Article by Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post About a quarter of people surveyed in states set about to vote on legalizing recreational marijuana will never imbibe — regardless of how loosely it is regulated — while one in five will consume regardless of what approach states take following legalization. But for the majority in-between, things like cost, government tracking of purchases ...

Article by Erin Cox, The Baltimore Sun A third losing applicant for a coveted medical marijuana license has sued the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission, this one arguing the regulators illegally ignored racial diversity when selecting applicants. A lawsuit filed Monday by Alternative Medicine Maryland in Baltimore Circuit Court asks a judge to prevent the issuance of any final licenses and ...

Article by Alex Halperin, Los Angeles Times Marijuana could be legal for medical or recreational use in 29 U.S. states after the November election. The issue will be put to voters in nine states, with legalization backers enjoying well-funded campaigns and polls showing a high likelihood that they will prevail in the most populous states. Currently, marijuana is allowed for ...

Article by Kate McKee Simmons, Westword For years one of the biggest things Colorado parents were warned to fear on Halloween was tampered candy. Those warnings took an ominous edge after recreational pot was legalized in Colorado. But this year, however, despite an onslaught of warnings in 2014, Colorado officials haven’t issued a single warning about the dangers of marijuana-infused candy. ...

Article by Jane Wells, CNBC Florist Bec Koop is putting the finishing touches on a wedding bouquet, which in this case are buds of cannabis tucked among the roses. “The motto is ‘Straight from your bouquet to your bowl,'” she laughed. “You can literally take it out and smoke it.” Koop owns Buds & Blossoms, a Denver-based florist specializing in ...

Article by Patrick Whittle, Associated Press via SF Gate A handful of recreational marijuana legalization drives has the medical pot industry bracing for something it never expected to deal with: competition. Legalization is on the ballot in five states this November, and all five currently allow some form of medical marijuana already. Growers, medical professionals and users of medical marijuana ...

Article by Bob Salsberg, Associated Press Having proven they can win in the West, advocates for recreational marijuana hope the Nov. 8 election brings their first significant electoral victories in the densely populated Northeast, where voters in Massachusetts and Maine will consider making pot legal for all adults. Supporters believe “yes” votes in New England would add geographical diversity to ...

Article by Daniel Oberhaus, Motherboard When you walk into a dispensary in any one of the 25 states where medicinal and/or recreational marijuana is legal, you’ll likely see display cases lined with a dozen or more strains of weed. Many of these strains, like Pineapple Express or Blue Dream, will sound familiar, but is the Granddaddy Purp you buy in ...

Article by Associated Press via The Washington Post The Latest on the start of legal marijuana sales in Alaska (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Alaska’s first marijuana store is now in business, drawing a crowd from all over the state. Herbal Outfitters’ owner Richard Ballow says his store in Valdez accepted customers as planned Saturday, at “high noon.” He says ...

Article by Lisa Lambert, Reuters Although the sale of marijuana is a federal crime, the number of U.S. banks working with pot businesses, now sanctioned in many states, is growing, up 45 percent in the last year alone. Still, marijuana merchants say there are not nearly enough banks willing to take their cash. So many dispensaries resort to stashing cash ...