The Weed Blog Daily Update

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• Travel Guru Rick Steves Launches Oregon Marijuana Legalization Tour
• Legalizing Marijuana Could Yield Over $3 Billion In Tax Revenue Per Year
• Seattle To Refund Marijuana Tickets
• Rahm Emanuel Wants To Decriminalize Marijuana In Illinois
• Pennsylvania Senate Likely To Vote On Medical Marijuana Today

Travel Guru Rick Steves Launches Oregon Marijuana Legalization Tour Posted: 24 Sep 2014 10:52 AM PDT Rick Steves, one of America’s most respected travel authorities, is launching a 6-day, 10-city tour around Oregon to talk about travel and the need for marijuana reform in Oregon. The Yes on 91 campaign will join him. On the November ballot, Measure 91 will regulate, legalize and tax marijuana for adults 21 and older. In [...]

Legalizing Marijuana Could Yield Over $3 Billion In Tax Revenue Per Year Posted: 24 Sep 2014 09:43 AM PDT The marijuana industry, legal and black market, is enormous. I have read reports that the marijuana industry in California is over 1 billion dollars a year. That’s billion, with a b. And to be honest, I personally think that’s a low ball estimate. The marijuana industry nationwide is multiple billions of dollars. How many billions? [...]

Seattle To Refund Marijuana Tickets Posted: 24 Sep 2014 08:33 AM PDT Marijuana possession, up to one ounce, has been legal in Washington for almost two years now. Public consumption of marijuana has remained illegal during that time. One officer in Seattle took it upon himself to issue dozens of tickets for public marijuana consumption, mostly to homeless people and minorities. That unfair enforcement, and the ridiculousness [...]

Rahm Emanuel Wants To Decriminalize Marijuana In Illinois Posted: 24 Sep 2014 07:23 AM PDT Marijuana decriminalization is clearly not as good as marijuana legalization/regulation, however, it’s obviously better than treating marijuana possession as a crime. No one should ever be arrested for possessing a personal amount of marijuana. No one should be arrested for marijuana period (any amount), but certainly not for a personal amount. More and more areas [...]

Pennsylvania Senate Likely To Vote On Medical Marijuana Today Posted: 24 Sep 2014 06:22 AM PDT Yesterday was a very big day for medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. A medical marijuana bill was passed by the Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee and is expected to get a full vote in the Senate today. The bill is far from perfect, but if passed, it would be a great step in the right direction. Especially [...]