Is It A Smart Idea to Use Marijuana In The Mountains? When Canada legalized marijuana in October 2018, pushback came from an unexpected place––search and rescue. Not long ago, marijuana was still considered a bad drug mostly used by hippies and stoners. These days it’s becoming legal, socially accepted, and even used for its medicinal purposes. Legal or illegal, the odors wafting off the chairlift don’t lie – people like to smoke […] Mike Lavery | April 20, 2024 3 Comments
Recreational Marijuana Sales Have Already Surpassed $5 Million in First Week in New Mexico If you’re driving through Taos, NM any time soon, expect to see some new stores opening up with some… let’s call them relaxing products. Recreational marijuana sales were recently legalized in New Mexico, and businesses were given the OK by state officials to sell and distribute their products starting last week. On Friday, April 1st, New Mexico officially allowed […] Haleigh Hafner | April 15, 2022 0 Comments
Recreational Marijuana Has Arrived in Taos, NM This is no April Fool’s joke—recreational cannabis will be available for purchase at dispensaries in New Mexico on Friday, April 1st. Locals in Taos are preparing for the inception of a brand new, very lucrative industry. There are currently multiple cannabis retailers filing for licenses to sell recreational pot in the state of New Mexico. Although many of these licenses […] Haleigh Hafner | March 31, 2022 2 Comments
China Peak Mountain Resort, CA, to Crack Down on Illegal Marijuana Use at Resort China Peak Mountain Resort, CA, took to social media over the weekend to crack down on marijuana use at the resort. Complaints from guests lead to the Instagram Story PSA, with the resort saying that ‘starting now’ there will be staff in the parking lots and on lifts “to ensure that we are all obeying the rules.” Related: Is It […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 22, 2021 3 Comments
Colorado’s Marijuana Sales Surpass $10-Billion In 2012, Colorado passed Amendment 64, making recreational marijuana legal for adults 21 years of age or older. Amendment 64 allowed adults to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, and also required the state to set up a regulatory structure for the retail marijuana industry. Since marijuana first started being sold recreationally in 2014, according to the Colorado Department […] Miles Wong | February 12, 2021 0 Comments
Oregon Decriminalizes All Drugs, D.C. Decriminalizes Psychedelics, & 5 States Legalize Marijuana The election is still up in the air but that didn’t stop voters from approving the decriminalization of all drugs in Oregon, psychedelics in Washington D.C., and the legalization of marijuana in New Jersey, Arizona, South Dakota, Mississippi, and Montana. It’s a major blow to the war on drugs. Decriminalized drugs in Oregon Voters in the state of Oregon voted […] SnowBrains | November 5, 2020 0 Comments
Marijuana Legalization is on the Ballot For These Five States Today, November 3, 2020, is election day, and as people line up for their last chance to cast their ballots, some states have more than politicians to consider. Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota will all be voting on whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, and Mississippi will be voting on the legalization of medicinal use. These […] Brains Sophia Rose | November 5, 2020 0 Comments
Citations For Marijuana Possession Outnumbered DUIs by 500% in Utah Over Holiday Weekend A holiday weekend is always a busy time for officers cracking down on intoxicated boaters and drivers, and this weekend was no exception. Utah officers were surprised though that the number of tickets issued for marijuana possession outnumbered DUIs by 500%. Related: Utah Highway Patrol Stopped 5-Year-Old Boy on an 800-Mile Journey to Buy a Lamborghini In total, five DUI citations […] SnowBrains | July 8, 2020 2 Comments
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