Not long ago, Colorado had a disappointing first year of tax collections from marijuana. When one projects one figure, perhaps anything less is a letdown, and the first state to legalize recreational marijuana projected a bonanza. The more skimpy actual numbers lead some to sound the alarm that marijuana taxes were going up in smoke. But […]
California medical marijuana regulations might reflect laws for booze
Pushing hard to at last regulate California’s free-for-all medical marijuana industry, state lawmakers are wrestling with how a tightly regulated cannabis market would work. Increasingly, the answer looks to be a lot like the market for alcohol. Read more »
Medical Marijuana Often Mislabeled
The quality and labeling of edible medical marijuana is being called into question, according to a proof of concept study published in JAMA. Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine composed a research letter after investigating the labeling accuracy of edible medical marijuana products in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Using an internet directory of dispensaries, […]
A Day in the Life of a Cannabis Farmer
Many of us hardly stop to think about where our weed comes from. Beyond the standard plastic bag exchange, marijuana’s origins generally remain a mystery. So, when I connected with a handful of cannabis farmers to better understand their lives I hardly knew what to expect. My mind flashed between media headlines – ‘marijuana grow […]