Legal Related Massachusetts Residents Must Choose Marijuana or Guns by Sophia Vida July 17, 2018 Massachusetts has legalized recreational marijuana and now some will have to choose their marijuana over guns. It was in June that Overwatch Outpost Outfitters in Charlemont, Massachusetts, posted a letter onto its Facebook fro...
Legal Related NY Department of Health Thinks Legal Recreational Marijuana Would be Beneficial by Sophia Vida July 13, 2018 A new report issued by New York's Department of Health has found that legalizing recreational marijuana could provide positive impacts for the residents of the state. In a 75-page report, possible effects of creating a state-re...
Legal Related Lawsuits Filed in Ohio Over Medical Marijuana Rules by Sophia Vida July 13, 2018 Many are not too happy with the medicinal marijuana rules that Oklahoma has decided on. According to KOCO 5, two lawsuits have been filed against the controversial rules. Green the Vote, a pro-marijuana group, filed a lawsuit ...
Legal Related A Judge Orders New Jersey Town to Pay for a Man’s Medicinal Marijuana by Sophia Vida July 13, 2018 It was in June that a judge ordered Freehold Township to reimburse Steven McNeary for his marijuana. McNeary uses the drug for muscular spasticity and his case is the first to order insurance to cover medicinal marijuana. Ju...
Legal Related Michigan Has Awarded its First Medical Marijuana License by Sophia Vida July 13, 2018 It was this week that Michigan awarded its very first medical marijuana license. The state granted licenses to four large grow operations in Chesaning, as well as a dispensary and processor in Ann Arbor, and a secure transport ...
Legal Related Oklahoma Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Rules by Sophia Vida July 12, 2018 Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed some pretty strict rules this week to regulate the state's medical marijuana program. The rules include the banning of smokable forms of marijuana at dispensaries. The Oklahoma State Board ...
Legal Related North Dakota Could be Voting to Legalize Marijuana This Fall by Sophia Vida July 12, 2018 North Dakota voters may be able to vote on whether they want to legalize recreational marijuana in the state this November. A grassroots campaign led by groups such as Legalize ND and ND Legalization Initiative, among others, h...
Legal Related West Springfield Doesn’t Want Marijuana in Its Nooks by Sophia Vida July 11, 2018 Massachusetts may have legalized recreational marijuana but there is one city not interested in the drug. West Springfield residents are not accepting the drug in their area. District 5 Councilor Daniel M. O'Brien said, "Yes...
Legal Related The DEA Released a New Set of Slang Terms for Marijuana by Sophia Vida July 11, 2018 It's that time. The DEA’s annual list of drug slang terms is out. Here's this year's list of slang terms for cannabis: A-Bomb Alfalfa Almohada AZ Bazooka Bionic Blue Dream Branches Café Cajita Camara Diosa Verd...
Legal Related Judge Says No to Marijuana as Holy Sacrament by Sophia Vida July 10, 2018 A judge has said no to the First Church of Cannabis which argued that the marijuana laws in Indiana restrict its religious freedom. Indiana Judge Sheryl Lynch of the Marion Circuit Court, has ruled against the First Church of C...