Cannabis News

Florence Childs hopes to sell her Spokane-area Washington Pot Shop. Photo by Max Lathrop

Grandma Built A Pot Shop -- Now She Wants To Sell It

 
While many retirees spend time in their gardens, 82-year-old Florence Childs has chosen to work with another kind of plant.
Genifer Murray of CannLabs being interviewed at the NCIA Cannabis Business Summit, June 2014. Image via NCIA

The women in weed who could make legal marijuana a billion-dollar industry

Gogo Lidz ~ Irish Examiner ~
 
It seems fitting that a plant called Mary Jane could smash the patriarchy.
Vendors selling cannabis-related apparel are doing good business at the Oregon State Fair. Image: Jamie Hale/Oregon Live

Blue ribbon marijuana? Cannabis industry finds a foothold at the Oregon State Fair

Jamie Hale ~ OregonLive.com ~

The Oregon State Fair might need to break out some green ribbons – marijuana is moving in.
Missouri State Flag via Wikimedia Commons

Petitioners urge voters to put pot on the ballot in Missouri

 
Supporters rally in downtown Springfield Friday night.
Pug dog and cookie. Image: Brandon2 via Wikimedia Commons

When Pets Do Pot: A High That's Not So Mighty

Angus Chen ~ NPR.org ~
 
The Pet Poison Helpline, a 24-hour pet poison control center, has seen a fourfold increase in calls concerning pets experiencing marijuana intoxication over the past three years.
16th Street Mall in Downtown Denver. Image: Pcharles via Wikimedia Common

Denver activists put public pot use ballot measure on hold

Keith Coffman ~ Reuters ~
 
Supporters of a Denver ballot initiative to allow marijuana use at bars and other establishments have pulled the measure after city leaders and business groups agreed to discuss a compromise, the pro-pot group said on Thursday.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, (D-NY) speaks at a Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 4, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing

Kirsten Gillibrand Set To Be The First Ever Sitting Senator To Address Cannabis Industry Conference

 
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is set to become the first ever sitting senator to give a keynote speech for a cannabis industry conference later in September, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.
Grow room at a Denver facility. Image: WeedWorthy.com

The Green Rush: Finding Tech Business Opportunities Within The Cannabis Sector

 
Technology will play a huge role in the cannabis industry’s future legitimacy.
Customers waited for the first medical marijuana dispensary in Massachusetts to open in Salem, on June 24. Image: Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

Demand soaring at lone marijuana dispensary in Massachusetts

Kay Lazar ~ The Boston Globe ~

Facility in Salem reports 1,500 patients in 2 months.

Bud & Breakfast, in Denver, is one of a handful of marijuana-friendly accommodations across Colorado.  Image: Theo Stroomer for The New York Times

Advocates in Denver, Home to Legal Marijuana, Seek Public Place to Smoke

 
DENVER — Whether bought from a downtown shop or cadged from a friend’s basement greenhouse, legal marijuana is easy to find in Colorado. Places to smoke it, not so much.

WeedLife.com