Cannabis News

From left, Brynlee Whitten, 4, (doll is Sarah), JoAnn Whitten, Dennis Whitten, Kate Jackson and Linda Moczulski stand in front of a home that may become a marijuana dispensary in Cedar Mill, Oregon. (Wendy Owen/Oregon Live Staff)

Marijuana, neighbors and families: This could get awkward, Oregon

Amy Wang ~ OregonLive.com ~

With recreational marijuana sales starting Oct. 1, pot likely will become more visible in Oregon neighborhoods, potentially raising tensions among neighbors, especially those with young children.

Officers said the "small forest" of plants covered an area the size of a football pitch and was complete with a gazebo. Image: Met Police via BBC News

Virtual forest of marijuana discovered in London

BBC News ~

Scores of cannabis plants have been discovered growing in a remote area of disused land in south-west London.
U.S. Capitol Building. Image: Kathrin Tausch via Wikimedia Commons

Marijuana And Election 2016: Where The Presidential Candidates Stand

 
Legalization of marijuana is expected to be a big issue during the 2016 elections.
Scales of justice. Image via Wikimedia Commons

Effort underway to expunge marijuana convictions for Ohioans

 
COLUMBUS — While campaigning for legal pot through Issue 3, ResponsibleOhio took steps Tuesday to pass a law that would allow Ohioans with marijuana convictions to go to court to get their records expunged.
Hashman Infused marijuana chocolate bars are hand-crafted by a classically trained artisan chocolatier. Photo: Salvador Ingram

Cannabis is on the menu in America - so who will be the Starbucks of marijuana?

The change in US cannabis laws has led to a growing market in food and drink laced with the drug, as Meg Carter reports.

Cannabis buds in jar. Image: WeedWorthy.com

Taxpayers are paying $60 for every pot plant the DEA destroys in Oregon

 
The Drug Enforcement Administration spent $960,000 to destroy marijuana plants in that state in 2014 as part of its "Cannabis Eradication Program," according to a recent report by NBC affiliate KGW in Portland, Ore.
Willie Nelson performing at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, New Jersey, May 2012. Image: joshbg2k via Wikimedia Commons

Willie Nelson and his 'Willie's Reserve' marijuana brand has scored private equity dollars

Craig Hlavaty ~ Chron.com ~
 
Texas country music legend and pot prophet Willie Nelson has found an investor for his Willie's Reserve private marijuana label.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, addresses the National Cannabis Industry Association meeting, in New York, Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. AP Photo: Richard Drew via OneidaDispatch.com

Kirsten Gillibrand calls for reform of medical marijuana laws

Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~
 
The Senator from New York says the federal government needs to reform laws affecting marijuana’s medical use, allowing states to determine their own medical marijuana programs.
Movie theatre interior. Image: Adamantios via Wikimedia Commons

Cannabis film festival comes to Brooklyn, N.Y.

 
For one day, Brooklyn will have its own Great Weed Way.
Albuquerque NM city flag. Image via Wikimedia Commons

Albuquerque city council votes to decriminalize small amounts of pot

Kirsten Swanson ~ KOAT.com ~

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Albuquerque’s city council has voted 5-4 in favor of decriminalizing the possession of 1 ounce or less of pot.

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