How much will Marijuana really cost in Colorado next year

Time recently released an article that speaks of the projected annual costs for a recreational pot smoker per year and looking at their rough $600/year margin I think the numbers are a bit; “understated”. Obviously these people who are conducting these tests and projecting these...

Hawaii Marijuana Legalization Polling: Strong Support

Marijuana in Hawaii: Strong Public Support New polling data on marijuana legalization in Hawaii was released in a joint press conference on Thursday by the Drug Policy Action Group, the ACLU and Q Mark Research. 81% of Hawaii state residents support medical marijuana with 78%...

First Marijuana Doctors Office Opens in Massachusetts

Marijuana Cards in Massachusetts CannaMed, a medical marijuana recommendation evaluation center has opened its doors today, establishing the facility as the first of its kind in the state of Massachusetts. Voters in Massachusetts approved the use of marijuana for medical purposes on...

More Long Beach Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Raided

Long Beach Medical Marijuana Dispensaries have been the target of increased pressure from the California state, county and local authorities. Over the last 3 weeks, authorities have carried out numerous operations resulting in 10 arrests at the local Long Beach Medical...

Proposed Medical Pot Initiative Lights up North Dakota

Supporters of the legalization of marijuana within North Dakota have now turned to a proposed initiative on Tuesday that will put the issue on the November North Dakota ballot. Originally, it was a Fargo state legislator who was the one who proposed the initiative to make using and...

Pot Decriminalization Bill Advances through N.J. Assembly

The possession of fewer than fifteen grams of marijuana would carry no penalty in New Jersey under a new bill that won unanimous support from the New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee today. The Judiciary Committee approved the bill, entitled A1465, with very few objections from...

Washington Marijuana Reform Endorsed By Lawmakers

Earlier this week, sixteen Washington state legislators announced their endorsement of Initiative 502 pertaining to marijuana reform. Republican Mary Lou Dickerson, the prime sponsor of the legislation upon which this initiative is based and Jeanne Kohl-Welles, are amongst some of...

Veto-Proof Majority: NH Passes Medical Marijuana Bill

After a premeditated threat to veto a medical marijuana bill, similar to one in 2009, Democrat Governor John Lynch says he vows to veto a bill to legalize home cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes once again in New Hampshire. However, threat of a veto occurring has not...

Marijuana Legalization: A Near Reality in Connecticut

Eight of the last ten years, the use of medical marijuana has been brought to Connecticut’s legislature’s attention but has only cleared the House of Representatives twice. One of these times being in 2004 and another in 2007. However, the fight for marijuana legalization in...

The “Anonymous” 420 Fight For Freedom

  In 2012, the notoriously famous hacktivist group, Anonymous, was named one of the most influential people in the world by Time Magazine. Now this infamous group is turning it’s attention and focusing all of its superhero energy on waging a war against pot prohibition....

Montana Marijuana Dispensaries Get Raided. Who’s Next?

First California, then Washington and now it is apparently Montana’s turn to feel the heavy boot of the federal government when marijuana dispensaries in Missoula, Somers, Kalispel and Whitefish were raided over the past two days. A total of 12 search warrants and 4 civil...

Washington Marijuana Dispensaries: Latest Obama Victims

Here we go again. On Tuesday, Washington medical marijuana dispensaries became the latest victims of the Obama administration’s escalating war on cannabis and the will of citizens. Agents of the federal government raided several state-sanctioned dispensaries with no regard for...

Marijuana in Tacoma and Kalamazoo: Voters Demand Reform

Eager for marijuana reform, voters across the country are affirming their support for change in measured steps aimed at keeping momentum strong into the pivotal 2012 elections. Both the cities of Tacoma in Washington and Kalamazoo in Michigan voted this past Tuesday to make marijuana...

Medical Marijuana in Ohio and Missouri Moves forward!

Even as the fight for medical marijuana rights heats up on the west coast in the wake of President Obama’s attack on California cannabis and the resulting lawsuits, activists in other states are still committing themselves to the cause of marijuana reform. While one cannot deny...

California’s Marijuana Lawsuits Can Limit Federal Power

While the Obama administration’s sudden escalation of war on marijuana has caused nothing but hardship on patients and thousands of lost jobs, it may ultimately become the catalyst for the final legal dismissal of federal cannabis prohibition. Since 2005 and Raich v Gonzales,...

Fort Collins Marijuana Ban Passes, But Rebellion is Brewing

If there one universal way to qualify the multi-faceted battle for marijuana reform, it is the remarkable resilience of the movement and its dedication to carry on the fight regardless of how many disappointments and setbacks get in the way. Most recently, activists in Colorado and...

Study: Legal Medical Marijuana Doesn’t Encourage Kids to Smoke More Pot

Despite warnings from opponents of medical marijuana, legalizing the drug for medical purposes does not encourage teens to smoke more pot, according to new research that compared rates of marijuana use in Massachusetts and Rhode Island after the latter state changed its...

Marijuana Petition Reply: Old Lies by a Legally Bound Liar

On Saturday the White House issued its official response to the marijuana petition on their We The People website. This petition not only beat out all others by gathering over 70,000 signatures, it was accompanied by 4 other marijuana-related petitions in just the top ten...

Obama Tries to Shift the Blame for Attack on CA Marijuana

In the wake of the major federal crackdown on California medical marijuana, most of the focus has been on the injustice of the action and the various components of the attacks; however, an interesting dual narrative has been developing over the issue of who is to blame. This is...

Florida Judge Blocks Unconstitutional Drug Testing law

Florida’s recent law forcing welfare applicants to submit to a drug test has been blocked by a federal judge. In perhaps the perfect storm of unexpected characters, a 35 year old Navy veteran and a judge appointed by former president George W. Bush are at the helm of this...

Medical Marijuana News: More Delays in DC and New Jersey

Seems like the federal attack on California dispensaries have, predictably, created a chilling effect on medical marijuana reform across the nation. Last week, municipal authorities in Maple Shade, New Jersey decided not to allow Compassionate Sciences (one of the 6 companies allowed...

Marijuana Legalization Movement: We Can’t Wait!

We Can’t Wait. This is the new slogan that President Obama has chosen to symbolize his decision to pass a number of policy initiatives by executive order, bypassing Congress. So far reports have revealed a program to help homeowners deal with “underwater” mortgages...

99%: Marijuana and Occupy Wall Street Have the Same Enemy

As October wears on, developments on he marijuana front have taken a sour turn as the latest round of federal government abuse pounds growers and marijuana dispensaries in California and puts a chill on the freedoms of all citizens to dampen the successes of the national medical...

California’s Government Begins Reacting to Obama’s Attack

There are finally some members of California’s government who are stepping up and demanding some measure of restraint from the federal government after it began a campaign of vicious attacks on medical marijuana. While this is step in the right direction, it is a long way from...

Marijuana Petition Deadline Tomorrow, Lets Reach 100k!

Tomorrow is October 22nd, this date is important because it is the deadline that the Obama administration set for the closing of the We The People petitions. Several petitions have moved past the 5000 signature requirement but the most notorious is without a doubt the “Legalize...