Published: Aug 30, 2017, 2:15 pm • Updated: Aug 30, 2017, 2:15 pm By The Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The commission regulating medical marijuana in Maryland says it was unaware that it awarded a dispensary license to a man under federal investigation for workplace discrimination. The Capital Gazette reports that Advanced Alternative Therapies owner […]
Published: Sep 19, 2017, 12:17 pm • Updated: Sep 19, 2017, 1:29 pm By The Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. — A man arrested in the kidnapping of a Cheney marijuana store employee has given a jailhouse confession to a Spokane television station. Related: Body of kidnapped Washington budtender found Donovan Culps told KHQ-TV Monday that […]
Published: Dec 1, 2017, 7:01 pm • Updated: Dec 1, 2017, 7:01 pm By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian Some 25,000 people are expected to head to San Bernardino this weekend to watch hip-hop shows, sample marijuana products and celebrate cannabis culture during Tommy Chong’s Blazers Cup. The festival is one of a couple dozen […]
TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Phil Murphy looked to four states with legalized recreational marijuana as a guide for calculating the $60 million in new tax money legalization could bring into New Jersey. Treasury officials say they examined revenues for the first year of legalized recreational cannabis from Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington and considered those […]
Published: Jul 22, 2016, 10:27 am • Updated: Jul 26, 2016, 12:29 pm By Shay Castle, Daily Camera BOULDER — The nondescript building in east Boulder is like many others in the city; is, in fact, identical to several surrounding structures. Passing motorists and pedestrians wouldn’t know that there’s a multi-million dollar manufacturing operation inside. […]
Published: Jan 2, 2018, 10:27 am • Updated: Jan 2, 2018, 10:27 am By The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — A state senator has filed a bill that would officially legalize the sale and possession of cannabis oil in Indiana. Republican Sen. Jim Tomes of Wadesville filed the bill last week with the goal of making […]
The Boulder City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a series of rule changes for the local cannabis industry, and planned to reevaluate some key matters later this year. Most of the nearly 20 actions taken have little or no effect on the public, but are of interest to people who work in the industry. For […]
Published: Jan 4, 2018, 8:53 am • Updated: Jan 4, 2018, 10:45 am By The Cannabist Staff Politicians from states where marijuana sales are legal released statements and took to Twitter Thursday morning to express their dismay at a report that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will rescind the Cole Memo. Oregon Governor Kate Brown […]
Published: Oct 26, 2017, 12:02 pm • Updated: Oct 26, 2017, 12:02 pm By The Associated Press HIGHTSTOWN, N.J. — New Jersey police say a tripped smoke alarm led them to uncover a marijuana operation that offered over $900,000 worth of marijuana-laced products — including pot pretzels and cannabis-infused dog biscuits. Hightstown Police responded to […]
Published: Oct 16, 2017, 10:28 am • Updated: Oct 16, 2017, 10:45 am By Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post Marijuana legalization in Colorado led to a “reversal” of opiate overdose deaths in that state, according to new research published in the American Journal of Public Health. “After Colorado’s legalization of recreational cannabis sale and use, […]