Article by Maureen Meehan, High Times Santa Fe Springs used to be an oil town, but now most of the adult population works in the light industry or service jobs, which center around shopping and strip malls. Growing pot in these malls seemed like a good idea to someone, at least until the cops recently raided one, seizing 5,000 plants. The quaintly-named ...

Article by Alison Noon, The Associated Press via The Times Colonist Political donors have spent a record $458 million on 17 statewide November ballot initiatives in California, beating the state’s own record for the most spent on propositions appearing on state ballots in a single year, campaign reports filed Thursday show. The fundraising has soared at least $20 million past ...

Article by Alexandra Sims, The Independant Turkey has legalised cannabis production in 19 provinces in order to crack down on illegal production, according to new regulations by The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock. Published in the Official Gazette in late September, “Hemp Cultivation and Control of Regulations” will allow highly-controlled and ministry-sanctioned cannabis production in the selected provinces for ...

Article by Ben Adams, Merry Jane Thanks to new uncovered documents, we now have an insider’s look at why the federal government does not recognize marijuana as medicine despite the palpable reality that 25 states have legalized the plant for medical use already. The 118-page document contains memos between the DEA’s chief, two FDA officials, the governors of Rhode Island ...

Article by Samantha Debbie, Natural News Following months of negotiations and various offers, Germany-based Bayer has finally sealed the deal with Monsanto, purchasing the seed giant for $66 billion. The merger is reported to be the largest all-cash deal on record. The purchase means a lot of things, and none of them good for consumers. For one, it strengthens the ...

Article by The Associated Press via The Salt Lake Tribune Hours after his wife pleaded guilty to misdemeanor pot-possession charges connected with 2 pounds of the drug found at their house, Utah’s Democratic candidate for governor pushed Tuesday for the legalization of medical marijuana. Mike Weinholtz said during an emotional news conference that current laws leave doctors with little choice ...

Article by TG Branfalt Jr, Ganjapreneur Recreational cannabis sales in Oregon hit $160.8 million through the first nine months of the year, resulting in $40.2 million in sales tax payments, according to a Register-Guard report. Sales of recreational cannabis sold at medical marijuana dispensaries are taxed 25 percent, but sales by retailers licensed this month by the Oregon Liquor Control ...

Article by The Associated Press via Fortune Business owners are replacing idealists in the pot-legalization movement as the nascent marijuana industry creates a broad base of new donors, many of them entrepreneurs willing to spend to change drug policy. Unlike in the past, these supporters are not limited to a few wealthy people seeking change for personal reasons. They constitute ...

Article by Jordan Weissmann, Slate We live in a time of political acrimony, a moment when both candidates for president are loathed by large chunks of the public and our elections have come to feel like quadrennial skirmishes in a cultural civil war. But you know what voters are starting to agree on? Weed. Gallup reports today that 60 percent ...

Article by Jeff Siegel, High Finance Report Check out this chart that’s making its rounds on Twitter right now … While I have no love for the man that squatted at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave from 1969 to 1974, it would be dishonest to say that Nixon started the war on drugs. Sure he “declared” it on national television, but the ...