US CO: Pot Costs Double As Colorado Retailers Cash In
Commercial Appeal, 07 Jan 2014 – SAN FRANCISCO – At Medicine Man Denver, a shop in Colorado’s capital that began selling marijuana for recreational use last week, people waited in line to get their first taste of legal weed. Some shouted “Freedom!” to the cheering crowd as they walked out with bags of dope. They […]
Read moreUS NM: Column: Marijuana Is Not For Everyone
Albuquerque Journal, 07 Jan 2014 – On Jan. 1, the Centennial State (it hasn’t yet changed its nickname to “The Rocky Mountain High State”) became the first place in the country to legalize marijuana sales for recreational purposes. And Brandon Harris is stoked. The 24-year-old Harris drove 20 hours from Cincinnati, along with a smoking […]
Read moreUS CO: Column: Millions In Sales From Green Wednesday, Airport Pot
Colorado Springs Independent, 08 Jan 2014 – A day (un)like any other So Jan. 1 has come and gone, and we’ve all grown used to the armored Drug Enforcement agents on every corner imposing the martial law that Comrade Obama ordered into effect after the advent of Doobie-geddon.
Read moreUS CA: Column: Never Good Enough
SF Weekly, 08 Jan 2014 – The Problem With Marijuana Fundamentalism Here’s a story for the ages: Last week, adults walked into stores where they exchanged cash for marijuana. The deal done, the adults walked out. Next, everyone went on with their lives — as if nothing significant had happened.
Read moreUS CA: Santa Rosa Eases Rules On Medical Pot
The Press Democrat, 08 Jan 2014 – Santa Rosa relaxed its restrictions on medical marijuana dispensaries Tuesday, eliminating rules that advocates said were outdated and limited patients’ ability to obtain their cannabis locally.
Read moreUS MI: Local Group Favors Marijuana Decriminalization
The Mining Journal, 08 Jan 2014 – Offense Would Be Civil Infraction MARQUETTE – Marquette might be years away from people being able to smoke marijuana on their front porches, but in the meantime, the focus of a citizens’ initiative is to decriminalize the possession of small quantities of the substance.
Read moreUS AZ: Dreams Of Legalization
Tucson Weekly, 09 Jan 2014 – Safer Arizona is aiming to put an initiative in front of the voters to bring Colorado-style legalization to our state I don’t know if you heard about it or not, but there’s a state near here where any adult can now buy weed legally. Colorado.
Read moreUS OH: Going To Pot?
The Marietta Times, 09 Jan 2014 – Legalizing Marijuana Not a High Priority in Ohio An Ohio legislator said this week that he will not continue the push for recreational marijuana legalization after a resolution to give Ohioans a vote in the matter was sidelined last year in the Ohio House of Representatives. However, he […]
Read moreUS CO: Column: Is All Pot Touched By Patients Considered Medical?
Westword, 09 Jan 2014 – Dear Stoner: It’s legal to grow up to six plants and gift an ounce of herb to anyone 21 and up, and it’s legal to buy it in a store. But is it illegal for patients to share product given to them or purchased from a store? Once a product […]
Read moreUS NJ: Marijuana Activist Colorado-Bound
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 09 Jan 2014 – Diane Fornbacher, a nationally recognized marijuana legalization activist from Collingswood, is moving her family to Colorado. She says she needs cannabis to alleviate a health condition that New Jersey’s medical marijuana program doesn’t cover.
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