Published: Jan 11, 2018, 9:55 am • Updated: Jan 11, 2018, 9:55 am By Patrick Whittle, associated Press PORTLAND, Maine — The Trump administration’s anti-marijuana move has some members of the president’s voting base fuming. Fans of President Donald Trump who use marijuana say Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ move to tighten federal oversight of the […]
Published: Dec 27, 2017, 9:05 am • Updated: Dec 27, 2017, 11:02 am By John Fryar, Times Call Longmont, Colo., officials are still in the process of ensuring that confidential information is removed before re-posting the applications from 13 businesses proposing to open retail marijuana shops inside city limits. Assistant City Manager Shawn Lewis said […]
Published: Nov 30, 2017, 2:38 pm • Updated: Nov 30, 2017, 4:15 pm By Paige Winfield Cunningham, The Washington Post If the opioid epidemic was simply a problem of supply – people being able to access drugs too easily – then a targeted new effort in Appalachia announced by Attorney General Jeff Sessions this week […]
Published: Sep 27, 2017, 10:02 am • Updated: Sep 28, 2017, 6:31 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Out with the gummy bears, in with the squares … and circles, and triangles and diamonds. On Oct. 1, Colorado no longer will allow marijuana edibles shaped like humans, animals, fruits or cartoons — forms that […]
Published: Aug 23, 2017, 11:20 am • Updated: Aug 23, 2017, 12:40 pm By Paige Winfield Cunningham, The Washington Post Congress will likely renew protections next month for state medical marijuana laws — but pro-pot lawmakers and advocates are still watching nervously in case Attorney General Jeff Sessions launches a last-minute sabotage campaign. For nearly […]
Published: Aug 3, 2017, 7:49 am • Updated: Aug 3, 2017, 7:50 am By Michael R. Blood, Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Jerred Kiloh’s eyes narrowed as he checked his mirror again. The black Chevy SUV with tinted windows was still behind him. It had been hanging off Kiloh’s bumper ever since he nosed out […]
Published: Oct 5, 2017, 1:40 pm • Updated: Oct 5, 2017, 1:41 pm By Alan Freeman, The Washington Post OTTAWA – Canada is set to become the first industrialized nation to legalize and regulate marijuana from production to consumption by next July, but increasingly, Canadians are wondering: What’s the hurry? The government of Prime Minister […]
Published: Jul 22, 2016, 5:43 pm • Updated: Jul 22, 2016, 5:43 pm By The Cannabist Staff Featured guests: Americanna CEO Dan Anglin and Baked Smart COO Leah D’Ambrosio. Podcast: Play in new window | Download LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • Issues with creating a universal symbol for THC that warns kids (and grownups too): […]
Published: Aug 8, 2017, 6:17 pm • Updated: Aug 8, 2017, 6:21 pm By Paul Elias, The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A central California property owner was shot and killed when he confronted three men illegally growing marijuana on his rural land, police said Tuesday. Timothy Fadgen, 47, was killed during the confrontation Monday […]
Published: Nov 15, 2017, 4:09 pm • Updated: Nov 15, 2017, 4:09 pm By Brad Schrade, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA — A southwest Georgia sheriff’s order to conduct an invasive drug search of hundreds of students at Worth County High School will cost $3 million under a proposed settlement announced Tuesday in a federal civil […]