuana Act got two more bipartisan co-sponsors, bringing the total to 14. The two new sponsors joins the other 6 democrats, and 6 republicans.
Bills advanced in Arkansas to make improvements to the medical Marijuana laws.
North Dakota makes revisions to medical marijuana laws to create harsher stipulation who can physically smoke marijuana.
A new University of Texas poll shows that a majority of Texans support the legalization of marijuana in the state of Texas.
The dutch government has made a stride towards more leniency on cultivating marijuana. This will end a paradox on their current laws on the use of it.
Chronic pain will added to list of ailments for medical marijuana in New Jersey's legislation.
Texas veterans and activists gather at Texas state capitol to push for medical marijuana legislation.
Marijuana Tax revenue has declined in Oregon, new legislation to hope to turn that around.
Growers in Washington state moving to be a bigger part of the mainstream agriculture in the state. This raises tax and labor laws.
Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher of California introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday that would resolve the conflict between state and federal marijuana laws and allow states to determine their own marijuana policies.
Oregon Employers Banned From Marijuana Use. would be prohibited from banning marijuana use during days off under a bill introduced in the Oregon Senate.
Hemp Industries Association (HIA), the leading non-profit trade association consisting of hundreds of hemp businesses, has filed a motion to hold the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in contempt of court.
Alaska marijuana regulators have rejected a proposal to allow authorized retail pot shops to have areas where customers could consume marijuana products.
Marijuana Joints to Be Passed Out At Trump Inauguration A group of marijuana legalization advocates plan to hand out thousands at Donald Trump inauguration.
Puerto Rico medical marijuana dispensaries have begun operating for the first time in the U.S. territory.
Nevada Medical Marijuana Dispensary Applications Exposed as thousands of MMJ agent applications for people looking to run a dispensary were exposed online.
The Massachusetts Legislature approved a six-month delay of several key provisions in the states new recreational marijuana law
An Arizona court ruling says Accused Arizona Medical Marijuana Cardholders accused of driving under the influence have options for showing in court that there wasn’t enough marijuana compound in their bodies to cause impairment.
Portland Oregon To Allow Marijuana Delivery Service Licensing as they has voted to allow marijuana delivery service licensing, according to a report in The Oregonian.
Canada's government says it would study a federal task force's recommendation that Canadians over 18 years old be allowed to buy marijuana for recreational.
Two years after Oregon Measure 91 passed , two out of three Oregonians surveyed have a favorable view of the legalization of marijuana.
Hawaii Church Marijuana Exemption as The Supreme Court won't take up an appeal from a Native American church that wants federal marijuana law exemption.
A company that specializes in medical marijuana real estate has become the first cannabusiness to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
A new Gallup poll finds that over one in eight American adults are current marijuana users. 13% report being current marijuana users, up from 7% in 2013
Cannabis Election 2016 Recap as California, Massachusetts and Nevada approve recreational marijuana and Florida, North Dakota and Arkansas approve medicinal
Arkansas Supreme Court Disqualifies Issue 7 as they disqualified a medical marijuana proposal that will appear on the ballot in the November Election, ruling that it failed to receive enough qualified signatures.
Sheldon Adelson Spends $500,000 on Arizona Anti MMJ Campaign as the Las Vegas casino owner donates against legal recreational marijuana in Arizona.
Oregon Marijuana Health Alert as state health officials say marijuana products may have been tainted with high levels of a pesticide and sold.
Montana Medical Marijuana Expansion Opposition as the majority of Montana voters oppose the medical marijuana expansion proposed in I-182,
according to a recent poll.
Marijuana dispensaries around Oregon sold more than $160 million worth of recreational marijuana and pot-laced products in the first nine months of the year, as indicated by sales tax figures released Monday by the state Department of Revenue.
If Project SAM leader Kevin Sabet is the so-called “quarterback of the anti-legalization movement”, then former police lieutenant Diane Goldstein is the “defensive end of the anti-prohibition movement” who just sacked Sabet for a ten-yard loss.
Turkey legalizes cannabis production in 19 provinces in order to crack down on illegal production, according to new regulations by The Ministry of Food.
Kyla Williams has new hope for health as Health Canada has decided she may use cannabidiol oil to treat her over 300 epileptic seizures per day.
GW Pharma has cleared another hurdle in gaining FDA approval for its drug called Epidiolex, boosting stock value for the British drug maker.
Chelsea Clinton has hit the campaign trail to shore up her support among millennials – but may have lost some support with a gaffe on marijuana policy.
New Marijauna Legal States Could Generate 7.8 Billion Dollars by 2020 New economic forecasts from marijuana industry analysts predict that success.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch states that marijuana use is not a “specific gateway” to heroin abuse.
Florida Medical Marijuana Case Not Guilty as a Florida court reached a not guilty verdict Friday in the case of a woman who uses medical marijuana.
Washington State Increasing Pot Testing for Pesticides more than two years after they launched legal marijuana sales.
Colorado Marijuana Sales Hit Record Highs setting an all-time monthly sales record in July of nearly $122.7 million of medical and recreational marijuana.
Large Number of Texas Marijuana Offenses Dismissed as Prosecutors in parts of Texas are increasingly dismissing minor marijuana possession cases.
The recent case of a Canadian denied US border entry for admitting his past marijuana use is highlighting the absurdity of marijuana prohibition.
Michigan Marijuana Legalization Dropped From November Ballot. The state appeals court and the Michigan Supreme Court each turned down those appeals.
American Legion, the nation’s largest military veterans organization is officially calling on the federal government to reschedule marijuana.
Colorado to Certify Hemp Seeds as the state notched another nationwide first Wednesday involving cannabis when state agriculture officials showed off the first certified domestic hemp seeds.
Denver Social Use Initiative Makes Ballot as voters will have the opportunity to vote on a ballot measure this November.
Montana Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Close Due to Restrictions as Medical marijuana advocates estimate that over 12,000 patients are losing legal access to marijuana.
Nevada Attorney General Thinks Marijuana Kills by opposing the initiative on the ballot to legalize adult use of marijuana.
Crooked Cop Caught in Gang Sting as a veteran San Jose police officer accused of leaking confidential information to gang members.
Law enforcement officials in Kansas cannot stop & do drug searches of motorists with out-of-state license plates from states that have legalized marijuana.
Oregon Pot Tax Blows Away Forecasts as tax revenue from legalized marijuana in Oregon has blown away initial forecasts in just the first seven months of sales.
First Daughter Malia Obama Smoking Cannabis? RadarOnline.com has revealed photos where she appears to be smoking a joint at the Lollapalooza music festival
Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates announced that the feds will cease using private prisons.
DOJ Medical Marijuana Raid Ban Affirmed as the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals decided today that the Department of Justice may not spend taxpayer dollars to conduct prosecutions of patients and their providers in states that have legalized medical marijuana.
Oregon State Fair First to Judge Cannabis as people flocked to Oregon’s first-ever marijuana growers’ fair on Saturday where a competition for best pot plants was being held.
An Oregon Teen Faces Marijuana Possession charges over a single gram of marijuana and is facing federal drug charges and up to a year in prison.
Missouri Medical Marijuana On Ballot: 2,000 Signatures Short as per the attempt by New Approach Missouri to place a medical marijuana initiative on the ballot.
The 2016 Rio Summer Olympic games begin this week and US athlete Nicholas Delpopolo who was disqualified from the 2012 London Summer Olympics for marijuana use will finally get to compete.
In Ohio, Scott’s Miracle-Gro, the company famous for its lawn and garden products, has made another big investment in the legal marijuana industry by paying $136 million to purchase Gavita, a Dutch grow-light company.
Colombian farmers are beginning to plant their first legal cannabis crops since the government legalized medical use of marijuana.
The New Jersey Supreme Court has upheld the right to privacy for a man whose aunt reported his closet marijuana grow to the police.
Chief Wana Dubie’s dream of representing Missouri in the U.S. Senate has gone up in smoke.
A woman has been caught in Mexico more than 25 years after she failed to appear in federal court in Texas to be sentenced on a drug charge.
New Jersey Medical Marijuana Option for PTSD Considered as Governor Chris Christie to Consider Bill That Provides a Medical Marijuana Option for PTSD Patients.
South Dakota Cannabis Resort Developers arrested as South Dakota's top prosecutor charged two consultants who worked with a Native American tribe on its plans to open the nation's first marijuana resort.
Northern Mariana Islands Marijuana Legalization Possible with chance to pass legalization in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a US territory just southeast of Japan.
Illinois Marijuana Possession Decriminalized as Marijuana possession is now decriminalized in the state under a bill signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner today.
Australian Hemp For Consumption Being Considered as the Australian Government moves closer to approving the legalization of hemp seed as a food product.
The Democrats have become the first major political party in the United States to endorse a reasoned pathway for marijuana legalization in their party platform at their convention in Philadelphia.
Marijuana activists carried on Monday afternoon a 51-foot-long joint from Philadelphia’s City Hall to the Wells Fargo center, the home of the Democratic National Convention.
Bernie Sanders Supporters Demonstrate During Day 1 of DNC 2016 as several hundred Bernie Sanders supporters and other demonstrators marched down Philadelphia’s sweltering Broad Street on the opening day of the Democratic convention Monday, chanting Nominate Sanders or lose in November!and Hey, hey, ho, ho, the DNC has got to go!
Italy Marijuana Legalization Voted on as the Italian Parliament discussed a proposal for marijuana legalization. If passed, the bill on the table — similar to the proposal Colorado voters passed in 2012.
The Oregon State Police have reported to Portland’s FOX TV affiliate that there have been a 163 percent increase in stoned driving arrests in the first six months of marijuana legalization. Eugene Monroe, the NFL offensive tackle who was dropped by the Baltimore Ravens following his call for medical marijuana acceptance in the sport, has retired from football. A candidate for state assembly is calling for the legalization of marijuana in New York by noting that many of the citizens she visits are smoking it. Two leaders of a cannabis-focused religion were arrested by Rhode Island State Police for cultivation and possession of marijuana. An American judoka who was expelled from the 2012 Olympic Team for failing a marijuana drug test will be back competing in judo at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. A lawmaker in the lower house of Parliament has introduced a bill to legalize medical marijuana in Ireland.
A new poll shows that Massachusetts may be the least-likely of the five states voting to pass a marijuana legalization initiative this November. An Arizona judge has set August 12 as the date to hear a challenge by anti-marijuana campaigners to strike a legalization initiative from the November ballot. The Colorado State Medical Board has suspended the licenses of four doctors over allegations they routinely recommended massive plant count limits for medical marijuana grows. Former running back Ricky Williams says he went through "at least 500" drug tests during his 11-year NFL career. Tallahassee grower and dispensary Trulieve will be the first medical marijuana facility in the state of Florida to open its doors for the sale of CBD oil. Mystery surrounds the sudden departure of Executive Director Mike Elliott from the Marijuana Industry Group.
Arizona Marijuana Legalization initiative To Be Heard as a Judge is set to hear challenge of Arizona marijuana legalization initiative that would legalize recreational marijuana.
The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws has endorsed the 2016 Arizona Cannabis Ballot initiative to legalize marijuana that appears poised to make the 2016 ballot.
Colorado Cannabis Post-Legalization Economy Booming as a new economic report shows that since marijuana legalization, Colorado’s economy is booming.
Arizona Police Searches for Cannabis Affirmed by State Supreme Court as they ruled that the smell of marijuana alone is enough reason for police to initiate a search.
GOP Votes Against Medical Marijuana Endorsement just days after the Democratic Party endorsed the rescheduling of cannabis and a “reasoned pathway to future legalization” of marijuana.
A bi-partisan amendment to allow Veterans Administration doctors to recommend medical marijuana to their patients in states that allow it has disappeared from the appropriations process.
FDA Approves THC Drug Syndros To Treat anorexia associated with weight loss in AIDS patients.
Marijuana Provision Stripped From VA funding Bill as a bi-partisan amendment to allow Veterans Administration doctors to recommend medical marijuana to their patients in states that allow it has disappeared from the appropriations process.
Marijuana Businesses Banking Access Granted by U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee to Allow Banks to Provide Services to State-Legal Marijuana Businesses.
Hawaii Cannabis Ministry Denied to Distribute Marijuana as Court Rules Hawaii Cannabis Ministry May Not Distribute Marijuana for Religious Purposes
Microsoft Welcomes Cannabusiness Into Its Cloud as Microsoft is welcoming marijuana compliance company Kind Financial onto its Azure Government cloud platform.
CBC News reports The federal New Democrats are putting forward a motion in Canadian Parliament to pressure the Liberal government to decriminalize pot before it is legalized.
Hawaii Marijuana Activist Sues State as he is facing criminal charges of selling marijuana for running a now-defunct medical marijuana collective is suing in an attempt to stop the opening of state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has signed his state’s medical marijuana bill, making Ohio the 25th state to have a functioning medical marijuana program.
Numerous local ballot measures in California were decided in last night’s primary election.
Election officials have determined that activists have not turned in enough recent signatures to qualify Michigan legalization of marijuana on the ballot.
Officials from the NFL have met in a conference call with medical marijuana researchers to learn more about the use of phytocannabinoids for head trauma.
Vireo Health is alleged to have engaged in a half-million worth of medical marijuana smuggling in the form of cannabis oils from Minnesota to New York.
It became legal today for adults 21 and older in Oregon to purchase marijuana-infused edibles, tinctures, topicals, oils, concentrates, and extracts.
Ohioans for Medical Marijuana have announced they are dropping their campaign for a medical marijuana amendment allowing patients to home grow cannabis.
Police on Thursday raided 43 medical marijuana dispensaries in Toronto, seizing hundreds of pounds of cannabis and making 90 arrests.
Cannabis Radio News broke the story of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher admitting to use of a medical marijuana product, recorded Monday morning on Capitol Hill:
The US Senate has approved an appropriations bill 89-8 that includes a provision to allow Veterans Administration doctors to recommend medical marijuana.
Two Oregon counties reject pot businesses thanks to a vote in Tuesday's primary, where voters in Grant and Klamath counties rejected measures to allow them.
The House of Representatives voted 233-189 today to allow Veterans Administration doctors recommend medical marijuana for vets in the 25 legal medical marijuana states.
In an about-face from statements made shortly after Colorado legalized marijuana, Gov. John Hickenlooper says “It’s beginning to look like it might work.“
A Colorado Springs-area school district will now allow students who rely on medical marijuana to take doses at school
Minority Juvenile Cannabis Arrests Up in Colorado as Marijuana Arrests Dip for White Teens, Rise for Minorities.
Six states that allow marijuana use have THC limits to determine driving while impaired by the drug that have no scientific basis, according to a study by the nation’s largest automobile club that calls for scrapping those laws.
Activists with New Approach Missouri have submitted their petition signatures to place a medical marijuana initiative on the November ballot.
Backers of a 2016 California marijuana legalization vote say they have collected enough signatures for the measure to qualify for the California ballot this November.
Harborside Health Wins vs. Feds as the federal government agreed to drop its four-year bid to shut down Oakland’s Harborside Health Center.
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has issued its first eight recreational marijuana licenses. The Oregon marijuana licenses for growing were issued in Lane, Tillamook, Washington, Clackamas, Jackson and Josephine counties and include a mix of large and medium scale indoor, mixed and outdoor cultivation growers, the agency said.
A New Jersey marijuana advocate dubbed NJ Weedman has been arrested again on marijuana charges after law enforcement raided his restaurant and cannabis temple.
The first U.N. General Assembly special session to address global drug policy in nearly 20 years heard major differences on the approach to drug use.
State officials announced Wednesday that a proposed initiative to end marijuana prohibition in Maine has officially qualified for the November ballot.
Pennsylvania has become the 24th state to legalize a comprehensive medical marijuana program. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf signed the bill into law Sunday afternoon surrounded by a jubilant crowd of supporters at the Capitol building in Harrisburg.
Socialist lawmakers in France are rebuking a fellow minister who criticized the country’s prohibition of marijuana as ineffective and called for “a selective lifting of prohibition for adults”.
The Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing Tuesday on a bill that would end marijuana prohibition in the state and replace it with a system in which adults can purchase marijuana from licensed businesses, similarly to alcohol.
A Kennebec County Superior Court judge ruled on Friday that state officials may have improperly invalidated thousands of signatures of registered Maine voters
A federal court has ruled that a church for Native Americans in Hawaii should not be excused from federal marijuana laws despite the group’s claim that ingesting cannabis is part of their sacred sacrament.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has indicated it will announce its decision on rescheduling cannabis before the end of President Obama’s administration.
The D.C. Council today again reversed its position on a law banning the consumption of marijuana anywhere outside a private home, even though it is legal for adults to use and possess up to two ounces of marijuana in the District.
Illinois Medical Marijuana Sales in marijuana shops increased by roughly 30 percent in March compared to the previous month. Program director Joseph Wright says the state’s registered dispensaries sold $1.9 million worth of marijuana in March to more than 4,700 patients.
DCMJ, a pro-marijuana legalization group led by longtime activist Adam Eidinger, will bring a 51-foot replica joint to the White House for a protest tomorrow afternoon.
Oregon Expands Marijuana Product Access (Cannabis Radio News) - Oregon Governor Kate Brown has signed Senate Bill 1511, expanding access to marijuana products at state medical marijuana dispensaries to all adults 21 and older.
Supporters of legislation that would expand access to medical marijuana in Iowa say lawmakers are running out of time this session to pass the bill.
The Canadian government has declined to appeal a federal court ruling that requires the government to improve access to medical marijuana for federally-registered patients.
When new guidelines were released last week on the use of opiate painkillers to help combat the recent addiction and overdose, hidden deep within were recommendations for physicians to no longer consider positive drug test results for THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, as reason to cease a painkiller regimen.
A citizen initiative ordinance to legalize private marijuana social clubs and special events was submitted today to the City of Denver.
Supreme Court Declines Colorado Marijuana Suit (DENVER AP) — Marijuana is a political debate, not a legal one — for now.
Oregon Recreational Marijuana Tax Brings In $3.5 Million First Month as the 25 percent-tax on recreational pot sales began at the start of 2016 and the state began collecting the taxes from dispensaries last month.
Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana is Imminent , following a 10-month delay since the state Senate first approved Senate Bill 3, which will allow residents suffering from specified medical conditions to use medical marijuana with their doctor’s approval, the House Wednesday approved an amended version of the bill.
Maine CRMLA Files Lawsuit for 17,000 Signatures as backers of an initiative to regulate marijuana like alcohol in Maine filed a lawsuit in Kennebec County Superior Court on Thursday challenging the Secretary of State’s decision to disqualify the measure from the November ballot.
Cannabidiol Dispensaries To Be Allowed in Virginia as the state's General Assembly has shown strong support for letting a small number of facilities grow and dispense medical marijuana oil.
Oregon Pro-Cannabis Bills signed as Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed two new bills Monday that could drastically alter the state’s marijuana business landscape.
Massachusetts Legalization Waries with Officials After Colorado Visit as Massachusetts voters are expected to head to the polls in November and likely vote on a ballot measure fully legalizing marijuana, four years after they signed off on medical marijuana and eight years after approving decriminalization of small amounts of the substance.
Maine Legalization Signatures Disqualified as Maine Officials Give Contradictory Accounts of Disqualifying 17,000 Legalization Signatures
Maine Legalization Fails to Make the Ballot as an attempt to ask Maine voters in a November 2016 referendum whether they want to legalize recreational marijuana has failed, the secretary of state’s office said Wednesday.
Canadians Favor Legal Marijuana as Canadian Majority Agrees Marijuana Should Be Legal. A strong majority agree with the government’s plan to legalize.
Vermont Marijuana Legalization Bill Goes to Senate as The Vermont Senate Committee on Appropriations approved a bill that would end marijuana prohibition.
Montana Medical Marijuana Ruled by Montana’s state Supreme Court ending a lengthy battle over the future of medical marijuana industry
Rhode Island Marijuana Legalization as Senate Majority Leader Dominick Ruggerio wil co-sponsor of a bill to treat marijuana like alcohol.
Denver Crime Rate Not Affected By Marijuana Legalization as legalization supporters, opponents and neutrals within Colorado agree on: It’s unlikely marijuana has much to do with Denver’s recent uptick in crime.
Ohio Medical Marijuana Petition Rejected a Third Time Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine Rejects the State's Medical Marijuana Petition a Third Time. On January 13th, the Ohio Attorney General's Office received a written petition to amend the Ohio Constitution, entitled "Ohio Medical Cannabis Amendment," from the group Ohio Medical Cannabis Care LLC, the third submission of such a titled amendment by this group. 1,000 valid signatures from registered Ohio voters were submitted.
Marijuana Impacts New Hampshire Democratic Primary as Democrat Bernie Sanders swept to thumping outsider victory in the New Hampshire primary
Florida Medical Marijuana Amendment Set For 2016 as voters will get another chance to decide whether to allow medical marijuana in Florida
MPP planning Ohio medical marijuana drive as both chambers of the Ohio legislature prepare to embark on separate fact-finding missions in order to evaluate the benefits and risks of legalizing marijuana for medical purposes.
Leader of the failed Responsible Ohio cannabis legalization campaign has reneged on a promise to return for a “free market” legalization campaign in 2016.
Australia Cannabis Legalization Bill Set To Pass as it appears set to legalize the growing of marijuana for medical use nationwide
President Obama Medical Marijuana Reform Not 0n 2016 Agenda as White House press secretary John Earnest said any progress on marijuana reform would need to come through Congress.
Woody Harrelson, Actor and marijuana advocate, was one of nearly 60 applicants to apply to open one of Hawaii's first medical marijuana dispensaries.
Alaska Marijuana Onsite Consumption Discussed as Alaska Marijuana regulators discuss onsite consumption issues as the board tasked with regulating Alaska's legal pot industry provided guidance.
Colorado Marijuana Shop tied to strip club and mayor as The Smokin Gun Apothecary opened on a site formerly occupied by the Denver area's best known strip club, Shotgun Willie's.
New Mexico marijuana legalization measure rejected as a proposal that would legalize and tax recreational marijuana. Six Democrats joined Republicans to oppose the measure in a 17-24 Senate vote.
The U.S. Postal Service or USPS says it’s illegal to mail materials containing advertising for marijuana products, even in states that have legalized the federally controlled substance. The policy statement released this week comes in response to a letter from Oregon’s Congressional delegation asking the service to clarify its policy on the issue. In November, a memo distributed in the Portland postal district said it was unlawful for newspaper outlets to run marijuana ads and use the U.S. mail for delivery.
Utah Medical marijuana bills are discussed. During a House Republican caucus members heard two approaches to legalizing medical marijuana
Kansas Marijuana Possession Being Considered are considering allowing limited possession of marijuana as The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws' Kansas City branch held its January meeting is working to introduce an initiative that would decriminalize the possession of up to 35 grams of marijuana in Kansas City.
Medical Marijuana in Ohio? State House to Name Task Force to Review ; Arkansas medical marijuana measure rejected by Arkansas Attorney General; Kansas holds Colorado vets kids until he quits medical marijuana; Colorado approaching $1 billion in marijuana sales; New England Patriots player's bad trip on synthetic marijuana; Cloverdale, California, lifts a ban on outdoor cultivation.
Georgia Lawmaker Pre-Files In-State CBD Production Bill; Illinois MedMJ Patient Rolls Increasing Rapidly; Maine May Allow At-School MedMJ Dosing; Colorado Pot Bank Shot Down By District Court; Washington DC Allows Pot Lounges, Then Reverses Decision.
Vermont lawmakers are set to open the second half of their 2015-2016 session, with marijuana legalization; The New York state Department of Health says the state’s new medical cannabis program will begin on Thursday; New Mexico Attorney General wants open records on marijuana producers; Minnesota medical marijuana applicant sues over privacy concerns; Illinois patients legally purchased nearly $1.7 million worth of medical marijuana during November and December; A New York company says it will soon offer the first certified kosher medical marijuana.
According to data from the Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board, since legal marijuana entered the market in July 2014, prices have dropped from $25 to $30 per gram to about $10 a gram now,
California Cannabis Legalization Could Raise $1 Billion; New York Medical Marijuana Rolls Out Nation's Strictest Program; Oklahoma AG Wants SCOTUS To Invalidate Colorado Legalization; Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson Announced He Is Entering The 2016 Presidential Race; Canadian Gov't Must Consider Three International Drug Treaties Before Legalizing Marijuana.