Article by Kevin Seifert, ESPN Nearly two-thirds of NFL players in an ESPN survey say they feel the use of chemical painkillers would be reduced if the league approved marijuana for the same use. Marijuana is legal in 25 states and Washington, D.C., for medicinal purposes but remains one of eight drugs banned under the NFL’s policy and program on ...

Article by Ramona Giwargis, The Mercury News With little discussion Tuesday, San Jose leaders approved a temporary ban on recreational marijuana sales — just one week before voters decide whether to legalize the drug. The Bay Area’s largest city joined a growing list of cities that have banned or adopted regulations on growing, processing and selling nonmedical pot ahead of Proposition ...

Article by Maureen Meehan, High Times Logically, the concept of quality control and standardization is still new in the rapidly expanding world of legalized medical and recreational marijuana. Fabulous strains (and names) of weed in one state may sound familiar when you go to purchase them in another, but who knows if they actually are the same strain? A company ...

Article by TG Branfalt Jr, Ganjapreneur Industrial Hemp Manufacturing, LLC has signed a Letter of Intent to purchase the 1,000 acre-plus hemp crop planted by BioRegen Innovations Cooperative  in North Carolina, the company announced in a press release. The crop is among the first planted in the state and is expected to be harvested toward the end of 2017. Industrial ...

Article by TG Branfalt Jr, Ganjapreneur Over the next three years, homeless outreach programs in Aurora, Colorado will receive more than $3 million to provide services to the homeless community from their cut of the profits from the taxes derived from adult-use cannabis sales, according to a Vetts report. The programs will see about $1.5 million in funding by June ...

Article by EJ Montini , The Republic via AZ Central According to the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, a group of elected officials from Colorado has sent a letter to the leaders of the anti-Proposition 205 group disputing the information (or misinformation) touted in the anti-marijuana campaign of Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy. The letter was sent to Seth Leibsohn ...

Article by Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald Casino mogul Steve Wynn handed out $100,000 to Gov. Charlie Baker’s anti-pot legalization campaign one day before the state Gaming Commission gave the green light to Wynn’s planned Everett casino development, records show. Wynn Resorts’ large donation was received by the Campaign for a Safe and Healthy Massachusetts on Tuesday, just 24 hours before ...

Article by Brittney Sanger, Herb The Vapen Clear looks exactly like your typical inhaler. It acts the same too, but without the albuterol. The Vapen Clear releases the good stuff, aka THC. It packs a powerful 10mg expenditure per puff, which equals to 100 total puffs per cartridge. Unlike your standard vaporizer pen, the Vapen Clear doesn’t heat the THC. ...

Article by Eddie Small, DNA Info The Bronx’s first medical marijuana dispensary is launching this weekend with a block party, featuring food trucks, live music and information about the new service. The facility will officially open for business on Nov. 7, but will be hosting a grand opening party from 12 to 3 p.m. on Nov. 5 outside the dispensary at 405 ...

Article by Sativa Von Teese, High Times Over the weekend, 35 people were arrested and $10 million worth of marijuana was seized during a raid at an old airport in Calavaras County, California. According to the sheriff’s department, the grow operation had been under investigation for the past month due to a reported increase in traffic going and out of the ...