DETROIT (AP) — Michigan officials have shuttered 40 medical marijuana businesses that were operating without valid licenses and they’re expected to warn hundreds of others that they could be next. The state Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs started the process of closing down facilities Thursday, the Detroit Free Press reported. “Any business that didn’t […]
Published: Jan 19, 2018, 11:48 am • Updated: Jan 19, 2018, 11:51 am By Greg Quinn, Bloomberg Recreational pot should be legal in Canada by summer, but it won’t be glamorous. Producers trying to market their product face a battery of proposed government restrictions similar to those governing the sale of cigarettes. Labels may have […]
Published: Nov 9, 2017, 11:10 am • Updated: Nov 9, 2017, 4:21 pm By Scott Schwebke, Orange County Register SANTA ANA – About 40 pounds of marijuana were seized and seven people arrested Tuesday night, Nov. 7 after they re-entered a marijuana dispensary closed earlier in the day by police, authorities said. Santa Ana vice […]
Published: Jul 22, 2016, 3:05 pm • Updated: Apr 28, 2017, 5:27 pm By John Ingold, The Denver Post A Denver judge on Friday temporarily blocked the suspensions of four doctors who were the first in the state to be punished for allegedly over-recommending high plant counts to medical marijuana patients. The doctors, though, won’t […]
Published: Jan 25, 2018, 11:12 am • Updated: Jan 25, 2018, 1:03 pm By Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post A new class of epilepsy medications based on an ingredient derived from marijuana could be available as soon as the second half of 2018 in the United States, pending Food and Drug Administration approval. Officials […]
Published: Dec 24, 2017, 9:06 am • Updated: Dec 24, 2017, 9:21 am By Ian Gassman, Special to The Cannabist It’s the night before Christmas and all through the house, er, the world, there’s … chaos. Our fearless leader’s Twittery old chestnuts are roasting by California’s Thomas fire, as Palestinian protesters toast pictures of Pence […]
Published: Dec 15, 2017, 10:39 am • Updated: Dec 15, 2017, 10:41 am By Cameron Flatt, Associated Press A FedEx package packed with 23 pounds of marijuana led to the arrest of two Columbia, Missouri men Monday at their home. Upon discovering 23 separate vacuum-sealed plastic bags of marijuana in the package, Columbia police obtained […]
Published: Oct 2, 2017, 2:59 pm • Updated: Oct 2, 2017, 2:59 pm By Louis Hansen, The Cannifornian Consider a typical cannabis farmer, growing an indoor crop. In a protected, controlled environment, they can grow a profitable mix of high-potency, medicinal marijuana and any number of milder strains appealing to a new market. But the […]
Published: Jan 26, 2018, 12:05 pm • Updated: Jan 26, 2018, 12:42 pm By Polly Washburn, The Cannabist Staff A bicameral, bipartisan coalition of Congressional leaders Thursday asked President Donald Trump to direct Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reinstate the so-called Cole Memo. The Department of Justice earlier this month rescinded the Obama-era guidance on […]
Published: Mar 1, 2018, 11:34 am • Updated: Mar 1, 2018, 11:34 am By The Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota health officials say many medical marijuana users report significant reductions in pain. More than 60 percent of the more than 2,200 patients surveyed by the state report benefits from using marijuana in inhaled […]