by Craig Boudreau // The Daily Caller News Foundation The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a ban on gun sales to patients holding a medical marijuana card is legal, ABC News reports Wednesday. S. Rowan Wilson, of Nevada, who is a medical marijuana cardholder, had attempted to buy a gun in 2011 but was denied the sale…
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How Big Alcohol Is About to Get Rich Off California Weed
by Sara Solovitch // POLITICO More than 20 years later, Hezekiah Allen remembers the Blackhawk helicopters hovering over his childhood home, the armed soldiers barricading the road to the family’s northern California pot farm, the neighbor who hang-glided to escape from the Feds. More than once, Allen came home from a friend’s house to find his mother and stepfather had…
War on Pot Just Went Up In Smoke
by Michael Chernis // Daily Journal DJ AUG 22
9th Circuit Ruling Strikes Blow Against Feds In War On Pot
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Court Ruling All But Snuffs Feds’ War on Pot
by Michael Chernis // Law Newz Court Ruling All But Snuffs Feds’ War on Pot
August 19 2016: Week in Review: Big Legal Victory, Nervous Credit Union & Unrequited Love in MA
By Omar Sacirbey and John Schroyer // Marijuana Business Daily Week in Review: Big Legal Victory, Nervous Credit Union & Unrequited Love in MA The marijuana industry scores a big legal victory, a credit union in Alaska gets cold feet, and a Massachusetts city nixes a controversial business deal with a medical cannabis dispensary. Here’s a closer look at some notable…
HIGH EXPECTATIONS: 21 CANNABIS BRANDS TO WATCH
Congrats to our Client, Lord Jones, for its mention in High Times this month as one of the “21 Cannabis Brands To Watch.” by Elise McDonough // High Times In today’s crowded cannabis marketplace, what does it take to stand out? These 21 brands boldly forge their identities with top-notch packaging and design. As a graduate of the School of…
Stop Treating Marijuana Like Heroin
Supporters of a saner marijuana policy scored a small victory this week when the Obama administration said it would authorize more institutions to grow marijuana for medical research. But the government passed up an opportunity to make a more significant change. The Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday turned down two petitions— one from the governors of Rhode Island and Washington…
10 EXTREMELY POTENT CANNABIS EDIBLES
Congratulations to our client Topanga Harvest for being highlighted in the recent High Times article “10 EXTREMELY POTENT CANNABIS EDIBLES”! by Cheri Sicard // High Times In every cannabis lover’s life, there comes a time to explore the frontiers of one’s tolerance for edibles. Being able to hone in on an ideal THC dosage level, measured in milligrams, is useful…
Marijuana use set to overtake tobacco use in US
by Lucy Schouten // Christian Science Monitor Declining tobacco use could soon intersect with a steady uptick in the smoking and consumption of another leafy drug – marijuana. Marijuana use among American adults has seen such a large spike after partial legalization that it could overtake the number of tobacco users within several years. Reported marijuana use has nearly doubled in…