Published: Jul 24, 2017, 1:27 pm • Updated: Jul 24, 2017, 3:03 pm By Nikki Wentling, Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON – A measure allowing veterans easier access to medical marijuana garnered bipartisan support in Congress last year and nearly became law. A vote Monday could be the end of the line this year in another […]
Published: Jan 19, 2018, 10:02 am • Updated: Jan 19, 2018, 10:02 am By The Eugene Register-Guard Editorial Board Via The Associated Press. The following editorial was published in the The Eugene Register-Guard, Jan. 17: Say what you will about U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, he may have succeeded in finding common ground for conservatives […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans man whose 13-year sentence for possessing a small amount of marijuana drew nationwide attention has been released from prison. Fifty-one-year-old Bernard Noble’s sentence was cut to eight years in December 2016, following months of negotiations with New Orleans District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s office. Noble was approved for parole […]
Published: Aug 11, 2017, 7:55 am • Updated: Aug 11, 2017, 10:38 am By Don Thompson, The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A generator on a marijuana farm is to blame for a fire last year that destroyed a dozen homes south of San Francisco, investigators said Thursday. It’s the latest in a string of […]
Published: Jul 26, 2017, 2:14 pm • Updated: Jul 26, 2017, 3:04 pm By Diane Carlson, Special To The Denver Post My son’s first grand mal seizure came completely out of the blue. He was almost 2 and had been outside playing with his siblings. When they came in for lunch, he fell. His small […]
A bid to protect state recreational marijuana regimes was snuffed by Congress late Wednesday, but federal medical marijuana protections in place since 2014 remain attached to must-pass spending legislation. A $1.3 trillion spending bill that cleared the U.S. House today includes language that would continue shielding states’ medical marijuana programs from U.S. Department of Justice […]
Published: Dec 12, 2017, 12:53 pm • Updated: Dec 12, 2017, 1:24 pm By Alex Fox, Santa Cruz Sentinel SANTA CRUZ — Come Jan. 1, the cannabis farms peppering the Santa Cruz Mountains will enter new legal territory, but ecologists worry it may spell doom for the area’s mountain lions. Mountain lions have called the […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina mother helped her 1-year-old daughter smoke marijuana in videos of the child puffing on a cigarillo that garnered millions of views online, according to an arrest warrant. Authorities were alerted Wednesday by concerned social media users after two videos of the girl smoking sparked outrage. One of the videos […]
Published: Dec 20, 2017, 10:45 am • Updated: Dec 20, 2017, 2:17 pm By Michael R. Blood, The Associated Press ADELANTO, Calif. — Drive by the High Desert Truck Stop, turn down a rutted road by the bail bond signs, slip behind a steel fence edged with barbed wire, and you can glimpse the future […]
Published: Mar 13, 2018, 11:14 am • Updated: Mar 13, 2018, 11:14 am By The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A bill that would legalize and regulate medical marijuana in Oklahoma has failed to pass in the Senate amid concerns over anticipating a vote by residents. The Tulsa World reports that Oklahoma voters will […]