We all know the importance of keeping Sparky away from the pot brownies. But is it possible your pet could receive medical marijuana as a recommended treatment from their vet? A vast majority of rational Americans agree that the use of marijuana as a treatment for medical purposes is a…
While many politicians and other leaders continue to wring their hands, hemming and hawing ad nauseum over the best way to regulate the growing number of marijuana businesses, University of California San Francisco says the answer is right under our noses. According to a study by the university published in…
Recently, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded an Obama-era Department of Justice Directive that essentially urged federal prosecutors to ignore marijuana crimes so along as alleged violators were in compliance with state laws. This step gave states the space to figure out how they wanted to handle recreational and/or medical…
While California has been on the forefront of cannabis legalization, making medical marijuana legal more than 20 years ago with the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, and more recently with recreational cannabis being legalized through the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, other states have not been as lucky. Many hope…
On the same day many recreational marijuana dispensaries in California opened for business, one medical collective in Upland, Calif., was forced to shutter its doors for good. For years, the owner of the collective in question pushed for Upland to lift its ban against medical marijuana. But the city has…
As we have discussed in various other posts on this blog, California has been taking major steps to regulate the medical marijuana, and now recreational cannabis industry, at a state level. Since medical marijuana was first legalized back in 1996, there was little regulation at the state level. All of…
There is more cannabis sold in California that any other state. This is true even when comparing California’s medical marijuana industry with Colorado’s recreational marijuana industry. While voters in California did legalize recreational use marijuana through the passage of Proposition 64 in November 2016, it will not be legal to…
Although a handful of states have given the green light for legal marijuana for recreational use, none so far have granted explicit permission to allow the drug to be used in public. That may soon change in Denver. Back in November, Denver became the first city in the country to allow…
The contrast between the stock of marijuana in the U.S. and Canada couldn’t be more stark. CNN Money reported that a real estate investment trust that plans to buy buildings to lease to medical marijuana growers went public on Wall Street – and the response was less-than-encouraging. On the NYSE,…
As law enforcement is battling a number of illicit and sizable marijuana cultivation efforts throughout Riverside County (rumors are its driven by Mexican drug cartels), leaders in some cities are working to take the power out of dealers’ hands by crafting a framework of regulation for lawful distribution. This is…