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For the first time in history, a state has generated more annual revenue from taxes imposed on marijuana than from taxes imposed on alcohol. According to the Colorado Department of Revenue, the state collected nearly $70 million in marijuana-specific taxes and just under $42 million in alcohol-specific taxes from July 1, 2014 through June 30,Read More …

Marijuana is now legal for adults in Alaska. Alaska on Tuesday becomes the third U.S. state to end prohibition of marijuana, officially putting into effect Ballot Measure 2, approved by 53 percent of state voters in November. Alaskans age 21 and older may now legally possess up to one ounce of marijuana, grow as manyRead More …

A subject that is not really mentioned in the Cannabis Industry very often is CONTAMINATION. Contamination is the act of making something impure or unsuitable by contact with something unclean or bad. There are numerous ways that plants become contaminated, and even after production of plants there is a risk in storage, drying and curingRead More …

It will soon be a full year in which adults were allowed to purchase marijuana from state-regulated dispensaries in Colorado. We’ve already passed the two-year mark allowing adults to possess an ounce of marijuana and use privately. Some Coloradans have chosen to cultivate marijuana legally for the last two years. Other than these groundbreaking policies,Read More …

What’s not to love about a product that both increases the intensity of an orgasm and gets you stoned at the same time? Enter entrepreneur Mathew Gerson, who recently launched a marijuana-infused sexual lubricant for women called Foria, which is essentially an intoxicating concoction of cannabis and coconut oil that will not only grease upRead More …

Predicting things to come has never been an accurate science from a human perspective ever in the history of Mankind! At best it is said that about 10% is down to chance occurrences and that seems to be our rate of prediction! Well I have a prediction that will reverse these percentages and it isRead More …

Authorized medical patients in Romania may now use marijuana to allay their pain under new provisions in two of the country’s narcotic laws. Romania legalized medical marijuana this week, becoming the 10th member of the European Union to do so, according to local reports. Currently, possession of marijuana is outlawed throughout the country. Though recreationalRead More …

WHAKAMANA: The grand opening of New Zealand’s first Cannabis Museum will be held at midday on Sunday October 6 in Dunedin. The Cannabis Museum of Aotearoa will open with an exhibit on the history of cannabis law reform activism at the University of Otago dating back to the 1970s, including the “420 protests” that have beenRead More …

MANILA, Philippines – Bureau of Immigration agents have arrested a Briton wanted for drug trafficking in the United States, acting Immigration Commissioner Siegfred Mison said Saturday. Mison said Gypsy Nirvana, 53, was apprehended after the US Embassy sought his arrest for allegedly manufacturing, exporting, and importing marijuana, and money laundering. “There will be no letupRead More …

Muralist Brian “TAZROC” Garcia has completed his latest public art installation, a mural depicting Marijuana activist Jack Herer, which can now be seen on the side of the Nile Collective building at 1501 Pacific Ave. Herer, known as the “Emperor of Hemp”, wrote “The Emperor wears no clothes” a book used in efforts to decriminalizeRead More …