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Foreign drug cartels sure to feel financial pinch from recreational cannabis sales

By Jack Daniel on January 14, 2014 Global, News

You have probably heard by now that the state of Colorado harvested over five million dollars in the first five days of legal recreational marijuana sales. The 25% tax imposed on those sky-high sales figures will surely be welcomed by all as the funds begin to flow back into their communities.
The implementation of this much needed cannabis reform seems to have opened a lot of eyes, and gained a lot of support from everyone, it seems, except for out-of-touch politicians and “fat and lazy” pundits. Oh, and Mexican narcoterrorist drug cartels.

Mizzou receiver Dorial Green-Beckham arrested with pound of pot

By William Breathes on January 14, 2014 News, Stoned Sports

Dorial Green-Beckham

A week after helping the Missouri Tigers win the Cotton Bowl, sophomore receiver Dorial Green-Beckham was arrested in Springfield after police found a pound of weed in the car.
Green-Beckham and four people in their twenties were pulled over just before 10 p.m. Friday night when a police officer noticed the car’s plates were expired by three months. Riverfront Times has more.

St. Louis mayor puts up online pot poll, city says “legalize it”

By William Breathes on January 14, 2014 News

Francis Slay.

The mayor’s office wants to know what St. Louisans think about legalizing marijuana, so it put out a poll. The results aren’t surprising: People want it legalized.
The ten-question poll asks respondents about their views on legalization, the effect on crime and how marijuana should be regulated if it were to be legalized. After taking the poll, the results from all participants are shown. Here were the results at the time of writing (we’ll update if things change). The Riverftont Times has the full details.

Florida legislature holds hearing on high-CBD medical cannabis for kids

By William Breathes on January 13, 2014 Legislation, Medical, News

High CBD Purple Diesel oil.

Florida state representatives made drug law history yesterday when they held the first ever Florida legislative hearing on a specific medical therapeutic use of marijuana. The topic was “Charlotte’s Web” a strain of the cannabis said to be greatly effective in the treatment of pediatric epilepsy.
In some folks’ view, a great advantage of high CBD strains is that it is has no euphoric effect. Bummer. But if that’s what it takes to get the stuff out of the arms of John Law and into the hands of patients, so be it.

West Virginia legislator promises fourth medical marijuana bill attempt in 2014

By William Breathes on January 13, 2014 Medical, News

There’s growing talk about a medical marijuana bill being submitted in West Virginia in the coming months, with Del. Mike Manypenny announcing last week that he will make a fourth attempt at winning over his fellow lawmakers.
While the bill does face considerable challenges in the conservative state, Manypenny’s last bill in 2013 managed to get nine co-sponsors as well as a hearing before the House Health and Human Resources Committee before failing to move forward to the House floor.

“Highest City” survey claims Winston-Salem, NC has more dispensaries than Denver

By William Breathes on January 13, 2014 News, Say what?

Yes, Denver is called the “Mile High City” and yes marijuana is legal. Not surprisingly, Colorado peaked at the summit of the Movato Real Estate “Highest City in the U.S.” survey of cities and towns across the United States.
Movato.com says it took into account a large body of data, including the number of medical (and recreational) dispensaries, how many medical pot licenses are issued and whether or not adult use is legal. While it is not hard to determine that Denver is the highest city based on that criteria, we wonder what the researchers were smoking (or not) when they came up with their results

Minnesotans want medical marijuana but split on full legalization

By William Breathes on January 13, 2014 Legalize It, Medical, News

A new St. Cloud State University survey shows that the overwhelming majority of Minnesotans favor legalizing marijuana for medical purposes.More than three-fourths of people interviewed in late October — 76 percent — answered yes to the question, “Would you support or oppose making marijuana legally available for doctors to prescribe?”

As for full legalization? They weren’t as warm to that. Minneapolis City Pages has more.

Alaska could be the third state to legalize adult use of recreational cannabis

By William Breathes on January 10, 2014 Legalize It, News

Making money off of gold nuggets could be soon replaced by green nuggets in Alaska as a ballot initiative to legalize pot for adults 21 and up collected and submitted at least 45,000 signatures Wednesday -15,000 more than necessary to qualify it for a vote this August.
“It’s not that the initiative would bring marijuana to Alaska,” Bill Parker, a campaigner for the bill and a former Department of Corrections deputy, told the Anchorage Daily News Wednesday. “Marijuana is already in Alaska. It would legalize, regulate and tax it. It would treat it like alcohol.”

Pennsylvania governor fails at trying to soften his image on medical cannabis

By William Breathes on January 10, 2014 Medical, News, Say what?

Wikimedia commons/Hunter_Kahn.

Tom Corbett.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett doesn’t want to seem square on medical marijuana or be accused of being tough on sick citizens of his fine state, but he’s not doing a very good job of it.
Take his statements this week that he would totally support medical marijuana if the federal government were to give their approval, though he won’t do anything about challenging that in defense of sick Pennsylvanians in the meantime.

Marijuana facing uphill federal battle in California

By William Breathes on January 10, 2014 News

Wikimedia commons/SanFranMan59

Hopes were quite high for the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ consideration of a case that would have tested the federal legality of medical marijuana in the Western United states, including California.
Unfortunately, the court dashed the hopes of medical cannabis supporters when it announced Monday that it would not hear oral arguments in the case. What does that mean? LA Weekly has the four-one-one.

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