For proponents, tax revenue has always been part of reasoning for legal marijuana. With an enormous untapped retail market would come untold riches for state coffers and public programs – and individuals who smoke marijuana should pay for that right. Our medical marijuana lawyers know that things may not be…
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Medical-Marijuana Watch: FDA Approved Drugs Cause Severe Side-effects
One hurdle still remaining for medicinal marijuana is approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Unfortunately, the Food and Drug Administration is currently opposed to the idea of approving marijuana for medical use. Our Seattle marijuana lawyers know the Food and Drug Administration espouses high standards for its approved drugs…
Airport Bans Marijuana in Wake of Law Change: Inconsistent Regulation
In the wake of the legalization of recreational marijuana use, Denver International Airport is the first city facility who has made the decision to prohibit the possession of marijuana on all property. Airport officials maintain that the decision to prohibit marijuana possession on airport property is necessary to combat any…
Colorado and Washington Inspire Cannabis Policy Worldwide
Colorado and Washington’s legalization of recreational marijuana use is expected to inspire marijuana policy worldwide. Our marijuana defense lawyers know that the United States is a country known for its war on drugs but a few pioneers are sparking a change in the western part of the country. Public support…
Driving and Flying with Marijuana: Holiday Travel
Driving or Flying with Marijuana is a challenge a large number of medical marijuana patients may be forced to deal with over the 2013 holiday season. Our marijuana criminal defense lawyers know that many medicinal marijuana patients must travel with their medicinal pot over the holiday season and caution patients…
Washington State’s Stoned Driving Initiative Ripe for Abuse
Washington State has experienced an increase in Marijuana driving arrests since the substance was legalized for recreational use. However, recreational-use marijuana dispensaries will not open their doors in Washington State until sometime next year. Our marijuana defense lawyers are aware that the changing legal landscape surrounding marijuana legislation might create…
Patients Prefer Herbal and Transdermal Cannabis over Oral Preparations
According to an article on NORML.org, most patients would rather use herbal-based forms of the plant as opposed to dervitaves produced pharmaceutically. Researchers in the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, and Canada used a web-based survey that contained twenty-one questions asking patients’ to provide their perceptions of various types of…
Washington Marijuana Retailers May Now Submit Applications
State regulators in Washington have announced they have formalized the rules necessary to govern the state’s burgeoning recreational marijuana industry. Starting in mid-November, will begin accepting applications for those who want to get a state license that will allow them to legally produce, process and sell marijuana commercially to those…
Washington Medical Marijuana vs. Recreational Marijuana: How Will They Coexist?
With regulatory measures of recreational marijuana in Washington State in the process of being finalized, proprietors of medicinal marijuana are concerned about what it will mean for them. Washington was among the first few states to approve marijuana as medicine. However those who have long been involved in providing marijuana…
Felony Marijuana Crimes in Washington State Targeted by Advocates
Both Washington state and Colorado have gained a considerable amount of attention for the fact that voters in each state have approved measures aimed to legalize recreational use and sale of the drug. But that doesn’t mean the war on weed in these states is over. As each state pioneers…