Activism

Cannabis Construction: Entrepreneurs Using Hemp for Home-Building

Matt A.V. Chaban ~ New York Times ~

A former Wall Street analyst believes hemp-based building materials can transform both agriculture and construction throughout New York.

Activism 07 July 2015

The group MILegalize launched its signature gathering efforts at a rally in front of the state Capitol last week. Credit Jake Neher / MPRN

Money a key factor in race to legalize marijuana in Michigan

Jake Neher ~ Michigan Radio ~

The race is on to legalize marijuana in Michigan in 2016.

At least three groups are working to put the question in front of voters. But money will play a big role in deciding which of those groups actually makes the ballot.

Activism 03 July 2015

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Emily Knowlton, 19, jokes around with her sister Isabelle, 10, who is among dozens of Utah epileptic children and adults now receiving therapeutic hemp oil with permission from the state.

Utah parents say hemp oil is a breakthrough epilepsy treatment

Annie Knox ~ The Salt Lake Tribune ~

Utah families of children with intractable epilepsy say cannabis treatment is a breakthrough; lawmaker plans to push extension.

Activism 28 June 2015

Image of Oaksterdam University holding a cannabis seminar for those interested in the product. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)

Cannabis college hosts D.C. marijuana seminar

Dennis Foley ~ WTOP.com ~

Oaksterdam University brings to Washington, D.C. the city’s first certified career training program for candidates seeking to enter the legal cannabis industry.

Activism 28 June 2015

Darryl Lewis holds a sign outside the First State Compassion Center near Wilmington. (Photo: SUCHAT PEDERSON/THE NEWS JOURNAL)

First medical cannabis clinic in Delaware opens

Karl Baker ~ DelawareOnline ~

Delaware's first medical marijuana dispensary opened Friday, four years after the state Legislature legalized its use.

Activism 26 June 2015

2011 file photo of an unidentified man smokes medical marijuana during karaoke night at the Cannabis Cafe, in Portland, Ore. At a July 3 event, Weed the People, people will gather to smoke legally and receive free marijuana from Oregon growers. (AP Photo)

Marijuana giveaway and smokeout event will celebrate legalization in Portland

Jamie Hale ~ OregonLive ~

On July 1, recreational marijuana will officially be legal in Oregon. Some kind of celebration, a commemoration of the occasion, was inevitable.

Activism 25 June 2015

New proposal: Allow more places for pot use in Denver

Ricardo Baca ~ The Cannabist ~

Activists who legalized pot via Amendment 64 are now pushing for a liberal consumption initiative in Denver that would allow indoor vaping and outdoor smoking at amenable bars, spaces

Activism 18 June 2015

Image of Shona Banda, who is being persecuted in Kansas for medical marijuana use

Garden City mom turns herself in, faces charges in marijuana-use case

Gabriella Dunn ~ The Wichita Eagle ~

Shona Banda, a Kansas marijuana advocate, turned herself in to authorities Monday on an arrest warrant with five charges relating to marijuana use.

Activism 16 June 2015

Image of a church super imposed on a marijuana leaf

Meet the state-recognised church of cannabis

BBC newsbeat ~

The First Church of Cannabis has been recognised as a church and charitable organisation in Indiana, despite the drug still being illegal in the state.

Activism 10 June 2015

Image of a walk-in medical marijuana clinic in Maine

Walk-in medical marijuana certification clinics now operating in Maine

Miane Sun Journal ~

BANGOR, Maine — A health care company that operates walk-in clinics in five states that specialize in qualifying people to use medical marijuana recently expanded into Maine, with locations in Bangor, Augusta, Biddeford, and a fourth planned for Auburn.

Activism 16 May 2015