Medical marijuana could cost big pharma $4 billion a year
Once the federal government finally allows medical marijuana to become a legitimate part of the healthcare industry, Big Pharma could suffer the loss of billions of dollars, a new report finds. Read more »
Uruguay, the first country where you can smoke marijuana wherever you like
Alicia Castilla was watering the plants in her garden on a quiet Sunday afternoon when five police patrol cars screeched to a halt outside her home. A team of 14 officers “armed to the teeth” stormed through her gate and arrested the mild-mannered, 66-year-old intellectual. They seized everything they could find: computers, her mobile phone, […]
California’s Pot Chief Vows State Will Meet Compliance Deadline
SACRAMENTO—California’s chief marijuana regulator on Thursday told a gathering of growers, government officials and would-be entrepreneurs that the state will have a regulatory structure in place to oversee a developing multibillion-dollar cannabis market by Jan. 1. Read more »
Marijuana convictions go up in smoke with California legalization
LOS ANGELES Jay Schlauch’s conviction for peddling pot haunted him for nearly a quarter century. Read more »