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Marijuana Question Headed to Palo Alto Voters in 2012
Palo Alto California voters will face several weighty questions in November 2012.
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MLB Player Arrested With ‘Marijuana Peanut Butter Cups’
Houston Astros’ outfielder Jordan Schafer has been arrested in Florida and charged with felony possession of marijuana.
Feds Seize Bank Accounts of 2 Sacramento-Area Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Federal authorities have seized nearly $250,000 from the accounts of two Sacramento area dispensaries in a probe into alleged concealment of medical marijuana proceeds.
Bullock Pans ATF Stance on Marijuana Users and Guns
A new directive from the federal government’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives concerning the rights of medical marijuana patients to own or possess firearms runs contrary to state and federal law and should not be enforced, Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock told the U.S. Justice Department Monday.
American Marijuana Growers Could Beat This War on Drugs
The gruesome concomitants of the war on drugs were on display yet again last week in Mexico, where gangs continue to terrorise the public with impunity. The decapitated body of a crime-awareness blogger was found in Nuevo Laredo, the third of such killings to occur in the city over the last month.
IRS Ruling Strikes Fear in Medical Marijuana Industry
In a potentially crushing blow to the burgeoning medical marijuana industry, the IRS has ruled that dispensaries cannot deduct standard business expenses such as payroll, security or rent.
Oakland Medical Cannabis Club Owes IRS Millions in Back Taxes
The Internal Revenue Service has ordered Oakland's Harborside Health Center, the largest medical cannabis dispensary on the West Coast, to pay $2 million in taxes after ruling that the collective cannot deduct standard business expenses, such as payroll and rent.
How the Tax Code Could Destroy Medical Marijuana
The IRS has told California's largest provider of cannabis that it doesn't qualify for normal deductions, but a U.S. congressman is trying to change that
Montana Medical Marijuana Initiative Makes Ballot
An initiative that would let Montana voters undo legislative changes that gutted the state's medical marijuana law will be on the ballot in November 2012.
Prohibition: A Parallel to Modern War on Drugs
KEN Burns' new documentary on alcohol prohibition, premiering on PBS Sunday, reportedly begins with a Mark Twain quote: "It is the prohibition that makes anything precious."
