Maine is actually one of 11 other states that have approved something called indirect initiated state statutes which allows for no restrictions on legislative alterations to voter approved laws that were placed on the ballot because citizens collected enough signatures to have it added. In other words, if legislators put a question on the ballot…
Published: Jan 16, 2018, 10:45 am • Updated: Jan 16, 2018, 1:02 pm By Marisa Kendall, The Cannifornian As recreational marijuana sales ramp up throughout California’s Bay Area, could the newly legal drug end up creating an unexpected type of high — in the real estate market? Researchers looking at the impact of legalized recreational…
In both the legal and illegal cannabis market, the type — or “strain” — of marijuana has taken on great significance for consumers. As the logic goes, if you’re looking for a specific type of high or medical benefit: there’s a strain for that. SONYA YRUEL/DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE – DRUGPOLICY.ORG But recent research has raised…
The post Mexican Cartels (Or Cops) Kill Yet Another Journalist appeared first on High Times. In the long string of Mexican journalists assassinated for covering police abuse and narco-corruption, the latest case is particularly egregious. Last Friday, authorities in San Luis Potosí found the body of Edgar Daniel Esqueda Castro outside the city’s airport, dead from three gunshot wounds….
The post Reaching New Highs at the 2017 New England Cannabis Cup appeared first on High Times. The 2017 High Times New England Cannabis Cup was an indoor hot box like you’ve never seen. Through the clouds of dank smoke, you could find medical marijuana patients socializing and sharing terps. There were booths with grow…
The National Marijuana NewsWed, June 13, 2018 12:41pmURL: Embed: Richard Lowe, managing editor of TNMNews.com had a chance to talk to Steve Meister, an attorney specializing in cannabis law based out of Los Angeles, CA. This interview was conducted at NCIA Lobby Days in Washington DC. Here is a little more about Steve: Steve Meister…
Published: Jan 29, 2018, 3:48 pm • Updated: Jan 29, 2018, 4:42 pm By Eric Pianin, Special To The Washington Post With the music of rapper Jay-Z blaring in the background, Marwan Khalifeh, a Washington-area cosmetic surgeon, vigorously plunged a strawlike metal probe back and forth through the breasts of a patient lying on an…
Published: Nov 10, 2017, 4:25 pm • Updated: Dec 8, 2017, 5:07 pm By The Cannabist Staff High-minded marijuana reads to complete your bookworm’s library. (Images provided by brands unless otherwise noted) “Grass Roots; A History of Cannabis in the American West,” Nick Johnson, $20 Making sense of marijuana’s modern-day legalization and regulation requires understanding…
There are many anti-marijuana groups out there like Marijuana Anonymous and National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre. Many of these groups are backed by pharmaceutical companies like Insys Therapeutics or Pfizer. They are sneaky. They use their large financial backing to run negative ads and lobby Congress to maintain the prohibition on cannabis. Most recently…
BOSTON — Banned cannabis has made an appearance at the New England Cannabis Convention in Boston. The event took place on Saturday and Sunday at the Hynes Convention Center, which bans the plant. Marijuana samples were photographed at a vendor’s booth as the group gave away free cannabis seeds with the purchase of a T-shirt….