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Oregon DHS Makes Change to Medical Marijuana Program
I found out about an interesting change to the medical marijuana process in Oregon this last week. Like many of the 36,000+ OMMP participants, I needed to make a minor change of address for my garden, which happens from time to time. In the past, this was an easy, seamless process that only involved sending [...]
TWB Commentary: Under An Ounce Is A Misdemeanor In California
Whoop, whoop, that’s the sound of the police” this line brought to you by KRS-One. Being in my family there’s always been a distrust even resentment towards cops. Part of it I believe is racially related but the other part is the marijuana prohibition that has been in play for years. One of my firm [...]
Medical Marijuana School to Open in Rhode Island
The New England School of Alternative Horticultural Studies, a New England-based medical marijuana training center, yesterday announced the September 2010 launch of its Basic Medical Marijuana training class in Warwick, RI, the first professional medical marijuana training class in the north eastern United States. Rhode Island State law allows registered patients or their caregivers to [...]
Man Gets Paid to Test Medical Marijuana
A Denver man gets paid to smoke pot and write about it as one of the first medical marijuana critics in the country. A decade after medical marijuana was legalized in Colorado, it’s estimated about 2 percent of residents, or more than 100,000 people, have applied for medical marijuana licenses. According to one Harvard economist, [...]
Oakland City Council Agrees to Tax Marijuana
The Oakland City Council voted 5-0 to tax medical marijuana dispensaries and growers 5% of their total revenue in a meeting Monday. Under the plan, Oakland will also levy a 10% tax on recreational pot if state voters pass Proposition 19 and legalize the drug in November. Council members Desley Brooks, Ignacio De La Fuente, [...]
I found out about an interesting change to the medical marijuana process in Oregon this last week. Like many of the 36,000+ OMMP participants, I needed to make a minor change of address for my garden, which happens from time to time. In the past, this was an easy, seamless process that only involved sending [...]
Whoop, whoop, that’s the sound of the police” this line brought to you by KRS-One. Being in my family there’s always been a distrust even resentment towards cops. Part of it I believe is racially related but the other part is the marijuana prohibition that has been in play for years. One of my firm [...]
The New England School of Alternative Horticultural Studies, a New England-based medical marijuana training center, yesterday announced the September 2010 launch of its Basic Medical Marijuana training class in Warwick, RI, the first professional medical marijuana training class in the north eastern United States. Rhode Island State law allows registered patients or their caregivers to [...]
Here’s your marijuana news for this fine Wednesday: The latest poll show 52% of people in California support Prop. 19 . Poor Rhode Island has even more delays for medical marijuana. On another bad note, Broomfield, Colorado has banned medical marijuana dispensaries. Two ideologically diverse groups today protested the recent raids by the DEA.
A Denver man gets paid to smoke pot and write about it as one of the first medical marijuana critics in the country. A decade after medical marijuana was legalized in Colorado, it’s estimated about 2 percent of residents, or more than 100,000 people, have applied for medical marijuana licenses. According to one Harvard economist, [...]
Hope you had a great Tuesday, I went golfing! Here is your marijuana news for today: Unlike Bozeman did yesterday, the Sacramento city council agreed not to cap the number of medical marijuana dispensaries. The Santa Cruz city council asked to lift the smoking ban for WAMMFest. The Cannabis Café will reopen this Saturday in [...]
The Oakland City Council voted 5-0 to tax medical marijuana dispensaries and growers 5% of their total revenue in a meeting Monday. Under the plan, Oakland will also levy a 10% tax on recreational pot if state voters pass Proposition 19 and legalize the drug in November. Council members Desley Brooks, Ignacio De La Fuente, [...]
Here is some marijuana news from today: Officials in San Jose, California are considering a tax on medical marijuana. Today, Bozeman, Montana capped the amount of marijuana businesses to 20 for the rest of this year. Colorado is slowing down its marijuana boom. Also in Colorado, Cannabis Medical Solutions released a letter of intent to [...]
Rutgers University will not be getting into the marijuana growing business. New Jersey’s largest university has declined a request from Gov. Chris Christie to become the lone grower of the state’s medical marijuana crop. Suppliers are needed because of a new law allowing patients with chronic health conditions to access the drug. The university issued [...]
An educated stoner is a scary stoner to an American conservative. In 2007 a movie out called The Union: The Business of Getting High. This movie is guaranteed to fill your head with facts and figures for tomorrow’s argument with an anti-smoker. It also covers the trials and tribulations of the law and those who [...]
Sorry I’ve been missing SFL, I have had a busy week. A week that included finally going to see Inception! Honestly, if you haven’t seen it…GO SEE IT NOW! But before you do, here are some marijuana stories from today: New studies show that New York is the marijuana arrest capital of the USA. Not [...]
Back in the day long before having children or any other social responsibility munchies was delivery by Dominoes or a trip to Burger King that was a block away. As my taste and interest matured so have my munchies. I would like to share with you one of the most bad ass stoner foods in [...]
Oakland City Council voted Tuesday to license up to four large-scale marijuana farms in industrial areas to supply the city”s four medical marijuana dispensaries, and promised to later review policies that could include smaller and medium-size farmers. The city will not enforce the new ordinance until the cultivation permits are issued in January. The ordinance [...]
Here’s your marijuana news for today: Can you believe it? It literally rained marijuana in Caddo Mills, Texas. Portland, Maine opened its first medical marijuana dispensary. Redding, California is considering a tax on medical marijuana. A recent study shows that marijuana rarely leads to ER visits. Of course we all already knew that…but hopefully more [...]
As I was going through the marijuana news today, I came across this great article from The Bozeman Daily Chronicle about the struggles and rewards of medical marijuana growers: Standing in an indoor-growing barn where hundreds of marijuana plants are becoming tall and lush under bright lights, partners Robert Carpenter and Blake Ogle know it [...]
