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For years, people have speculated about the true meaning of 420. Some popular myths about the origins of 420 include that it is the police code for marijuana, it is Bob Marley birthday, it is the legislation code for pot laws, it's the number of chemical compounds found in weed, or…

No one has died from overdosing on marijuana, but people have died from smoking legal synthetic marijuana which is also known as “Spice.” In March 2012, 16-year-old Chase Burnett died in his parent’s hot tub after smoking synthetic marijuana. His death was caused by the chemicals that were sprayed on…

Kansas is currently at the epicenter of a new controversy in the cannabis industry. It appears that freedom of speech does not apply to cannabis. This controversy arose after an 11-year-old disagreed with what he was told during a school sponsored drug education class.On March 24, Shona Banda‘s son was…

The Pew Research Center recently conducted a survey that showed that a majority of Americans support marijuana legalization. According to the survey, 53% of Americans support legal marijuana, a slight decrease from the 54% found in a similar poll last yearThe survey found that millennials are far more supportive than…

GW Pharmaceutical (GWPH: NASDAQ) has quietly outperformed most of its fellow NASDAQ companies during 2015 and Technical420 has been recommending them the whole time. GWPH is up over 15% today and over 63% this year. GWPH is a pharmaceutical company focused on developing treatments derived from cannabis. The company has…

Recent research has shown that expanded access to legal marijuana in the United States has impacted the Mexico-based drug cartels.  The amount of marijuana seized by the United States Border Patrol over the last three years has decreased significantly.In 2014, the Border Patrol seized 1.9 million pounds of marijuana, a…

The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) released its 2014 annual report which highlights the developments that occurred over the course of the past year. The report also offers guidance as to the organization’s plans over the next two years and the initiatives they are working on.Who is the Drug Policy Alliance?The…

President Barack Obama recently stated that the divide between Republicans and Democrats on marijuana politics is narrowing. He went on to say that he is encouraged by recent developments because liberal Democrats are no longer the only supporters of legal marijuana. Conservative Republicans have come on board too. He is…

On March 25th marijuana prohibition will be ruled to be unconstitutional in California. That is the day that Judge Mueller will announce her verdict on United States v. Schweder.If Judge Mueller rules in favor of Schweder, we will for sure see an appeal. The case will then go to the…

GW Pharmaceutical (GWPH: NASDAQ) has quietly outperformed most of its fellow NASDAQ companies during 2015 and Technical420 has been recommending them the whole time. GWPH is up over 10% today and over 36% this year. The company manufactures and sells the first prescribed cannabis-based medicine in over 20 countries and…