Over the past few weeks, critics of marijuana legalization have drawn attention to several news stories they see as demonstrating the dangers of more accessible weed. First, the death of a college student and the murder of a mom were linked to marijuana edibles, and now, the local and national media is giving big play to reports about Greeley ten-year-olds who sold pot on the playground of their elementary school.
Mason Tvert, spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project and one of the main proponents for Colorado’s Amendment 64, sees such reactions as part of an age-old practice of demonizing cannabis that won’t derail the push for progressive marijuana policies here and beyond. Denver Westword has more.

This week, our colleagues at the Broward-Palm Beach New Times have dispensed a ten-step program on how you can jump in on the medical marijuana craze that is expected to hit Florida soon and become a pot mogul. Or, not. Writer Francisco Alvarado went out and did all the research on what it takes to become a marijuana entrepreneur and learned it’s not as easy as it might seem. The story follows Bob Calkin, a man who runs the Cannabis Career Institute, and his packed seminars at which he teaches ordinary folks what it takes to become a pot baron.
People in Florida who are looking to delve into the business are banking on the medical marijuana amendment passing in November and forking over their money to hear Calkin’s tips. And for good reason. Medical marijuana is potentially big business. Read the entire tale of how people are making big bucks of the medical pot industry before it’s even legal in the Sunshine state over at the New Times.