Associated Press in Denver

 
A campaign is under way to ask Denver voters about allowing marijuana consumption in bars and other places that only allow people over 21.
Activists who campaigned for recreational pot legalisation in Colorado have launched a petition drive to allow what they call “limited social marijuana consumption” at bars. The activists need about 5,000 signatures to get the question on November ballots.
It would allow bars or clubs to allow marijuana use as long as patrons bring their own weed and comply with clean-air laws. That means the pot they consume would have to be edible, or if smoked, consumed on an outside patio, matching the way cigarette smoking is regulated now. Outdoor smoking sites would have to be shielded from public view.
 
Full Article:
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/03/denver-campaign-marijuana-consumption-bars

VIRGINIA WINDER

 
 
“Russell has another use for the woody material. “I have been doing trials and research into using it as a bio-filter to take smells out of the air.”
His cousin has a bach up the Mokau River at Awakau where there was a family gathering in summer. “I predicted the long drop might be a bit smelly and my daughter is a bit precious.”
So he took a bale of hemp mulch with him and when he opened the door of the outside loo Russell knew he’d done the right thing. “The blowflies nearly chased me out. The smell… it was not pretty.”
He dumped the hemp into the hole and within minutes there was no smell. “All the ladies, seven or eight of them, all used it and were quite happy, so I was pretty chuffed that day.
“A few months later there was still no smell. It was just incredible.”
 
Full Article:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/lifestyle/69901824/virginia-winder-preaching-the-miracles-of-hemp

Laura Brodbeck , Benzinga Staff Writer

 
In the U.S., there has been a recent push among consumers for all natural, locally grown, healthy foods and beverages. The trend has boosted small businesses and forced name brands to change up their marketing tactics, but now that idea of fresh, local produce is making its way into the cannabis industry.
Full Article:
http://www.benzinga.com/news/15/07/5644778/get-your-greens-farm-to-table-marijuana

By Cory

 
In five years, there’s a good chance you’ll be able to drive to Arlington, pick up some weed, blow some dough at the casino and get married to your same-sex partner.
And a hell of a night that’ll be, for sure.
 
Full Article:
http://centraltrack.com/Culture/7289/Legalize-It/Which-Comes-Next-To-Texas-Legal-Weed-Or-Legal-Gambling

By Alexandra Ossola

 
Marijuana may be one of the most popular drugs in the world, but marijuana is notoriously difficult to research, particularly in the United States. Access to cannabis plants for research is tightly controlled, the official supply is extremely limited, and tons of bureaucratic red tape means that studies are often delayed by years. But tomorrow, the White House will announce an updated policy for marijuana research, making it easier for scientists to access the plant and better understand how it can be used for medicinal purposes.
 
Full Article:
http://www.popsci.com/white-house-lifts-restrictions-marijuana-research

Trevor Hughes

 
WALSENBURG, Colo. – A developer’s plan to build hundreds of cannabis greenhouses could make this tiny southern Colorado town one of the nation’s largest producers of legal marijuana.
The town sold 330 acres of municipal land for more than $1 million to create a campus for growing, processing and distribution, with the marijuana to be trucked 160 miles north to consumers in metro Denver. Walsenburg is a former coal mining town that never recovered when the mines closed by the 1960s, and its population has dropped to fewer than 3,000 residents. In Huerfano County, which is home to Walsenburg, 20% of the population lives below poverty level.
 
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/22/colorado-walsenburg-marijuana-facility/29110033/

by L L Kellerman (Author)
 

 
As more and more states legalize marijuana for medical and recreational use, and with the current administration no longer willing to take orders from the likes of the DEA, it’s becoming clear the public no longer buys into the concept of ‘demon weed’ and reefer madness’ perpetrated on us since at least the 1930s and the days of the ‘Marihuana Tax Act’ (mis-spelled by Congress). We should not however forget the way it used to be if anybody wanted to smoke a joint. You had to go to your local weed dealer and the weed dealer had to go to the ‘weed man’ for his product. As with any product, there was a chain of command and in the not so distant past that wasn’t the fearful and violent Mexican Cartels that now spill across American borders. Herein find ‘Lencho’ – a true weed man, smuggler, grower, adventurer and dare devil. For the moment let us call this book a ‘biographical novel’. The narcs may call it ‘nonsense’ but then they have much to hide. Lencho is a marijuana pioneer of almost 50 years and a man who has given all for a noble cause.
 
http://www.amazon.com/Lencho-Tale-Of-Decent-Vagabonds/dp/1500626481

By PETE D’AMATO FOR DAILY MAIL ONLINE

 

A 68-year-old woman claims she’s kept her looks and feels more active thanks to smoking weed throughout her life and thinks more Americans should be allowed to do the same.

Catherine Hiller estimates she’s smoked a joint once a day since she was 18 and says pot has enhanced her daily activities.

Hiller, the author of Just Say Yes: A Marijuana Memoir, says instead of keeping her glued to the couch, weed makes activities like kayaking and listening to music more enjoyable.

 
Full Article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3131787/Bud-beauty-New-York-woman-68-claims-toke-day-keeps-healthy-looking-younger.html

KATE AUBUSSON

 
Watching his six-month-old daughter endlessly spasming in pain drove Michael Lambert beyond the bounds of Australian drug laws.
Three years later, Katelyn’s recovery has prompted an unprecedented A$33.7 million (NZ$37.29m) donation to fund research into medicinal cannabis.
The three-year-old’s grandparents made the staggering donation on Friday to scientists and the University of Sydney – the largest donation ever made to any Australian university.
 
Full Article:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/69361884/The-little-girl-behind-37m-donation-for-medicinal-cannabis-research

By Steven Nelson

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, popular with casino gamblers, has legalized recreational pot with plans to become a tourist destination.

Get ready for Little Amsterdam on the Prairie: A Native American tribe that operates a successful casino in eastern South Dakota is about to become the first to enter the legal marijuana business, and if they’re successful other tribes may follow suit.
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe’s governing body quietly voted last week to legalize pot for recreational use and welcome tourists 21 and older to consume it on tribal land. Tribal attorney Seth Pearman says the plan is to cultivate an atmosphere similar to Amsterdam, the Dutch capital famous for marijuana-dispensing coffee shops and popular with weed-seeking tourists.
 
Full Article:
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/06/16/tribe-bets-on-legal-pot