Article by Jo Moir and Adele Redmond, Stuff Decriminalising cannabis would generate money for the Government and ease pressure on New Zealand’s courts according to an informal Treasury report. The documents obtained under the Official Information Act by Nelson lawyer Sue Grey came from an internal Treasury forum “to test policy thinking on a range of issues in the public ...

Article by Safon Floyd, Black Enterprise Meet Jeannette Ward, former seven-year Coca Cola career climber who recently took the smart leap into the cannabis industry. Ward serves as executive director (data and marketing) at MJ Freeway, the market leader in ‘seed to sell’ cannabis compliance software & professional consulting services. BlackEnterprise.com caught up with Ward to find out why she ...

Written by Mike Adams for High Times The three police officers with the Santa Ana Police Department that made headlines last year after surveillance footage from a raid on a medical marijuana dispensary showed them eating pot edibles and making fun of a disabled woman have been cast out into the unemployment line. Last Thursday, Corporal Anthony Bertanga, a spokesperson ...

Article by Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian It’s legal to possess, grow and buy marijuana in Oregon, but state clean air laws and local rules have put a damper on public festivals featuring giveaways and consumption. The Oregon Cannabis Association has found a way to host a summer fair where members of the public — as long as they’re 21 and older — can ...

Article by Oho Herer, The Weed Blog LeafedIn, a map-based app, is a 420-friendly twist on a unique and new concept specifically in the marijuana market and industry: free, anonymous, and most important of all focused on a person to person model. Even though it’s focus is the person to person model, it embraces every participant in the marijuana industry ...

Article by Jon Keller, CBS News This November, Massachusetts voters will decide on ballot question 4, which would allow the use, possession, distribution, and cultivation of limited amounts of marijuana by people 21 years old or older. Francy Wade of the Vote Yes On Question 4 Campaign and Hannah Kane of the Campaign for a Safe and Healthy Massachusetts sat ...

Article by Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press He ran twice for state representative — unsuccessfully — but also led triumphant petition campaigns in five Oakland County towns to decriminalize the possession of marijuana. Last week, 28-year-old Andrew Cissell of Oak Park began serving a 90-day sentence in the Oakland County Jail for having possessed and sold medical marijuana in amounts beyond the ...

Article by Jade R. Gardener, NY Daily News Sales of legal marijuana in Colorado are more potent than ever. According to the Colorado Department of Revenue as of May 2016 revenue from recreational and medicinal marijuana sales totaled $486 million. In April, sales hit an all-time high of $117 million but lost a little buzz, settling back down to $98.6 ...

Written by Brittney  Sanger for HERB Police discovered a massive cannabis farm in an underground Cold War nuclear bunker. The caretaker of the old Drakelow Tunnels, Wayne Robinson, now awaits prison after being found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court for his involvement in allowing the illegal operation. Officers found 900 plants in one tunnel, which is enough to produce 70K worth of class B ...

Article by Julie Weed, Forbes When young entrepreneur Steven Helfer put together a Facebook page about “dabbing” (smoking marijuana concentrate) featuring funny pictures, videos of people smoking and other pot-related content, he didn’t expect to get 110,000 “Likes.” And he didn’t expect to use it as a marketing platform to help launch a multi-million dollar business.  While mainstream advertising vehicles ...