6 Ideas For Enjoying 4/20 This Year… Like An Adult 4/20 week is upon us, perhaps the most important stoner holiday of the entire year. This day plays an important role in cannabis culture, but there’s so much more you can do to celebrate it than just doing the same old…
Breckenridge pot shops are a bad place to try your luck with a fake ID, but plenty of underage tourists still haven’t gotten the memo. There have been 178 fake ID cases originating from Breckenridge marijuana shops since Jan. 2017, according to the town’s municipal court. The numbers vary widely…
Real Life Example of Cannabis Reducing Crime For the longest time cannabis advocates have been pointing out the correlation between reduced crime rates and legalization. For many years, prohibitionists have refuted the idea claiming that “by increasing access to intoxicants, you won’t reduce crime”, however today we have a real…
Published: Mar 29, 2017, 1:08 pm • Updated: Mar 29, 2017, 1:11 pm By Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post The Drug Enforcement Administration takes billions of dollars in cash from people who are never charged with criminal activity, according to a report issued Wednesday by the Justice Department’s Inspector General.…
Published: Nov 21, 2016, 9:40 am • Updated: Nov 21, 2016, 9:40 am By Andrew Selsky, The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. — About 30 counties and cities in the state approved some type of Oregon marijuana business in the 2016 election, and officials in those communities now must establish rules…
Published: Oct 10, 2016, 9:04 am • Updated: Oct 10, 2016, 9:04 am By The Associated Press TIRANA, Albania — Albanian police say they have seized and destroyed 2.4 million marijuana plants discovered in the country this year. Police Chief Haki Cako said Friday that the 219 hectares (540 acres)…
Published: Oct 5, 2016, 8:33 am • Updated: Oct 5, 2016, 8:33 am By The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois medical marijuana sales reached more than $ 3.8 million last month at licensed dispensaries throughout the state. The state released new monthly sales figures Wednesday. September’s sales figures bring…
Published: Sep 29, 2016, 5:20 pm • Updated: Sep 30, 2016, 7:30 am By Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post Since the legalization of recreational marijuana, the Denver Police Department has struggled to stash the weed its narcotics officers confiscate. Now, the department is asking Denver City Council to approve $…
Published: Sep 27, 2016, 5:56 am • Updated: Sep 27, 2016, 5:58 am By Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post Arrests for simple marijuana possession in the United States fell to nearly a two-decade low last year, according to new statistics released Monday by the FBI. The number of arrests for…
According to data just released by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, New York City marijuana arrests in 2015 dropped to under 17,000 for the first time since 1996. The 16,590 arrests for low-level marijuana possession in 2015 is a 42% decline from the 26,386 in 2014…