Legal Related Iowa State University Loses Appeal To Prevent Print of Marijuana T-Shirt by Sophia Vida June 15, 2017 While a t-shirt with a marijuana leaf on it doesn't seem too controversial, things kind of change when you add a university's logo to the t-shirt as well. It seems that Iowa State University administrators are trying to avoid t...
Legal Related Massachusetts Bill Rewrite Could Double Taxes on Adult-use Cannabis by Sophia Vida June 15, 2017 It's safe to say that many marijuana advocates in the state of Massachusetts have not been happy about a bill rewrite. A bill was supposed to be unveiled on Wednesday that would double the existing tax rate on adult-use cannabis. ...
Trends & Articles Millennials in California Want Marijuana Over Alcohol by Sophia Vida June 15, 2017 According to a new study from this year, California's millennials aged 18-29 are wanting cannabis over alcohol. The study was conducted by a Southern California based cannabis company named OutCo and was done in partnership wit...
Legal Related Attorney General Jeff Sessions Wants to Crack Down on State-Legal Cannabis by Sophia Vida June 14, 2017 In a letter on May 1st, President Trump's Attorney General Jeff Sessions wrote to congressional leaders, urging federal lawmakers to oppose a provision in the president's $1.1 trillion spending bill. The bill has a provision that ...
Trends & Articles The Secret Service Can Now Smoke Cannabis by Sophia Vida June 14, 2017 Who would have thought that it would be hard to find employees who haven't smoked marijuana before? This is apparently the case for the Secret Service. According to the agency's new director, Randolph Alles, he has become so ex...
Legal Related Florida Attorney To Sue Over Smoking Cannabis Ban by Sophia Vida June 14, 2017 Florida's legislature passed a bill that enacted the state's constitutional amendment to expand the use of medical marijuana. Unfortunately smoking it is banned however. The legislation which passed this past Friday, offers patien...
Trends & Articles Wynn & Encore Las Vegas Casino Has Banned MassRoots CEO From Gambling by Sophia Vida June 13, 2017 Isaac Dietrich, the CEO of MassRoots, can probably do a lot of things, but gambling in Vegas at two certain casinos isn't one of them. Last week, Dietrich as well as an investor who just purchased controlling interest in the ma...
Trends & Articles Nearly $8 Million Worth of Pot Was Just Found by Sophia Vida June 13, 2017 A very valuable amount of marijuana was just found in Texas. According to the Walker County Sheriff's Office, $7,866,000 worth of marijuana plants were found on a property this past Friday. The Office was dispatched to a possib...
Trends & Articles A Weed Smell in The Cavelier’s Locker Room? by Sophia Vida June 10, 2017 We're in the NBA Finals, and apparently the Cav's locker room has had a marijuana aroma tonight during Game 2. Mike Wise tweeted, "Cavs locker room has a strong reefer aroma to it tonight. Hey, it's Cali. You're down 2-0 and it...
Legal Related New York Veterans Are Pushing For Medical Marijuana For PTSD by Sophia Vida June 10, 2017 Bob Becker, the legislative director of the state Council of Veterans Organizations, was at the Capital this week lobbying lawmakers. He says, "I think it is time that we start taking care of the people that have PTSD." “If y...