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Police in Colorado have increased patrols around marijuana retailers as the the state allows the first sales for recreational use in the US. Possession, cultivation and private personal consumption of marijuana by adults has been legal in Colorado for more than a year, but so-called Green Wednesday is a major milestone for the legalisation movement. "No one's ever done this before," said Robin ... View the full article

By Keith Coffman NORTHGLENN, Colo. (Reuters) - Inside a warehouse tucked away in this blue-collar suburb north of Denver a trio of workers feverishly rolled hundreds of marijuana cigarettes by hand in preparation for Colorado's opening of recreational pot stores on New Year's Day. "We expect to have 2,000 joints ready to go by the time we open on January first," said Robin Hackett, 51, co-owner ... View the full article

Police were adding extra patrols around pot shops in eight Colorado towns that plan to allow recreational sales to anyone over 21 on Jan. 1. Officials at Denver International Airport installed new signs ... View the full article

The state is trying to collect more taxes from Washington's unregulated medical marijuana system, even as lawmakers are considering whether to completely overhaul it. The Department of Revenue said Tuesday ... View the full article

DENVER, COLO. -- Following more than a year of planning by regulators, legislators, and entrepreneurs, the world's first legal sale of regulated marijuana for social use will take place in Denver, Colorado ... View the full article

LAS VEGAS -- Americans purchased close to $500 million in hemp products in 2013, making the United States the largest importer of industrial hemp, great news as Hemp, Inc. finalizes its packaging of hulled ... View the full article

New Hampshire's House votes early next month whether to legalize up to 1 ounce of marijuana for recreational use for anyone age 21 and older. Supporters propose taxing the drug when it is sold at retail ... View the full article

The US states of Colorado and Washington are expecting high tourist numbers once recreational marijuana use becomes legal on New Year's Day. View the full article

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Nuvilex, Inc. (OTCQB:NVLX), an international biotechnology company providing cell and gene therapy solutions for the treatment of diseases, announced today that Dr. Mark L. Rabe, ... View the full article

The new year is bringing a host of new laws taking effect in January or thereabouts. A look at some state and local laws that are making news: ____ ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA COLORADO, MAINE AND WASHINGTON: ... View the full article

Colorado and Washington state are launching the world's first legal recreational marijuana markets in 2014. Though pot has been sold for three decades at coffee shops in the Netherlands, the two states ... View the full article

Belgian police on Sunday seized thousands of marijuana plants discovered by firefighters during an overnight blaze, but found no immediate trace of the growers. The state-of-the-art indoor marijuana farm, which witnesses said was spread over 1,000 square metres (10,100 square feet) and featured special lighting and independent watering facilities for each plant, miraculously survived a fire that ... View the full article

A gleaming white Apple store of weed is how Andy Williams sees his new Denver marijuana dispensary. Two floors of pot-growing rooms will have windows showing the shopping public how the mind-altering plant ... View the full article

Colorado and Washington are set to become the first US states to legalise recreational marijuana shops. View the full article

Los Angeles (AFP) - Marijuana users in Colorado and Washington are counting down the hours before the western US states become the first to legalize recreational pot shops on January 1. View the full article