Published: Oct 3, 2017, 12:45 pm • Updated: Oct 3, 2017, 1:21 pm By Amelia Arvesen, Longmont Times-Call A Colorado man charged in connection with a hash oil explosion that burned a shed in Longmont last year was sentenced to two years in prison Friday, according to court records. Andrew Allen Ziegenfelder (Boulder County Sheriff’s […]
Published: Aug 28, 2017, 12:06 pm • Updated: Aug 28, 2017, 12:06 pm By Brooke Edwards Staggs and Jessica Kwong, The Cannifornian The allegations include a murder attempt, sexual harassment, tax evasion and an interstate drug ring run by minors and a biker gang. And they pour out from lawsuits filed by feuding owners of […]
Published: Jul 25, 2016, 12:50 pm • Updated: Jul 26, 2016, 7:18 am By Mark K. Matthews, The Denver Post PHILADELPHIA — Democrats plan to vote Monday on their national platform and rules for this week’s Democratic National Convention, and the contributions of Colorado officials are expected to make an impact in two key areas: […]
Published: Feb 27, 2017, 1:51 pm • Updated: Feb 27, 2017, 1:51 pm By Eric Tucker, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The federal prison population is on the decline, but a new attorney general who talks tough on drugs and crime and already has indicated a looming need for private prison cells seems poised to […]
Published: Aug 31, 2017, 10:43 am • Updated: Aug 31, 2017, 10:43 am By Bob Salsberg, The Associated Press BOSTON — The state’s top elected officials are facing a deadline for assembling an agency that will regulate marijuana in Massachusetts. By law, the five-member Cannabis Control Commission is supposed to be in place by Friday, […]
Published: Feb 9, 2018, 10:33 am • Updated: Feb 9, 2018, 10:33 am By The Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Voters would have another chance to weigh in on legalizing marijuana in Arizona under a proposal in the state House. The proposal from Republican Rep. Todd Clodfelter of Tucson and Democratic Rep. Mark Cardenas of […]
Published: Dec 28, 2017, 10:50 am • Updated: Dec 28, 2017, 5:11 pm By John Rogers, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — When Elias Zaldivar was an 18-year-old college freshman and decided he was in the market for marijuana, he knew just how to get it, and it didn’t involve canvassing the corridors of his […]
Published: Dec 29, 2017, 4:57 pm • Updated: Dec 29, 2017, 6:00 pm By Chiah Rodriques, Special To The Washington Post As the daughter of a back-to-the-land homesteader and pot farmer, I learned never to speak of what my father did. We lived a simple life in times when only growing a few plants could […]
Published: Oct 11, 2017, 3:31 pm • Updated: Oct 11, 2017, 3:51 pm By Melinda Deslatte, The Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s medical marijuana program is edging closer to kickoff, but doctors have been slow to embrace the new medication option. Only two doctors have applied for the permit required to offer medical-grade […]
Published: Aug 28, 2017, 11:21 am • Updated: Aug 28, 2017, 1:13 pm By Rob Lowman, Orange County Register It might take a medicinal brownie or two to really enjoy the new Netflix comedy “Disjointed.” Starring Kathy Bates as Ruth Whitefeather Feldman, the owner of a Los Angeles cannabis shop known as Ruth’s Alternative Caring, […]