Published: Jan 5, 2018, 11:19 am • Updated: Jan 5, 2018, 11:19 am By The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says voters will decide whether medical marijuana will be legal in the state in a June 26 election. Fallin signed a proclamation Thursday setting the election date for a ballot measure […]
Published: Mar 15, 2018, 5:00 am • Updated: Mar 14, 2018, 10:22 pm By Bruce Kennedy, The Cannabist Staff None of the state medical marijuana laws adopted thus far in the U.S. can be considered ideal from a patient’s standpoint, and because of their patchwork nature, those laws do not function equitably and are often […]
Published: Dec 6, 2017, 12:43 pm • Updated: Dec 6, 2017, 12:43 pm By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state faced criticism Wednesday for hiring a consultant with a drug conviction to help select Ohio’s medical marijuana growers. At issue is a 2005 guilty plea in Pennsylvania by consultant Trevor Bozeman […]
Published: Sep 13, 2017, 6:44 pm • Updated: Sep 14, 2017, 10:03 am By Joe Rubino, The Denver Post Downtown Denver leaders want residents, workers and tourists to breathe easier on the 16th Street Mall. Unless they’re smokers. Then they want them to take a little hike before they light up or take a drag […]
Published: Nov 22, 2017, 10:44 am • Updated: Nov 22, 2017, 10:44 am By The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — A marijuana-derived oil that’s used as medicine for treating people with epilepsy is illegal in Indiana with one limited exception, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday in an advisory opinion. The opinion from Attorney General Curtis […]
Published: Jul 24, 2017, 9:50 am • Updated: Jul 24, 2017, 9:50 am By The Denver Post, The Cannabist Staff An Agate man has been convicted of murder in the shooting death of a partner in a marijuana grow operation. Shawn Geerdes, 48, was convicted Wednesday by an Elbert County jury, according to a district […]
Published: Feb 20, 2018, 4:07 pm • Updated: Feb 20, 2018, 4:10 pm By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis, The Washington Post A White House climate adviser resigned Wednesday after failing to receive a permanent security clearance, becoming the latest member of the Trump administration to leave amid scrutiny of the background checks of presidential […]
Published: Feb 7, 2018, 5:49 am • Updated: Feb 7, 2018, 6:52 am By Mark Matthews WASHINGTON — It’s been a month since the pot blockade began, and U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is standing firm in his vow to jam all appointments to the Department of Justice until Attorney General Jeff Sessions softens his stance […]
Published: Mar 2, 2017, 2:29 pm • Updated: Mar 2, 2017, 2:58 pm By The Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Senators from eight states that have legalized the recreational or medicinal use of marijuana are asking Attorney General Jeff Sessions to uphold the Department of Justice’s existing enforcement policy toward states with voter-approved marijuana laws. […]
Published: Aug 25, 2017, 11:48 am • Updated: Aug 25, 2017, 11:49 am By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Colorado was the last of the four legal marijuana states to reply to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ July 24 letters questioning each state’s respective regulatory regimes, however the response from the state that served as a […]