Feb 3, 2014 | Cannabis
Colorado’s Denver County is adding cannabis-themed contests to its 2014 summer fair. It’s the first time pot plants will stand alongside tomato plants and homemade jam in competition for a blue ribbon. There won’t actually be any marijuana at the... read moreJan 30, 2014 | Cannabis
A federal bill that would legalize marijuana is currently the most-viewed piece of legislation on the official U.S. Congress website. The bill, entitled Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2013 (H.R. 499), was introduced in February by Colorado Representative... read moreJan 21, 2014 | Cannabis
Washington (CNN) – Marijuana, which is still placed in the same category as heroin, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms by the federal government, is no more dangerous than alcohol, President Barack Obama said in an interview published 19 January 2014. Speaking to... read moreJan 20, 2014 | Cannabis
Uruguay becomes first nation to legalise marijuana trade … The Uruguayan government hopes legalising the sale of marijuana will tackle drug cartels … Uruguay’s cannabis bill reflects liberal past … Uruguay has become the first country in the... read moreJan 17, 2014 | Cannabis
A former supervisor for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is making a rather drastic career change by supporting the legal marijuana industry. Patrick Moen spent years fighting methamphetamine and heroin traffickers in Portland, OR, but has now become the... read moreJan 16, 2014 | Cannabis
According to a report in the Rocky Mountain News, 37 people were killed across the state on Jan. 1, the first day the drug became legal for all adults to purchase. Several more are clinging onto life in local emergency rooms and are not expected to survive.... read more