The New South Wales town of Nimbin is a throwback to the seventies, complete with brightly-painted buildings, scores of people wearing tie-dye, and shops full of hemp products.
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Black people are banned from weed business
Zulu, a Maryland resident who calls himself the African Herbalist, sells marijuana on the black market. The 32-year-old is using a pseudonym to avoid being picked up for breaking the law in his home state and in the District of Columbia, where he delivers loose weed, edibles, oils and rubs to customers who call him. But Zulu says he’d much rather be in the business legally. [Read more…]
And.. another country legalizes weed: Uruguay
Uruguay is preparing to sell legal marijuana in pharmacies all across the country, but there are some concerns among those overseeing recreational cannabis production that some of the restrictions and cost could prevent the potential of the marketplace from being realized. It is for that reason that the country’s largest cannabis cultivator is reportedly getting involved with the production of industrial hemp. [Read more…]
DEA Wins the Battle but Is Losing the War on Marijuana
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s refusal to decontrol marijuana has raised the hackles of doctors, patient advocacy groups, cannabis entrepreneurs, and potheads almost everywhere. Under the agency’s recent directive, marijuana remains an illegal, controlled substance like heroin and LSD that has no medical value. But unlike most federal regulations, the DEA move will have little to no effect on state-level marijuana politics. [Read more…]
Prop 64: Adult Use of Marijuana
What would Prop 64 do?
- Prop 64 would legalize marijuana and hemp in California. Pot is already legal for medical use. This would go further and legalize it for recreational use.
- Adults 21 or older could have up to an ounce of pot and grow up to six plants.
- You could not consume marijuana in public or drive high.
- You could not give any to minors.
- There would be a 15% sales tax imposed.
- Commercial growers would have to be licensed. They will be taxes at $9.75 per ounce of flowers and $2.75 per ounce of leaves. (Medical marijuana is excluded.)
- Packaging, labeling, advertising and marketing of cannabis would be regulated. But advertising to children is prohibited.
- To prevent corporations from getting a monopoly, big companies would have to wait five years to get a license. (Big tobacco has been considering getting into the pot business for years.)
- It would also allow certain people convicted of marijuana violations to be re-sentenced and/or get their records cleared.
- Pot shops could not be located within 600 feet of school or where children gather.
- Create environmental regulations for the efficient use of water and safe use of pesticides.
- Hemp could be grown as an agricultural product and academic research.