LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas judge on Wednesday struck down the state’s decision to issue its first licenses to grow medical marijuana, ruling that the process for awarding the permits and the rankings of applicants were unconstitutional. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen granted a preliminary injunction preventing the state Medical Marijuana Commission from […]
Published: Mar 8, 2017, 8:43 am • Updated: Mar 8, 2017, 10:49 am By The Los Angeles Daily News Pot will regulated in the city of Los Angeles. That’s because Measure M was approved Tuesday by voters. With all precincts reporting, 192,054 voters voted for the measure, giving it 79.36 percent of the total. The […]
Published: Nov 28, 2017, 8:57 am • Updated: Nov 28, 2017, 10:20 am By Natasha Rausch, Bloomberg It’s been conventional wisdom for some time now that America’s opioid epidemic began at the pharmacy. Now there are numbers to put any doubt to rest. More than half of all people who succumbed to an overdose between […]
Published: Oct 9, 2017, 8:10 am • Updated: Oct 9, 2017, 8:10 am By The Associated Press CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada’s marijuana regulators have asked Attorney General Adam Laxalt for a formal opinion on whether state law allows pot use at special events and in smoking lounges. The Nevada Appeal reports the state Department […]
Published: Sep 25, 2017, 10:23 am • Updated: Sep 25, 2017, 10:33 am By Catarina Saraiva, Patricia Laya At Philip Tulkoff’s food-processing plant in Baltimore, machines grind tough horseradish roots into puree. “If you put your arm in the wrong place,” the owner says, “and you’re not paying attention, it’s going to pull you in.” […]
Published: Jan 3, 2018, 9:14 am • Updated: Jan 3, 2018, 9:14 am By Michael R. Blood, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — California’s legal pot economy was supposed to operate under the umbrella of a vast computerized system to track marijuana from seed to storefronts, ensuring that plants are followed throughout the supply chain […]
Published: Dec 21, 2017, 4:08 pm • Updated: Dec 21, 2017, 4:13 pm By Patrick McGreevy, los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has a possible solution to the problem of banks being unwilling to handle money from the state’s multibillion-dollar legal marijuana industry, one that officials say would be the first system of its […]
Published: Mar 20, 2018, 8:14 am • Updated: Mar 20, 2018, 8:14 am By The Associated Press BALTIMORE — More than 30 medical marijuana dispensaries are now open and operating throughout Maryland, a month after the state’s long-stalled program got off the ground. The Baltimore Sun reports that there are 34 dispensaries operating in a […]
Published: Mar 7, 2018, 12:40 pm • Updated: Mar 7, 2018, 12:40 pm By Sadie Gruman and Don Thompson, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown denounced U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions for coming to the state to speak about a lawsuit targeting policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, saying Wednesday […]
Published: Jan 30, 2018, 2:29 pm • Updated: Jan 30, 2018, 2:29 pm By The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia state Senate committee has voted to kill a bill that would decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports nine Republicans on the Senate Courts of Justice Committee voted Monday against the […]