Published: Nov 26, 2017, 4:00 pm • Updated: Nov 26, 2017, 4:01 pm By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It was a telling setting for a decision on whether post-traumatic stress disorder patients could use medical marijuana. Against the backdrop of the nation’s largest Veterans Day parade, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this […]
Published: Dec 19, 2017, 8:42 am • Updated: Dec 19, 2017, 8:46 am By The Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska’s marijuana control agency voted to revoke the license of a marijuana edibles manufacturer that was accused of selling moldy products. The state’s Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office board voted on Friday to revoke the […]
Published: Dec 20, 2017, 9:57 am • Updated: Dec 20, 2017, 2:22 pm By Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post Venerable insurer Lloyds of London once covered actress Betty Grable’s legs for $1 million each, but a lawsuit in federal court makes it clear its practice of unusual policies doesn’t include secret hash oil production or […]
Published: Mar 8, 2017, 1:51 pm • Updated: Mar 8, 2017, 1:51 pm By Michael O’Keeffe, Special To The Cannabist NEW YORK — Marvin Washington says many of his NFL teammates used cannabis to unwind and ease the pain that inevitably comes from playing America’s most violent game — but it wasn’t for him. “I […]
Published: Sep 22, 2017, 12:32 pm • Updated: Sep 22, 2017, 12:36 pm By Kyle Swenson, The Washington Post Morgan Freeman’s honey-kissed baritone has sound-tracked dozens of documentaries and public announcements in the Oscar-winner’s long Hollywood career. But the 80-year-old star’s tenure in the business probably failed to prep him for the Russian reaction that […]
Published: Jan 15, 2018, 11:58 am • Updated: Jan 15, 2018, 11:58 am By The Denver Post, The Cannabist Staff Broncos wide receiver Carlos Henderson was arrested and charged with first offense possession of marijuana in West Monroe, La., on Sunday, according to the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office. Henderson was a passenger in a GMC […]
Published: Jan 22, 2018, 7:19 am • Updated: Jan 22, 2018, 9:18 am By John Ingold, The Denver Post After Colorado became the first state in the country to launch legal marijuana sales to anyone over 21, state officials faced an equally unprecedented challenge: How to tell people, in this newly permissive environment, that cannabis […]
Published: Aug 11, 2017, 1:02 pm • Updated: Aug 11, 2017, 1:02 pm By Vincent Chandler, The Cannabist Staff Featured guest: Dot Colagiovanni, senior director of pharmaceutical development for Next Frontier Biosciences. She holds a doctorate in molecular toxicology and environmental health sciences, and specializes in pain, anti-infectives, oncology and inflammatory lung diseases. LOTS TO […]
Published: Dec 26, 2017, 9:39 am • Updated: Dec 26, 2017, 9:39 am By The Associated Press MANSFIELD, Ohio — A man bearing gifts visited an Ohio prison on Christmas Eve, but it wasn’t Santa Claus. The Ohio State Highway Patrol reports that someone approached the Richland Correctional Institution around 9 a.m. Sunday and tried […]
Published: Oct 6, 2017, 2:56 pm • Updated: Oct 6, 2017, 2:57 pm By The Cannabist Network Stephanie Agakian first discovered the benefits of cannabis-friendly massage second-hand, so to speak. Agakian was working at two different studios at the time, one of which offered clients the option of getting a rubdown with CBD-infused lotion. At […]