Four States End Marijuana Prohibition, Three Adopt Medical Marijuana Laws in Historic Election – MPP

WASHINGTON — California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada voted to end marijuana prohibition and Arkansas, Florida, and North Dakota adopted medical marijuana laws Tuesday in the most momentous election to date for marijuana policy reform. Montana approved an initiative to re-establish patients’ access to medical marijuana providers, which was hindered by state lawmakers, and create a more […]

Recreational marijuana on the ballot in five states – CNN.com

Voters in five states will get to decide whether marijuana should be legal to use recreationally. (CNN)On this election day, voters in five stateswill get to decide whether marijuana should be legal to use recreationally. It’s on the ballot in California, Massachusetts, Maine, Arizona and Nevada. Voters will also decide whether it should be used for […]

Bad News for California MMJ Patients in Nevada | Nevada Medical Marijuana

According to the Las Vegas Sun, the Nevada Attorney General’s Office has issued an opinion regarding how Nevada dispensaries can do business, and it’s not a good one. The opinion will not only affect [the] patients from California, but the Nevada medical marijuana industry as a whole.The AG released an opinion stating that Nevada dispensaries […]

Public Meetings across California: Cultivation Licensing, Seed-to-Sale Tracking, Environmental Impact Report – Marijuana Media

The CA Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) is developing regulations to establish cannabis cultivation licensing and a track and trace system, collectively referred to as the Medical Cannabis Cultivation Program (MCCP). The overall purpose of CDFA’s licensing program is to ensure medical cannabis cultivation is performed in a manner that protects the environment, cannabis […]

Some County’s in California are “opting out” of marijuana sales.

As California voters prepare to vote in November on whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider an ordinance prohibiting such business in the county’s unincorporated areas. In an effort to stay up-to-date on new and proposed laws regarding medical and recreational marijuana, the county […]

California voters will most likely legalize recreational marijuana this November

Source – LA Times : California voters will most likely legalize recreational marijuana this November – LA Times California is on its way to recreational marijuana. California regulators have been working hard to improve the California medical program and seed to sale tracking in hopes that it will help to set the framework for the recreational program.   […]

California’s First Medical Marijuana Chief to Create New State Agency, IT Systems

California has its first weed czar — otherwise known as chief of its Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation — and it’s a Republican, Lori Ajax, who is now chief deputy director of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. If Ajax, 50, is approved, she will get the rare opportunity in Sacramento to create a […]