Article by Becky Bohrer and Mark Thiessen, The Associated Press via News 1130 Marijuana regulators in Alaska on Thursday narrowly rejected a proposal that would have made the state the first in the nation to allow marijuana consumers to use the pot that they buy at the retail stores selling it. In a 3-2 vote, the Alaska Marijuana Control board ...

Article by Matthew Spina, The Buffalo News A drug-policy consultant will visit Buffalo on Tuesday to argue that New York should legalize recreational marijuana not simply because, in his view, the current system squanders police resources, targets certain minorities and fosters a dangerous, underground economy. Legalizing marijuana, says Nicolas Eyle, can help counter the deadly opiate epidemic sweeping the nation ...

Article by Mike Adams, Merry Jane California’s highest court is not sure whether it’s a good idea for a representative of the court to get into the business of legal marijuana. Earlier this week, the California Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions (CJEO) published a formal advisory that suggests judges should not be permitted to invest in any company ...

Article by Alan Brochstein, New Cannabis Ventures ScottsMiracle-Gro (NYSE: SMG) reported its FY17-Q1 results for the quarter ending 12/31/16 on January 31st, with sales of $247mm in what is a seasonally slow quarter rising 27%. Driving the sales growth was the performance of their “Other” segment, which includes the Hawthorne Gardening Company as well as their Canadian and Asia Pacific businesses, ...

Article by The Associated Press via The Guardian Nothing produces awkward NFL moments quite like watching the commissioner parry all those thorny issues involving the league’s oldest and newest troublemakers – the Raiders and Patriots. Reporters spent time poking Roger Goodell about Deflategate, the Raiders’ now-threatened move to Las Vegas, and other delicate topics at the commissioner’s less-formal, less-crowded and, ...

Article by Jim Lauria, Water Online For years, I’ve been standing on my deck in San Francisco, looking south to Silicon Valley for innovation in water efficiency. But I’m starting to realize that I might have been gazing in the wrong direction. Maybe I need to turn around and look north, over the spires of the Golden Gate Bridge, toward ...

Article by Mark Thiessen The Associated Press via Metro News Alaska brothers James and Giono Barrett have a dream: that some of the scores of cruise ship passengers who crowd the streets of the state capital each summer will one day use their shore excursions to kick back and light up a joint in a pot store’s lounge. The Barretts ...

Article by Eleisha Foon, News Hub A disgruntled woman who was frustrated over the price of marijuana in her community thought calling the police and demanding they investigate was the best way to help solve her problem. The woman, from Australia’s Northern Territory, reported her local drug dealer had asked for more money than usual, but quickly hung up when ...

Article by Angus MacKinnon, TheLocal.it It’s every stoner’s nightmare: marijuana plants as far as the eye can see and not a spliff in sight. “No, I have never tried it, and I don’t have any intention of trying it either,” says Antonio Medica, the colonel in charge of the Italian military’s cannabis laboratory in Florence. As he inspects pristine plant ...

Article by Andrew Littlefield, Ceros Imagine turning on your TV to watch a football game. You can probably guess the kinds of products you’ll see advertised: cars, chips, soda, insurance, and—of course—lots and lots of beer. But what if you tuned into the big game and saw a celebrity in an ad for… marijuana? It may not be as far-fetched ...