Cannabis News

Canada cannabis flag. Image: Oren neu dag via Wikimedia Commons

Canada captures U.S. cannabis investment

Alexandra Posadzki ~ The Canadian Press via GlobalNews.ca ~
 
Friendlier laws on medical marijuana use in Canada are already drawing American investment north of the border, and the trend is likely to further ignite if the federal Liberals make good on their promise to allow recreational use of the drug.
GOP Elephant from President Bush’s second inauguration in Washington, D.C., 2005. Image: Jonathan McIntosh via Wikimedia Commons

Many Republican Presidential Candidates Are Secretly OK With Legal Pot

 
Most of the candidates descending on Boulder for Wednesday’s debate have signaled a desire to end the Republicans’ long-running war on pot.
Flag of the Menominee Nation. Image: Xasartha via Wikimedia Commons

DEA Raid on Tribe's Cannabis Crop Infuriates and Confuses Reformers

Steven Nelson ~ U.S. News & World Report ~

Authorities claim the plants were marijuana, not hemp – but evidence is lacking.

Maine map and state flag. Image: Darwinek via Wikimedia Commons

Maine groups team up on ballot measure to make marijuana legal

Scott Malone and Sharon BernsteinReuters ~
 
Two groups that had backed competing ballot initiatives to make recreational use of marijuana legal in Maine agreed on Monday to join forces on one measure to put before voters in 2016.
Mike Whiter receives the first citation for rolling up a joint at City Hall. Image: Mike Whiter via Philly.com

Year after Philly pot law changed, arrests are down

Tricia L. Nadolny ~ Philly.com ~

In the year since the city decriminalized possession and use of small amounts of marijuana, arrests have fallen nearly 75 percent.
Mike Ray stands on what's left of his marijuana farm, following the Butte Fire in Calaveras County, California, in mid-September, 2015.  Image: Mike Ray via IBTimes.com

California Marijuana Growers Reel From Cannabis Farms Consumed By Wildfires

 
The 2015 wildfire season, among the worst in recent memory, took a major toll on the state’s marijuana industry.
Joints for sale at Mr. Bill’s of Buckley, the first recreational marijuana store to open in Pierce County outside of Tacoma, September 2014. Image: Peter Haley Staff photographer, via NewsTribune.com

Puff test for pot use will be reality within a year, WSU researchers say

Melissa Santos ~ NewsTribune.com ~
 
Researchers at Washington State University say they think they are about a year away from having a portable breath test that police can use to detect if someone has recently consumed marijuana.
After taking his CBD medicine Moose, a 10-year-old, 120-pound St. Bernard, goes for a walk in San Jose, California. Image: Brandon Chew, Special to The Chronicle

Pot for your pup? Startups cash in on cannabis trend

 
Suzanne Kisting’s burly 10-year-old, 120-pound St. Bernard, Moose, hobbled down the 40 stairs of her former Inner Sunset District apartment every morning, crippled by pain from severe arthritis.
Spice synthetic marijuana. Image: U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration via Wikimedia Commons

Anchorage woman offers free marijuana trade to fight spice synthetic drug epidemic

Travis Khachatoorian ~ KTUU.com ~
 
ANCHORAGE – While many health officials are mulling over the best way to tackle the spice epidemic in Anchorage, one resident says handing out free marijuana may be the answer.
Michael McGovern, a representative from ResponsibleOhio, a pro-marijuana legalization group, wears a sticker during a promotional tour stop at Miami University, Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, in Oxford, Ohio. AP Photo/John Minchillo

Pot Legalization Effort in US Heartland Takes Many Paths

Julie Carr Smyth ~ Associated Press ~
 
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- So a few states out West and a couple cities on the East Coast have voted to legalize marijuana. Does that mean legal pot can fly in the heartland?

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