DOJ Will Let Washington, Colorado Marijuana Laws Go Into Effect
Ryan J. Reilly & Ryan Grim WASHINGTON — The United States government took a historic step back from its long-running drug war on Thursday, when Attorney General Eric Holder informed the governors...
View ArticleAmerica’s First Hemp Crop Harvest In Almost 60 Years Begins In Colorado
via The Huffington Post | By Matt Ferner In the 1700s, American farmers were required by law to grow hemp in Virginia and the other colonies. It was a widely used crop for hundreds of years in the...
View ArticleColorado prepares to become ‘Amsterdam of America’ as state legalizes cannabis
On New Year’s Day, Colorado will become the first US state to legalize sales of recreational cannabis. By Nick Allen, Denver Standing amid thousands of lovingly tended cannabis plants, their pungent...
View ArticleParents flock to Colorado for cannabis that ‘cures’ seizures
BY NICK ALLEN, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, Hundreds of families are flocking to Colorado, the first US state to legalise cannabis for recreational use, seeking to use the drug as a so-called “miracle cure”...
View ArticleLegal pot dispensaries, high on profits – CBS News
By ALIAH GIT MONEYWATCH, Recreational marijuana sales became legal in Colorado on Jan. 1, and since then, business has been booming. Demand is up, and prices are as well. “I think everyone, including...
View ArticleProjected to Hit $1 Billion Annually, Colorado Pot Really is Huge Biz
By BRUCE KENNEDY, Some unprecedented and historic financial data is finally come to light from the nation’s massive and previously underground cannabis industry. Thursday is the tax deadline for...
View ArticleThe Great Marijuana Experiment: A Tale of Two Drug Wars
By Bruce Barcott Legal marijuana in America is now estimated to be a $1.43 billion industry. And it’s expected to grow to $2.34 billion in 2014. If those numbers hold, the 64 percent increase – a...
View ArticleColorado’s Marijuana Sales Keep Seeing Green
3 Months Since Legalizing Marijuana, Here’s What Colorado Looks Like By Tom McKay, The news: Colorado’s pot sales are booming. The state’s Department of Revenue reports that marijuana retailers sold...
View ArticleMove Over, Colorado; Nevada May Be the New Amsterdam
By Angelica Leicht, High rollers. Glitzy casinos. Feathered showgirls. And now, weed. Las Vegas has long been a city of overindulgence. That little slogan, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,”...
View ArticleNow Appearing: Hemp, For First Time In Decades
by Luke Runyon, Harvest Public Media, Hemp is grown for fiber, seeds and oil all over the world, but has been a controlled substance in the U.S. for decades. A handful of farmers are planting the first...
View ArticleHemp: A historic harvest
Sterling field site of first industrial hemp crop By Sara Waite, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, was a historic date in Logan County. It marked the first harvest of legal, industrial hemp in the county. The...
View ArticleCannabis for the Treatment of Epilepsy, and More
By Dr. Mercola Many drugs are developed not because there’s a great medical need, but rather because there’s big money to be made from them. In many cases, holistic therapies and medicines already...
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