Two medical marijuana groups in Denver are holding meetings tonight as they attempt to bring the local pot community closer together and strengthen the industry as a whole. The Medical Marijuana Industry Group, also known as MMIG, will focus on banking issues, legal...
Patients, doctors, dispensary owners and other medical pot professionals in Colorado will get a chance to provide some input on several MMJ-related proposals at a public hearing on Wednesday. The Colorado Board of Health will discuss whether to lower the fees...
Here's a novel idea for a medical marijuana company: Make edibles and smokeless products with pot provided by patients themselves. Canna Kitchen & Research in Albany, Oregon, is doing just that, promising to let patients drop off their own cannabis one day and...
Several months ago, we wrote about an upcoming reality TV show called "Weed Wars" focusing on Oakland-based medical marijuana dispensary Harborside Health Center and its well-known founder, Steve DeAngelo. Now, the network behind "Weed Wars" has set a premiere date...
The medical cannabis community rejoiced several months ago when a study by independent think tank RAND Corp. found that crime actually increased in areas of Los Angeles where pot dispensaries were forced to close. Until then, the conventional wisdom had been that...
Enrollment in Colorado's medical marijuana program has tumbled since the state enacted tough new MMJ regulations this summer, with 26,106 patients dropping off the active registry in just three months. According to the latest stats from the Colorado Department of...
Nevada is technically one of the 16 states in the U.S. with medical marijuana regulations on the books. But its MMJ ordinance has a huge shortcoming: It doesn't specifically address the selling and buying of cannabis, both of which are illegal under state and federal...
The federal push to close medical pot dispensaries in California by dialing up the pressure on landlords is working like a charm. Numerous medical marijuana centers, such as North Valley Holistic Health in Butte County, have closed up shop in recent weeks after their...
One day, you're running a bustling medical marijuana dispensary. The next, you're essentially out of business, smarting from having the rug pulled out from under you. That's exactly what happened to the operators of North Valley Holistic Health, a nonprofit dispensary...
Marijuana advocates behind a push to regulate medical pot in Arkansas need to pick up the pace if they want to have a realistic chance of getting the measure before voters in 2012. Over the past six months, Arkansans for Compassionate Care has gathered 16,000...
After getting smacked around over the past month, medical marijuana supporters in California are going on the offensive, filing several lawsuits against the federal government's widely publicized crackdown on the state's MMJ industry. The lawsuits aim to stop the...
By Robert Kane With January on the horizon, the year of the Water Dragon is almost upon us, according to the Chinese astrological calendar. It’s supposed to be a year brimming with possibilities and the potential for good fortune – but also one defined by...
