Medical Marijuana Zone

Mirror man visits the Colorado Harvest Company and tries his first ever spliff but concludes, ‘it’s not for me’ Dotted along the street, the shops are easy to spot – with long queues of eager buyers snaking outside.

The question of whether alcohol or marijuana is worse for health is being debated once again, this time, sparked by comments that President Barack Obama made in a recent interview with The New Yorker magazine. “As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and […]

US banks are reluctant to provide services to marijuana business though 20 states and the District of Columbia have allowed either medical or recreational marijuana use.

Colorado marijuana dispensaries made huge sales in the first week of legal recreational marijuana. Owners of the 37 new dispensaries around the state reported first week retail sales to The Huffington Post that, when added together, were roughly $5 million. That’s a lot of green for Colorado’s legal weed.

Basing a tax on a fictitious price means no one will ever know the correct tax. Taxpayers will spend time and money trying to beat the system, and government will spend time and money in self-defense.

By GENE JOHNSON, The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — After nearly a year of research, planning and public hearings, Washington state is poised to approve the rules for its new legal marijuana industry.

SPRINGFIELD, Colo. (AP) — Southeast Colorado farmer Ryan Loflin tried an illegal crop this year. He didn’t hide it from neighbors, and he never feared law enforcement would come asking about it.