The intersection of cannabis and politics promises to be a hot-button issue this year and NDRN Green promises to bring you the latest in cannapolitics. As a first step in bringing you in on the ground level of what’s going on, we have this report from the NCIA’s first quarterly cannabis caucus in Washington, D.C. Tuesday evening the NCIA organized… Read more →
As cannabis clubs present issues to local governments across the country, Alaska is on track to become the first state with legal clubs. What is a cannabis club? Think Amsterdam — cafes where you can hang out and use cannabis. Back in 2014, Alaska voters passed recreational consumption of cannabis for adults over the age of 21 and agreed to the creation of… Read more →
On Tuesday, the D.C. city council voted to let the ban on smoking cannabis in privately owned businesses expire — for about a half hour. Then two council members took back their votes, reversing a secure majority of five votes down to only three. Prior to his change of heart, council member Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) got a call he could… Read more →
New Years is around the corner and 2016 promises to be a very decisive year for America with the presidential elections in November and a lot of interest in cannabis legislation at the state level. With full legalization and medical marijuana having passed a handful of state legislatures across the country, 2016 will most likely have many states reassessing their stance on… Read more →
There’s a lot of misinformation making the rounds on the internet regarding the medical cannabis provision in the federal spending bill signed by Obama on Friday. Allow me to clear the smoke and tell you what this really means for the cannabis community. Here are some of the incorrect headlines: Federal Ban Lifted On Medical Marijuana, Provision Lifting The Ban… Read more →
