What Would Actually Happen if the DEA Rescheduled Cannabis?
In a 25-page memo to Congress last month, the DEA quietly announced it would make a determination on whether to reschedule cannabis from Schedule I — drugs the DEA considers as having high potential for abuse and no medical value — to a lower schedule. Since the announcement, cannabis advocates have been celebrating at the prospect […]
Santa Cruz County medical cannabis cultivation rules take shape
SANTA CRUZ >> Medical cannabis growers may be able to register their operation this summer, a first step as Santa Cruz County supervisors move to create a regulated marketplace for a closeted industry that rang up $32 million in sales at 14 local dispensaries last year. Read more »
Up in smoke: For a second time, Missouri rejects medical marijuana
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A proposal to legalize medical marijuana was quashed Wednesday in the Missouri House, marking the second time this year it has been defeated by lawmakers. Read more »
Legal pot industry descends on Florida as voters consider medical marijuana
ORLANDO — With the first medical marijuana in Florida expected to be available later this year and an expansion initiative on the November ballot, the nation’s budding legal pot industry has descended on Orlando this week for a conference and trade show. Read more »