Washington, D.C., voters approved medical marijuana with Initiative 59 on November 3, 1998, by 69% to 31%, but Congress blocked it through the Barr Amendment for more than a decade, and the first legal sale did not happen until July […]
No green for green is the new rule for medical marijuana patients. As a result of new regulations medical marijuana patients will have to fork over cash for purchases as dispensaries will no longer be able to accept credit or […]
Dispensaries are cash-only, or close to it, because adult-use marijuana is still illegal under federal law, so the major card networks do not allow cannabis purchases and many banks avoid the industry to limit their money-laundering risk. Congress has debated […]
On November 30, 2011, Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire and Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee petitioned the Drug Enforcement Administration to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II, and on December 22, 2011, Colorado became the third state to ask, […]
No, weed is not legal in the UK for recreational use: cannabis is a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, with a maximum of 5 years in prison for possession and 14 years for supply or […]
Montana medical marijuana activist are back in work mode to strengthen the medical marijuana law in the state. IR-124 is the recently approved petition that will put medical marijuana back on the ballot on the state. In order for the […]
On June 23, 2011, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) introduced H.R. 2306, the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011, the first bill in Congress written to take marijuana out of the federal Controlled Substances Act […]
