Published: Jan 24, 2018, 7:09 am • Updated: Jan 24, 2018, 7:09 am By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian Amy Hauser just discovered one more thing medical marijuana patients can’t do because cannabis remains illegal at the federal level: They can’t volunteer to help comfort hospital patients in their dying days. The Richmond resident is […]
Published: Sep 19, 2017, 8:32 am • Updated: Sep 19, 2017, 8:32 am By Kelly P. Kissel, The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Would-be growers and distributors of Arkansas’ initial medical marijuana crop flooded a state office building Monday, turning in thousands of pages of paperwork and handing over thousands of dollars in application […]
Denver’s licensing director signed off Friday on the city’s second license for a marijuana consumption area in a business, paving the way for a vaping bar and lounge to open this fall. The owners of Vape and Play plan to open the 21-and-over social lounge and entertainment venue in November or sooner, depending on the […]
For centuries, humans used the hemp plant for a wide variety of purposes. Its fibers were spun into cloth more than 10,000 years ago. Today the fast-growing plant has many industrial uses, from clothing and paper to biofuel and plastics_even food for both people and animals. There’s just one problem: It’s difficult to grow the […]
Published: Dec 28, 2017, 2:59 pm • Updated: Dec 29, 2017, 8:47 am By Katie Shapiro, The Cannabist Staff Wrapping up another year that had its share of soul-crushing moments, the ongoing progress of marijuana legalization and exploding growth of the cannabis industry are two of the few things keeping me cautiously hopeful as we […]
Published: Feb 14, 2018, 11:03 am • Updated: Feb 14, 2018, 11:17 am By Josh Magness, McClatchy Washington Bureau It’s a common stereotype that people who smoke weed are a bit foggy-headed and missing a few brain cells. But a new study from researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder found that alcohol is much […]
Published: Aug 21, 2017, 9:04 am • Updated: Aug 21, 2017, 9:22 am By David Eggert, The Associated Press LANSING, Mich. — Faced with an unreceptive Legislature, advocates for marijuana legalization, guaranteed paid sick leave and a host of other bills are banking that you will embrace them at the ballot box — if the […]
Published: Nov 29, 2017, 8:46 am • Updated: Nov 29, 2017, 8:57 am By Rachel Riley, Colorado Springs Gazette An El Paso County commissioner on Tuesday publicly accused Gov. John Hickenlooper of turning a blind eye to potential negative effects of legal recreational marijuana to protect an industry that has generated millions in tax revenue […]
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Published: Jul 6, 2017, 6:44 pm • Updated: Aug 8, 2017, 3:25 pm By The Gazette The owner of a recently shuttered medical marijuana center is suing El Paso County commissioners after they put one of four dispensaries in unincorporated areas out of business. Shane Zacher’s attorneys filed a complaint last month asking a judge […]