Category: Medical Marijuana News

Drug Enforcement Administration and FBI agents joined state and local agencies in a massive, coordinated raid of more than a dozen suspected illegal marijuana growing operations across the Denver metro area Thursday morning, federal officials say. Drug investigators began serving judicial warrants to suspected drug trafficking locations following a lengthy investigation, said Deanne Rueter, spokeswoman […]

Everyone knows millennials love marijuana. Now, a handful of polls by The Tylt back up that claim — and the numbers are staggering. In a study which polled over 6,000 millenial-aged users, 84% believe marijuana should be legalized. Other cannabis-related findings from the The Tylt: 87.6% of millennials believe marijuana is safer than alcohol 85.6% […]

Published: Jul 24, 2017, 7:50 am • Updated: Jul 25, 2017, 12:02 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff During the day, the prescription opiates stung like a knife in Eben Britton’s gut. At night, cravings for the pills prescribed to manage pain caused by six years as a NFL offensive lineman roused him from […]

Published: Jan 23, 2018, 10:38 am • Updated: Jan 23, 2018, 11:03 am By The Associated Press RENO, Nev. — Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto says she’s as anxious as everyone else to find out the acting U.S. Attorney for Nevada’s take on the Trump administration’s marijuana policy. The Nevada Democrat told the Reno Gazette Journal […]

Published: Feb 22, 2018, 1:11 pm • Updated: Feb 22, 2018, 1:11 pm By Editorial Board, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner A bill that would seal the records of marijuana possession convictions prior to Feb. 24, 2015 — when marijuana possession was officially legalized — has been sponsored by Democratic Reps. Harriet Drummond, Ivy Spohnholz and Geran […]

Published: Feb 15, 2018, 3:26 pm • Updated: Feb 19, 2018, 4:15 pm By Bob Christie, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona House panel on Thursday approved a proposal making doctors who sidestep rules for medical marijuana recommendations guilty of a felony. The proposal backed by Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk was approved by […]

Published: Oct 17, 2017, 5:06 pm • Updated: Oct 17, 2017, 5:06 pm By The Associated Press PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. — A Philadelphia-area mayoral candidate says he was serious when he vowed to investigate the use of drug-sniffing bunnies if elected — even though it appears to stem from an internet hoax. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports […]

Published: Jan 19, 2018, 2:17 pm • Updated: Jan 19, 2018, 3:32 pm By Polly Washburn, The Cannabist Staff The people have spoken! Presenting The Cannabist People’s Choice Awards 2017. We asked you to vote for your favorite cannabis consumables, people and places for 2017. As we’ve had a little excitement in the weed world […]

Published: Oct 2, 2017, 1:48 pm • Updated: Oct 2, 2017, 1:48 pm By The Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. — A former U.S. Postal Service employee has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for conspiring to bring marijuana into Pennsylvania and laundering money from the sales. Fifty-seven-year-old Ramona Long of Oroville, California, was […]

Published: Mar 2, 2017, 3:08 pm • Updated: Mar 2, 2017, 3:23 pm By The Cannabist Staff Featured guests: Marijuana Industry Group Executive Director Kristi Kelly and Dustin Mahon, Endocanna CEO. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • Sean Spicer and Jeff Sessions both speak out against recreational marijuana: Is there a sense of panic in the […]