Category: News
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Trump administration doubling down on anti-marijuana position
Analysts previously predicted Donald Trump might support marijuana legalization to boost his chances of re-election this year. Instead, the opposite has happened. The Trump Administration has proposed…get the full details here.
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Canada’s Marijuana Sales Top $100 Million in a Single Month for the First Time
It’s pretty incredible what a difference a year can make. At this time last year, cannabis stocks were flying high, and the expectation had been that most brand-name companies would push toward recurring profitability by the end of the year. Of course, hinds…
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The 3 Most Important States for Marijuana Stock Investors
Despite its recent hiccups, marijuana is expected to be one of the fastest-growing industries on the planet over the next decade. Although estimates rightly vary on Wall Street, which is to be expected of an industry with no modern-day legal precedent, the ex…
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Marijuana Plays Role as a Cure for Epilepsy
A 1949 study showed that drug principles isolated from leaves of marijuana, an innocent looking plant that grows wild in different parts of the world are playing an important role in research on a cure for epilepsy. This is the same marijuana which so many people fear as a habit-forming drug and which is noted…
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White Weed Entrepreneurs Are Gaming Programs Meant to Help People of Color
The crowd started to gather outside the narrow storefront at about 11 p.m. on December 20. The grand opening the following morningof Berner’s on Haight, San Francisco’s newest legal cannabis storewas apparently worth queuing up for all night long. While th…
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66,000 marijuana convictions in Los Angeles County being dismissed
CNN | Nearly 66,000 marijuana convictions in Los Angeles County will be dismissed thanks in part to state laws that paved the way for the action, the county district attorney said Thursday.The cases include 62,000 felony convictions for cases — including those for marijuana sales and cultivation — dating back to 1961, and about 4,000…
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Florida men arrested after hiding drugs in bags labeled “Bag Full of Drugs”
Two gentlemen in Florida couldn’t have been more accommodating in pointing police to their massive stash of narcotics. When an officer stopped the duo Ian Simmons and Joshua Reinhardt, both 34 years old for speeding at a mere 95mph, he easily spotted two bags…
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Trump Says Weed Makes You Dumb, Leaked Audio Reveals
WASHINGTON President Trump said smoking weed makes people lose IQ points and get into accidents. And he’s unsure whether the wave of marijuana legalization sweeping the country is a good thing or a bad thing, according to the leaked recording of a private …
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Bernie Pledges to Legalize Cannabis on First Day as President
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders pledged this weekend that he would legalize cannabis in all 50 states on his first day if he wins the presidential election…get the full story
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Mike Bloomberg Says Locking People Up For Marijuana Is ‘Dumb’
Bloomberg cleverly manages to dodge the question, and leaves us thinking that there’s little hope of him taking on the challenge of federally legalizing Marijuana, although we agree that putting people in jail for marijuana possession and use is ruining lives and costing tax-payers millions of wasted dollars. Head over to Forbes to read the…