PHOENIX, Oct. 30, 2016 /Weed Wire/ — Arizona voters are receiving a phone message from Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon, encouraging them to “vote for taxing and regulating marijuana by voting ‘yes’ on Prop. 205.”
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The Biggest Legislative Marijuana Policy Reforms Of 2016
On July 29, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a bill removing the threat of arrest for small amounts of marijuana, capping a record year of legislative and administrative marijuana policy reforms throughout the country.
Gavin Newsom Explains Why Lawmakers Shouldn’t Be Neutral On Marijuana Legalization
PHILADELPHIA ― Gavin Newsom is a little tired of being the only state official in California to fully endorse legalizing recreational marijuana.
Increasing Numbers Of Americans Support Marijuana Legalization
A wave of recent polls shows that majorities of voters in six states, and a majority nationwide, support legalizing medical marijuana. Many voters also support legalizing marijuana for recreational use.
Obama Administration to Meet With Marijuana Advocates
An unnamed member of the Obama administration is set to meet with members of the marijuana advocacy group DCMJ to discuss marijuana reform.
Church Of Marijuana Gets Boost From Indiana’s Anti-Gay ‘Religious Freedom’ Bill
Indiana’s new “religious freedom” law has been widely criticized and condemned by many, but an innovative marijuana activist in the state is using the bill’s legal protections as a means to set up a new religious sect — the First Church of Cannabis.
Legalization Needs Federal Assurance
The biggest boost to cannabis investor confidence would come in the form of governmental assurance that their investments will not be undone.
Flat Cannabis Friday
Equity markets experienced its best weekly gain of the year. We are quickly erasing the recent correction and are now back to levels from two weeks ago. The S&P 500 closed with a gain of 0.73% to 1965.
Cannabis Should Mean More than Taxes
$3,098,866,907 – that’s a lot of bread. In fact, that figure is more than twice as much as the entire 2013 budget for the Small Business Administration, according to NerdWallet. That $3 billion figure came from a study conducted by the aforementioned personal finance site; $3 billion represents the amount of revenue the United States would see from taxes every year if marijuana were legalized throughout the country.
This Rapper Just Won the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge with Marijuana
Just when you thought all variations on the Ice Bucket Challenge had been exhausted, rapper B-Real from Cypress Hill shows up with a bucket of marijuana.
The ‘Steve Jobs Of Weed’ Says There’s No Reason To Fear Cannabusiness
For residents in states where medical marijuana is legal, having a neighborhood “go to pot” might not be so bad. And as Illinois prepares to throw open its doors for businesses that sell legal weed, a marijuana activist is speaking out to clarify some misconceptions about cannabusiness.