In this Jan. 7, 2016 photo, Neil Closner, MedReleaf, chief executive officer poses for photographs at the growing facility in Markham, Ontario. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
Canada officially moved to legalize recreational marijuana on Thursday when the government introduced legislation allowing the possession of small amounts of cannabis. The new law also sets regulations for the sale, growth, and purchase of the plant.
Southern states became worried about the dangers this drug would bring and newspapers began calling Mexican cannabis use a “marijuana menace.”
Sunday night, John Oliver took on the attempts by Trumpist Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, to reinvigorate the War on Drugs. The segment (above) is worth watching in its entirety. Oliver, if course, is hilarious-- but Sessions isn't. Recently Sessions took another patently absurd shot at the marijuana industry, this time, though, it was directly aimed at Medical Marijuana, which even Trump acknowledges is a fact of life he doesn't want to make a fuss over. Sessions:
(ANTIMEDIA) California could soon codify resistance to federal marijuana prohibition if state lawmakers pass a recently introduced bill. Assembly Bill 1578 seeks to bar law enforcement in California from cooperating with federal authorities in ways that violate the state’s cannabis laws.
Farmers in a region of Italy have a unique use for cannabis, and it has nothing to do with getting high. It seems that the low-THC hemp helps decontaminate polluted soil.
Vincenzo Fornaro says:
“For generations, our family produced ricotta and meat.”
Michael Cardenas shows off his medical marijuana after purchase outside Arizona Organix, the first legal medical marijuana dispensary to open in Arizona. (AP Photo)
An ultraviolet growth light illuminates a marijuana plant in a grow room at the 3D Dispensary in Denver. (AP/David Zalubowski, file)
DENVER — Colorado is considering an unusual strategy to protect its nascent marijuana industry from a potential federal crackdown, even at the expense of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax collections.
A bill pending in the Legislature would allow pot growers and retailers to reclassify their recreational pot as medical pot if a change in federal law or enforcement occurs.
