Pot Draws Homeless To Colorado for Work

CBS 4 Denver:  “Legal marijuana is luring pot tourists and business entrepreneurs to Colorado, and it’s also attracting another demographic: the homeless, some of whom trek to the state in hopes of landing a job in the industry.  ‘There’s an enormous migration, even a homeless movement, so to speak,’ David Spencer, a homeless man from Tennessee, said. ‘I figured this would be a good place to start over’.”

By |2014-09-26T07:22:35-07:00September 26th, 2014|Colorado News, Stories & Articles|Comments Off on Pot Draws Homeless To Colorado for Work

Medical Marijuana Brings Entrepreneurial Boom to Phoenix

Upstart Business Journal:  “Dustin Johnson isn’t your average drug dealer.  Despite a rigorous religious upbringing and an early career in real estate, he found his true calling as president of Monarch Wellness Center, Scottsdale’s only medical marijuana dispensary.”

By |2014-09-17T20:43:06-07:00September 17th, 2014|Stories & Articles, Video|Comments Off on Medical Marijuana Brings Entrepreneurial Boom to Phoenix

Buffett Sells Upper Deck, Room to Grow Pot

Bloomberg:  “Ice cream, candy and soft drinks helped make Warren Buffett a billionaire. Now a subsidiary of his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is seeking to profit from pot.  Cubic Designs Inc., a unit of Berkshire’s MiTek business that makes platforms for maximizing usable floor space in warehouses, sent about 1,000 fliers to weed dispensaries in recent weeks, offering to help growers expand the number of plants they cultivate.

By |2014-09-13T07:07:37-07:00September 13th, 2014|Stories & Articles|Comments Off on Buffett Sells Upper Deck, Room to Grow Pot

Helicopter Phantoms Harvesting NorCal Marijuana Grows

CBS 5 KPIX:  “There’s been some mysterious activity in the skies over Mendocino County lately. Folks who live there want to know: Who are the armed men dropping out of helicopters to chop down their marijuana grows?  They dress in combat camouflage, some of them hide their faces. This summer, a group of men in Mendocino County loaded into helicopters and flew missions to eradicate marijuana. They’re not police officers. They work for a security company called Lear Asset Management.”

By |2014-09-13T07:04:50-07:00September 13th, 2014|California News, Stories & Articles|Comments Off on Helicopter Phantoms Harvesting NorCal Marijuana Grows

Berkeley to Pay for Pot for Low Income People

Huffington Post:  “A California city is offering a unique benefit for low-income residents: free marijuana.  Starting next summer, Berkeley residents who earn less than $32,000 per year (or $46,000 per family) and have a prescription for medical marijuana will be able to get it for free from one of the dispensaries operating within the city.  Under a law passed unanimously by the city council, dispensaries must set aside 2 percent of their pot for distribution to the poor.”

By |2014-09-06T07:04:56-07:00September 6th, 2014|California News, Stories & Articles|Comments Off on Berkeley to Pay for Pot for Low Income People

People Sue to Grow Medical Marijuana w/i 25 Miles of a Dispensary

Yourwestvalley.com:  “State health officials are facing a new legal challenge over a provision in the voter-approved Medical Marijuana Act that bars those who live within 25 miles of a dispensary from growing their own plants.  The lawsuit filed in Maricopa County Superior Court contends giving some the right to grow but not to others is a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Billy B. Hayes, who is not at attorney but filed the legal papers on behalf of himself and others, also contends the system gives dispensary operators a monopoly in violation of state constitutional provisions.”

 

By |2017-10-07T09:56:02-07:00September 4th, 2014|AZ Marijuana Law Lawsuits, Video|Comments Off on People Sue to Grow Medical Marijuana w/i 25 Miles of a Dispensary

States Prep for Marijuana DUIs

Christian Science Monitor:  “As states liberalize their marijuana laws, public officials and safety advocates worry that more drivers high on pot will lead to a big increase in traffic deaths. Researchers who have studied the issue, though, are divided on the question.  Studies of marijuana’s effects show that the drug can slow decision-making, decrease peripheral vision and impede multitasking, all of which are critical driving skills. But unlike with alcohol, drivers high on pot tend to be aware that they are impaired and they try to compensate by driving slowly, avoiding risky actions such as passing other cars, and allowing extra room between vehicles.”

By |2014-09-04T20:01:13-07:00September 1st, 2014|Marijuana Crimes, Video|Comments Off on States Prep for Marijuana DUIs
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