JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri House committee has rejected a bill meant to give terminally ill patients access to medical marijuana. The Columbia Missourian reports that Republican Rep. Jim Neely’s bill failed to make it out of the Legislative Oversight Committee on Wednesday. Related Articles Missouri Senate passes bill legalizing industrial hemp No, […]
Medical marijuana supporters in Utah received a green light from state election officials on Thursday to start gathering the 113,143 signatures required to qualify their MMJ measure for the November 2018 ballot. The political issues committee Utah Patients Coalition’s spokesperson said they will begin collecting signatures next week—with a stated goal of gathering all the […]
State legal marijuana businesses are very interested in marketing their products and creating a brand that dominates the industry. Celebrities are an important part of creating a marketing campaign that will reach a lot of potential consumers. However, despite the fact that Hollywood embraces marijuana consumption with many movies that feature the recreational use of […]
The post 10 Best Dab Rigs Of 2017 appeared first on High Times. The best dab rigs for cannabis concentrates are usually smaller than your average bong. Since cannabis concentrates are purer than smoking the entire plant to get to your cannabinoids, you won’t need as much filtration. However, some percolation helps to stack milky […]
Published: Nov 28, 2017, 8:11 am • Updated: Nov 28, 2017, 8:11 am By The Associated Press ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Authorities say a Rochester lawyer has been banned from local jails after he was caught trying to smuggle drugs to an inmate. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says 32-year-old Michael Witmer was charged last Friday […]
Published: Aug 9, 2017, 8:33 am • Updated: Aug 9, 2017, 8:34 am By The Washington Post, The Cannabist Staff Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, among the most well-known living scientists this side of Stephen Hawking, said this week that “there’s no reason for [marijuana] to ever have been made illegal.” The remark came in response […]
A U.K. drug policy committee has called for the legalization of medical cannabis. The Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) issued what it called “short-term advice” in acknowledging that cannabis has medicinal benefits and that doctors should be able to prescribe it for their patients. The committee also advised that cannabis should be […]
The post New Zealand to Vote on Marijuana Law Reform appeared first on High Times. It appears New Zealand could be the latest country to get in on the green rush. Per the NZ Herald, a public referendum regarding the use of legal recreational cannabis will be held prior to, or during the 2020 election, […]
Published: Nov 22, 2017, 4:56 pm • Updated: Nov 24, 2017, 9:59 am By Vincent Chandler, The Cannabist Staff Welcome to High Minded by The Cannabist, our podcast diving into the stories, news and voices shaping a new billion-dollar industry. High Minded is a podcast in three acts, hosted by The Cannabist’s staff. Act I […]
The post Everything You Need To Know About The Future Of Pot In Massachusetts appeared first on High Times. The Bay State has had what has to be one of the rockiest roads to full adult-use cannabis legalization. Since voters in Massachusetts said ‘Yes’ to legalization in November 2016, legislative hangups and puritanical posturing have […]
