A looming referendum in California on whether to legalize marijuana has fuelled a debate among bloggers and pundits over this question: Could legalization in the United States cripple the Canadian economy?
Industrial-sized marijuana production could bring need cash to Oakland and further the legitimacy of the marijuana industry. But will competition, legal risks and the unknown economic effects from potential legalization make it a bumpy road?
Scott Van Rixel, an American chocolatier, is trying to do something Western businesses have often failed to accomplish: trademark a common Indian word.
In a lively, standing room only meeting, the Oakland city council voted Tuesday night to approve on first reading a city-wide plan for the cultivation of medical marijuana in four new large-scale factories.