Published: Sep 15, 2017, 10:00 am • Updated: Sep 15, 2017, 10:00 am By Eric Kurhi, The Mercury News SAN JOSE — The rugged, mountainous terrain of unincorporated Santa Clara County has long hidden clandestine cannabis fields, and officials this week made it clear that despite the passage of Proposition 64, they’re still illegal. County […]
Published: Dec 22, 2017, 3:54 pm • Updated: Dec 22, 2017, 3:54 pm By Michael R. Blood, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — There will be no legal pot party in Los Angeles on Jan. 1. California kicks off recreational sales on New Year’s Day, becoming the largest state in the nation with legal marijuana. […]
Published: Mar 1, 2018, 11:10 am • Updated: Mar 1, 2018, 11:10 am By The Associated Press RENO, Nev. — Nevada’s recreational marijuana industry is on pace to reach $60 million in its first year, exceeding the state’s projection of $50 million. KTVN-TV reported Tuesday that if revenue from pot sales continues at this pace, […]
Published: Aug 22, 2017, 9:48 am • Updated: Aug 22, 2017, 9:48 am By The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — A number of Philadelphia-area law firms are setting up practices to serve the cannabis industry despite concerns of an uncertain future. Many of the city’s biggest law firms — including Duane Morris, Fox Rothschild and Cozen […]
Published: Dec 22, 2017, 8:19 am • Updated: Dec 22, 2017, 8:19 am By The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A marijuana business in Anchorage had a large amount of freshly packaged pot stolen, police said. The owner of Danish Gardens arrived at his store to find the glass employee entrance smashed in, with a […]
Published: Aug 29, 2017, 9:40 am • Updated: Aug 29, 2017, 9:40 am By Fenit Nirappil, The Washington Post Maryland medical cannabis regulators on Monday gave final approvals to three more cultivation centers and two processing companies – and announced they would give 10 other companies that missed a key deadline additional time to complete […]
Published: Feb 15, 2018, 5:21 pm • Updated: Feb 15, 2018, 5:21 pm By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Human error led to a company’s inadvertent exclusion from the proposed list of the dozen big growers in Ohio’s new medical marijuana program, the state Department of Commerce said Thursday. The agency […]
Published: Nov 7, 2017, 10:04 am • Updated: Nov 7, 2017, 10:04 am By Mark Young, The Bradenton Herald PALMETTO — Palmetto solidified a unanimous medical marijuana ban in all cities within Manatee County, becoming the fifth, and last, city to initiate a ban on dispensaries. Bradenton, Holmes Beach, Anna Maria, and Bradenton Beach had […]
Published: Oct 11, 2017, 3:17 pm • Updated: Oct 11, 2017, 4:21 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Marijuana legalization is a “sucker’s bet” that has had negative consequences in Colorado and is not right for Kentucky, the Bluegrass State’s Gov. Matt Bevin said this week. Bevin, while a guest on Terry Meiners’ talk […]
Published: Mar 14, 2018, 5:05 pm • Updated: Mar 14, 2018, 5:05 pm By Randall Chase, Associated Press DOVER, Del. — A task force studying issues surrounding marijuana legalization in Delaware voted to release its final report Wednesday in a last, chaotic meeting that left some members questioning the validity of what they were doing […]