Article by Jon Murray, The Denver Post Days after rejecting a competing measure for the November ballot, the Denver Elections Division on Thursday approved a proposed initiative that would allow social use of marijuana in some businesses. City voters will decide whether regular businesses, such as bars or cafes or even yoga studios, should be able to create indoor or outdoor consumption areas ...

Article by Jeremy Berke, Business Insider Colorado’s weed is getting much cheaper. In October, the cost of a wholesale pound of cannabis was around $2,400 to $2,600. That price has almost been cut in half to between $1,400 and $1,600 last month, according to data from Tradiv, an online marijuana-distribution platform. “In less than a year, we’ve seen wholesale prices drop ...

Article by Jessica Glenza, The Guardian About 10 million more Americans smoke marijuana now than 12 years ago, a new study in the British medical journal Lancet Psychiatry has found. The study comes as at least five states ready to vote on whether to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes, including California, which is considered a linchpin in the campaign for ...

Article by Mike Adams, Merry Jane Voters in Denver will not get the opportunity this year to decide whether the city should legalize the social use of marijuana in private clubs. A report from the Denver Post indicates that one of the two ballot measures fighting to provide cannabis consumers with the freedom to enjoy marijuana outside a private residence ...

Article by Adrian Frater, The Gleaner After a mere one-year partnership arrangement with the world-renown High Times Magazine, the local-based group Rastafari In Inity (RII) will be taking full control of the 2016 staging of the annual ganja festival, Rastafari Rootzfest, which will be staged from December 9-11 in Negril. “We are doing it with a total local flavour this ...

Article by Eli McVey, Marijuana Business Daily Cannatourism is alive and well in Colorado. Travelers who visited the state primarily for leisure purposes spent roughly $98 million at recreational marijuana stores last year, accounting for nearly 17% of overall adult-use cannabis sales in Colorado, according to a first-of-its-kind estimate by Marijuana Business Daily. The figures don’t include marijuana purchases by ...

Article by Joe Klare, The Libertarian Republic “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” – 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution Yeah, about that. Yesterday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rocked the medical cannabis community by upholding a ...

Article by Matt Volz, Bozeman Daily Chronicle Medical marijuana dispensaries across Montana have closed their doors as new restrictions took effect Wednesday that limit pot providers to three patients apiece, leaving thousands of pot users registered with the state without a legal way to buy the drug. The restrictions begin after five years of unsuccessful court battles to overturn the ...

Article by Monterey Bud, Marijuana.com Purportedly reducing penalties for both marijuana and meth possession by the end of the year, Thailand’s officials are apparently cognizant of their constituents’ passion for marijuana reform — a recent poll showed the majority of respondents believe the Thai government should legalize marijuana. Polled on whether or not marijuana should be legalized in the beautiful Southeast Asian ...

Article by Keaton Fox, Fox 25 Oklahoma City State leaders don’t want the possibility of medical marijuana on the ballot and are intentionally stalling the process, proponents of the measure claim. State Question 788 would legalize medical marijuana.Proponents were able to get 67,761 signatures to send it to the ballot, but the process now is being slowed and the measure ...