Sunday, July 31, 2016

Marijuana Sends More Colorado Kids to ER

More children are showing up in Colorado emergency rooms after accidentally consuming legal marijuana, according to a new study.
The number of cases reported to the state’s poison control network, as well as the number of kids checking into ERs, has spiked in the years since the first...
Marijuana Sends More Colorado Kids to ER

Florida Gets Its First Medical Marijuana Shop

Florida is the third-most populous state in the country, so it’s no small deal that the state got its first medical marijuana dispensary in July.
The first legal medicinal pot shop opened in a Tallahassee strip mall July 26, and the store sold its first batch of cannabis to Dallas Nagy,...
Florida Gets Its First Medical Marijuana Shop

Reduced Marijuana Penalties in Kansas

Although it may seem hard to believe, the statutory penalties for possession of marijuana
went down in Kansas effective July 1, 2016. It is still illegal and can still put you in jail for a
substantial period of time, but it is a step in the right direction.
Section 1 of House Bill 2462 amending...
Reduced Marijuana Penalties in Kansas

$15 Million Pot Trafficking Ring Busted

Authorities in New York said they broke up a major marijuana-smuggling ring that shipped $15 million worth of the drug from California over the last two years.
The cannabis was trafficked once a month in shipments of roughly 350 pounds each, prosecutors said. The operation allegedly started in...
$15 Million Pot Trafficking Ring Busted

Thursday, July 28, 2016

California Cops Fired for Nibbling on Weed During Raid

Three Southern California police officers were fired for stealing cannabis edibles during a raid on a medical marijuana dispensary last year.
Santa Ana officers Brandon Matthew Sontag, Nicole Lynn Quijas, and Jorge Arroyo lost their jobs with the city’s police department after pleading...
California Cops Fired for Nibbling on Weed During Raid

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Colorado Sanctions Doctors Over MJ Recommendations

Colorado officials suspended the licenses of four doctors for allegedly recommending that 1,500 medical marijuana patients be allowed to grow excessive numbers of pot plants.
The move represented the biggest disciplinary action against doctors who recommend medical cannabis to Colorado patients....
Colorado Sanctions Doctors Over MJ Recommendations

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Senators Move Against Synthetic Marijuana

The scourge of K2 and other forms of synthetic marijuana is drawing increased attention from Congress.
In July, Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, sponsored a bill that would prohibit more than 20 chemicals used to make synthetic pot, also known by K2, Spice, and other unofficial...
Senators Move Against Synthetic Marijuana

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Democrats Push for Marijuana Reform, GOP Rejects It

Americans have never been more united in their support for marijuana policy reform, yet the two major political parties have never been further apart.
The Democratic National Committee voted in July to push for a “reasoned pathway” to nationwide legalization of cannabis. The GOP,...
Democrats Push for Marijuana Reform, GOP Rejects It

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

The Feds Could Legalize Marijuana in Days, but They Won"t

The DEA plans to make what could be a landmark announcement by the end of July: whether the government will reclassify marijuana under federal law, making it easier for states to legalize the drug.
DEA officials said this spring that they would tell lawmakers by August whether they will...
The Feds Could Legalize Marijuana in Days, but They Won"t

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Massive Pot Farm Discovered in Texas

Game wardens uncovered a massive, multi-million dollar marijuana farm in Texas in late June, leading authorities to uproot tens of thousands of plants. No arrests were made as of early July.
A group of wardens from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department were conducting an aerial patrol over ...
Massive Pot Farm Discovered in Texas