Published: Jan 22, 2018, 3:34 pm • Updated: Jan 22, 2018, 3:34 pm By Jessica Gresko, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided Monday with police over partygoers in a dispute about arrests at a 2008 bash at a vacant home that had been turned into a makeshift strip club. The high […]
Published: Oct 10, 2017, 9:12 am • Updated: Oct 10, 2017, 12:13 pm By Todd Richmond, The Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Republican lawmakers made the case Tuesday for a bill that would allow Wisconsin farmers to grow hemp, stressing that the plant shouldn’t be confused with marijuana and that farmers should be given the […]
Published: Mar 12, 2018, 5:00 am • Updated: Mar 11, 2018, 9:30 pm By The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Democratic candidates for governor say it’s time for the state to legalize recreational marijuana, while Republican candidates oppose the idea. Nine states and Washington, D.C, have already legalized recreational marijuana. Democrats seeking their party’s […]
Published: Jul 26, 2017, 1:50 pm • Updated: Jul 26, 2017, 2:12 pm By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco officials have approved a new Office of Cannabis in advance of recreational marijuana sales starting in California next year. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday also directed […]
Published: Dec 29, 2017, 2:51 pm • Updated: Dec 29, 2017, 4:28 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Bottles of hemp-derived oils sit behind glass, under lock and key, at Alfalfa’s natural foods store in Boulder, Colo. Some 2,000 miles away from cannabis-friendly Colorado, a Naples, Fla., Lucky’s Market displays nearly a dozen brands […]
Published: Jan 16, 2018, 12:57 pm • Updated: Jan 16, 2018, 2:10 pm By Alex Pasquariello, The Cannabist Staff A bill introduced by Colorado Rep. Ed Perlmutter that would allow banks to serve marijuana-related businesses without fear of penalties from the federal government got a boost Tuesday from a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general. […]
Published: Nov 13, 2017, 7:45 am • Updated: Nov 13, 2017, 11:21 am By Monte Whaley, The Denver Post State education officials are compiling a list of ideas on how best to spend $10 million in marijuana tax proceeds aimed at reversing Colorado’s teacher shortages. The $10 million was earmarked to take on the problems […]
Published: Nov 21, 2017, 12:12 pm • Updated: Nov 21, 2017, 12:12 pm By Adam Taylor, The Washington Post American rapper Nelly, famous for songs such as “Hot in Herre” and “Dilemma,” will visit Saudi Arabia next month for a concert in Jiddah with Algerian singer Cheb Khaled. The Dec. 14 concert will probably be […]
Published: Oct 11, 2017, 11:28 am • Updated: Oct 11, 2017, 11:33 am By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian Forget ushering in the New Year by buying legal weed from a California dispensary as the clock strikes midnight. But some shops should be selling recreational marijuana by the time you wake up New Year’s Day […]
Two Florida physicians have sued the owner of Full Spectrum Nutrition in Colorado Springs, claiming their $1.1 million investment in the marketer of cannabinoid-rich hemp extracts and products went instead to a Costa Rican wildlife refuge. Dr. Josse Anthony Mazo and his wife, Dr. Maritza Rascos, both of Melbourne, Fla., have sued John Michael Merritt […]