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In late January, the Pinoleville Pomo Nation made headlines when the tribe announced that they would take the Department of Justice (DOJ) up on its offer to grow and sell marijuana on sovereign land. When the DOJ announced this in December 2014, Technical420 recognized this event as a catalyst for…

History was made in New Mexico this week when a legislative committee voted in favor of taxing and regulating marijuana in New Mexico.  The committee voted 5-4 and the Senate Joint Resolution 2 (SJR2) passed the Senate Rules Committee. SJR2 legalizes the possession and use of marijuana by persons over…

United States District Court Judge Kimberly J. Mueller plans to announce her decision within 30 days of receiving the defense motion to dismiss the charges against nine men accused of illegally growing marijuana in California. This case has generated significant media attention because the outcome may set a precedent going…

Washington State is doing everything it can to get its legal marijuana program up and running. Although the state legalized recreational marijuana more than two years ago, more than 100 cities have passed legislation that prevents legal marijuana businesses from opening up.Lawmakers may have found a solutionLawmakers in the state,…

The Republican Governor of Illinois, Bruce Rauner, surprised a lot of people on Monday when his administration distributed permits to companies that allow them to grow and sell medical marijuana. This move comes one week after Governor Rauner said that licenses would not be issued until a legal review of…

President Barack Obama may have pulled a fast one on the congressional Republicans that are trying to block marijuana legalization in the District of Columbia. President Obama did this by simply adding the word "federal" to his budget proposal. The addition of the word would allow the city government to…

On Monday, Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration announced who would be allowed to grow and sell medical marijuana in Illinois. The governor’s general counsel awarded 18 licenses to growers and 52 of the 60 selling licenses.Many people were concerned about the outlook of Illinois’ cannabis market after the former Gov. Pat…

Medical marijuana has not only been a hot topic in the United States but in other countries as well. Israel began to research the medical uses of marijuana 50 years ago and is now a world leader in the field. Investors have begun to express interest in their “botanical high-tech”…

Earlier this week Technical420 put out an article about the first Native American tribe to cross the proverbial “green” tape and announce that they would be taking the Department of Justice up on its offer and start growing and selling medical marijuana on their tribal lands in California. This was…

On Thursday, a bill was introduced in Delaware’s House of Representatives that would decriminalize the possession of marijuana. Currently, nineteen states and the District of Columbia have decriminalized marijuana. The bill introduced in Delaware would make the possession of marijuana a civil offense. It would no longer be considered a…