Published: Sep 1, 2017, 3:44 pm • Updated: Sep 4, 2017, 9:19 am By David Migoya, The Denver Post The U.S. Department of Justice is secretly using the Internal Revenue Service to conduct criminal investigations into otherwise legitimate marijuana businesses in Colorado under the guise of tax audits, lawyers for the companies say in an […]
Published: Mar 6, 2017, 3:43 pm • Updated: Mar 6, 2017, 3:44 pm By Will Houston, Eureka Times-Standard A Humboldt County judge this week denied a petition for an enforcement order against the county, sparing hundreds of cannabis business permit applications from possible invalidation. Superior Court Judge Christopher G. Wilson wrote in his Monday ruling […]
Published: Aug 25, 2017, 5:54 pm • Updated: Aug 25, 2017, 5:54 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Promoting cannabis as a safer alternative to alcohol was a tenet of the marijuana legalization movements in Colorado and other states. Early data indicate that attitude continues when people get behind the wheel. A recent Colorado […]
Published: Aug 23, 2017, 4:30 pm • Updated: Aug 23, 2017, 4:30 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff MassRoots Inc., a Denver-based marijuana tech and social media firm, plans to snap up web-based rules and regulations company CannaRegs Ltd. in a $12 million stock transaction, the companies announced Wednesday. The deal for Denver’s CannaRegs, […]
KEARNEY, Neb. — Two people arrested in south-central Nebraska are facing possible prison time for hauling marijuana, including some that had fallen onto Interstate 80. The Kearney Hub reports that 49-year-old Charlie Red of Sedalia and 29-year-old Damaisy De La Caridad Rodriguez of Miami pleaded no contest Friday in Buffalo County District Court to felony […]
Published: Jan 8, 2018, 1:15 pm • Updated: Jan 8, 2018, 3:43 pm By Sudhin Thanawala, Ryan J. Foley and Geoff Mulvihill SAN FRANCISCO — The decision by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to rescind an Obama-era policy on federal marijuana enforcement sparked an outcry from Republicans and Democrats. They argue that Sessions is trampling on […]
Published: Dec 7, 2017, 4:49 pm • Updated: Dec 7, 2017, 5:04 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Denver’s Office of Marijuana Policy has successfully implemented some suggestions made last year by the city’s auditor; however, the regulatory office continues to fall short on full transparency about how pot tax revenue is spent, a […]
Published: Sep 12, 2017, 4:37 pm • Updated: Sep 12, 2017, 4:37 pm By Jon Murray, The Denver Post Excess marijuana tax proceeds would provide $10 million for transportation projects, park and recreation center fixes, and a new “community budgeting” program next year under a $2 billion budget proposal unveiled Tuesday by Denver Mayor Michael […]
CARPINTERIA, Calif. — This picturesque coastal town cradled by mountains and sandy shores is a scene out of a Southern California postcard. Residents of Carpinteria say they feel lucky to live in what they consider a slice of paradise. But change is in the air. And sometimes, they say, it stinks. That’s because marijuana has […]
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