Last year, Wisconsin lawmakers attempted to pass a bill in the Democratic-controlled Legislature that would have legalized the use of medical marijuana. That effort fizzled when the measure failed to gain enough support, even though Democrats are typically more...
When all else fails, show them the money. This is the strategy medical marijuana advocates in San Diego are using to help revive the city's comatose MMJ industry, crafting a proposed ordinance that would implement a 2.5 percent tax on dispensary sales. The plan also...
As if the reality TV show "Weed Wars" doesn't touch on enough controversy, the series itself is now the center of a dispute as well. A woman has filed a lawsuit against Discovery Communications in Los Angeles, claiming that the media company stole her idea for a show...
Medical pot dispensaries in Colorado have had a relatively calm fall, operating under the radar while watching the federal cannabis crackdown on the West Coast from afar. The winter might be a bit more turbulent. Last week, we wrote about how the federal government is...
Call it the MMJ management shuffle. At least three government officials overseeing state medical marijuana programs have resigned or been reassigned over the past few weeks, highlighting the industry's overall volatility. The moves are unrelated, and the reasons...
A Seattle attorney has filed suit against a new ordinance that calls for the city to tax, oversee and regulate medical marijuana dispensaries in the region, calling the initiative unconstitutional. While similar lawsuits have popped up in cities with medical pot laws...
Just days after a judge told Arizona officials to choose a side in the medical marijuana lawsuit they filed earlier this year, the state is ready to comply with the request. To the surprise of no one, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer intends to take the official position that...
Maybe Colorado's well-regulated and tightly controlled medical pot industry isn't so sheltered from federal prosecution after all. The U.S. government is either considering or has already decided to move forward with plans to target some pot dispensaries in the state,...
The number of patients on Colorado’s medical pot registry slid by 13% in October from the previous month, with 13,720 residents dropping off the list.
HealthRadio.net and InsidersHealth.com will host the second installment of their four-part webcast series on medical marijuana today, featuring patients describing the medical benefits of pot and detailing their struggle to obtain the drug. The series, called "Is it...
The fate of Arizona's medical pot industry is still murky at this point, but some clarity might be on the horizon. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton told state lawyers that they have to take a position on medical marijuana, one way or the other, before she rules...
By Brian Vicente (pictured) and Joshua Kappel An amazing thing happened in October. For the first time in 40 years of polling, the national Gallup poll found that 50% of Americans support the legalization of marijuana - a new record. This poll signals that we have...
