- Massachusetts Releases List of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries – Officials in Massachusetts have released a list of medical marijuana dispensaries that will be the first legal purveyors of pot in the state.
- Lawmakers clash with DEA officials over reclassifying marijuana – U.S. lawmakers who support steady relaxation of state laws on marijuana sparred Tuesday with Obama administration officials who continue to label the drug in the same high-danger category as heroin.
- Delaware’s First Marijuana Dispensary – Delaware’s first medical marijuana dispensary will open in September according to the state’s Division of Public Health.
- RI Could Become First State to Legalize Pot Without Voter Approval – Governor Lincoln Chafee could become the first governor in America to legalize marijuana without putting the decision to the voters.
- “Let’s Make This Work”: The First Weed Commercial Is About to Hit American TV – The idea seems to be to encourage people to go the legal route, as opposed to breaking the law to obtain weed.
- For pot to go mainstream, “stoner” image will require a makeover – “Here is a brand-new industry being rolled out, and the way it was sold to us was that it would be sold only to adults,” Carbone said. “It is up to the industry to show that they are not trying to market to those under 21.”