This week, Smoke Signals goes around the world in cannabis news, starting in the Great White North: Legalization in Alaska Santa may be extra jolly this year, as last week brought the revelation that the North Pole has a commercial cannabis growing operation. OK, the grow op is not at the North Pole. As far […]
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The Battle to Smoke in a Public Space
As Smoke Signals noted a few weeks ago, Denver took a big leap forward last month by becoming the first major city to legalize “social” use of cannabis. After Colorado legalized cannabis in 2014, Denverites began exploring the limits of the new law. Like other nearby towns, entrepreneurs in Colorado’s largest city sought to open […]
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Was It All Just a Blue Dream?
Many Americans of many different backgrounds have been gripped with fear over the possible consequences of the recent presidential election. But one group of “undesirable” Americans has been overlooked. This is a different kind of group, one not based on ethnicity or religion, but rather employment status. Thousands of Oregonians are either employees or owners […]
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Cannabis Under Cinnamon Man
Will Trump’s election mark the end of legal cannabis in the United States?
Legal cannabis is a $22 billion-a-year industry in the United States. That’s “billion,” with a “B”. Most states now allow medical cannabis and over 68 million American adults can legally buy recreational cannabis. Less than 20 years after California began cannabis legalization, the industry is set to surpass the tobacco industry and rival the size […]
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Denver Legalizes Social Use of Cannabis
The recent national election resulted in some huge steps forward for legal cannabis. California tripled the size of the legal recreational cannabis market in the United States. Massachusetts and Maine brought legal recreational cannabis to the east coast for the first time. Voters in Florida set a record for cannabis approval, with 71 percent saying […]
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Economic Boom
If you weren’t convinced that legit pot benefits the economy, here’s proof
If you weren’t convinced that legit pot benefits the economy, here’s proof
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Frivolous Lawsuits Go Up in Smoke
The Kansas attorney general unintentionally proves that cannabis legalization is working
When Colorado legalized cannabis in 2012, government officials in the conservative neighboring states of Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma were not pleased. Police in those states claimed that they were overwhelmed with cannabis being trafficked from Colorado and went so far as to suggest that Colorado should pay for their increased law enforcement costs. Around the […]
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The People Have Spoken
Weed has never been more popular
Americans’ opinions about cannabis have changed dramatically over the last decade and are now “nearly the reverse” of what they were as recently as 2006, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center. The poll, conducted in late August and early September, found that 57 percent of adults favor legalizing cannabis and just […]
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Who Opposes Cannabis Legalization?
Just follow the money!
This November, more Americans will vote on the question of legalizing cannabis than ever before. Voters in five states will vote on so-called recreational use, and voters in another four states will vote on medical marijuana. Recreational use is currently legal in four states, and medical use is legal in 25 states. The District of […]
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Industry Panic
As a new regulatory deadline passes, pot businesses call for an extension
As of Oct. 1, Oregon Liquor Control Commission rules require cannabis products to meet new, higher standards for testing, packaging and labeling. The new rules center around product testing, and are designed to ensure more accurate tests for potency and pesticides. As of the end of September, the OLCC has approved just six labs in […]