Published: Aug 28, 2017, 8:47 am • Updated: Aug 28, 2017, 8:47 am By The Associated Press CUMBERLAND, Md. — The owner of a medical marijuana dispensary in Cumberland says he hopes to open for business in November. The Cumberland Times-News reports that one of three owners of the Allegany Medical Marijuana Dispensary recently gave […]
Published: Jul 19, 2017, 8:42 am • Updated: Jul 19, 2017, 8:42 am By Melissa Sherrard, Civilized If you’ve ever wondered “do you need a license or certification to be a budtender?” you should know that the short answer (at least for now) is no. We don’t yet have a national licensing standard for budtenders, […]
CHICAGO — The race for Illinois governor will be a battle between two deep-pocketed candidates who’ve already sunk more than $120 million of their own money into the contest, putting it on pace to become the costliest such campaign in U.S. history. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, a wealthy former private equity investor, defeated conservative state […]
Published: Sep 26, 2017, 2:33 pm • Updated: Sep 26, 2017, 2:43 pm By Hunter J. White, Special To Civilized In my work trying to bring the issue of marijuana reform to the forefront of Republican policy-making, I have often heard “old guard” Republicans parrot Nancy Reagan’s infamous “Just Say No” to drugs mantra. For […]
Published: Jan 15, 2018, 1:58 pm • Updated: Jan 15, 2018, 1:58 pm By Robert O’Harrow Jr., The Washington Post (Dalton Bennett/The Washington Post) In May 2016, Taylor Weyeneth was an undergraduate at St. John’s University in New York, a legal studies student and fraternity member who organized a golf tournament and other events to […]
Published: Oct 31, 2017, 2:47 pm • Updated: Nov 3, 2017, 5:47 pm By Benjy Egel, The Sacramento Bee Colfax Mayor pro tem Tony Hesch cursed out a resident last week during a City Council meeting for interrupting him during a debate on keeping some marijuana policies under local control in the California city. Hesch […]
Published: Nov 30, 2017, 1:44 pm • Updated: Dec 1, 2017, 11:13 am Denver Post Staff Retired Adm. James “Sandy” Winnefeld ran the most powerful military on Earth, but in a poignant essay for The Atlantic said he was powerless to save his son from opioid addiction. Winnefeld’s 19-year-old son, Jonathan, was found dead of […]
Colorado’s forests and mountains aren’t just crowded with hikers and their selfie sticks. Last year, the long arm of the law pulled a record number of marijuana plants from public lands in the state. In all, officers uprooted nearly 81,000 plants in 2017 from the depths of the state’s mountain ranges, compared to about 45,000 […]
Published: Oct 31, 2017, 1:15 pm • Updated: Oct 31, 2017, 1:17 pm By The Associated Press EL PASO, Texas — A new program in western Texas could waive some marijuana charges for community service. The El Paso Times reports that El Paso County commissioners on Monday unanimously approved the First Chance program. The program […]
Published: Feb 27, 2017, 3:12 pm • Updated: Feb 27, 2017, 3:14 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Colorado will always be the first U.S. state to initiate legal, regulated sales of recreational marijuana, starting in 2014. The first-of-its-kind effort has been a fluid process, as the state has worked to adopt new laws […]