Published: Nov 24, 2017, 6:24 pm • Updated: Nov 24, 2017, 6:24 pm By The Associated Press HONOLULU — The medical school at the University of Hawaii held its first seminar on medical marijuana with a panel of doctors and lawyers discussing the drug and the regulations governing its use. At the recent event, the […]
Published: Dec 21, 2017, 9:51 am • Updated: Dec 21, 2017, 9:51 am By The Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island officials warn many medical marijuana cultivators will fail under the state’s current setup. The Providence Journal reports 18 businesses have been approved to sell marijuana to the state’s three dispensaries. Another 93 applicants […]
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan regulators said Thursday that they ordered the closure of 210 medical marijuana businesses over a two-week period, largely because their owners failed to apply for a state license by a mid-February deadline or did not receive authorization from their municipalities. Most of the shops — 158 — were in Detroit. Authorities […]
Published: Oct 16, 2017, 11:46 am • Updated: Oct 16, 2017, 11:58 am By Ed O’Keefe and Scott Higham and Lenny Bernstein, The Washington Post WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats on Monday reacted sharply to reports that President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as the nation’s drug czar helped steer legislation that made it harder for […]
Published: Oct 6, 2017, 8:03 am • Updated: Oct 6, 2017, 8:03 am By Alison Bosma, Milford Daily News BOSTON — For civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton, cannabis legalization lands squarely under his purview. “I will never tell you how to grow marijuana, I don’t know how to do that,” Sharpton told an […]
Published: Feb 24, 2017, 4:39 pm • Updated: Feb 27, 2017, 7:36 am By Nicki Jhabvala, The Denver Post Despite recent comments from White House press secretary Sean Spicer about “greater enforcement” of federal recreational marijuana laws in states that have legalized its sale and consumption, the NFL Players’ Association said it will continue to […]
Published: Jan 4, 2018, 3:38 pm • Updated: Jan 4, 2018, 3:38 pm By Ken Ritter, The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Some Nevada lawmakers say millions of dollars and thousands of jobs could go up in smoke if federal authorities crack down on marijuana sales and possession in the state where recreational pot became […]
Published: Aug 4, 2017, 3:31 pm • Updated: Aug 4, 2017, 3:40 pm By Sadie Gurman, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The betting was that law-and-order Attorney General Jeff Sessions would come out against the legalized marijuana industry with guns blazing. But the task force Sessions assembled to find the best legal strategy is giving […]
Published: Aug 14, 2017, 7:38 am • Updated: Aug 14, 2017, 8:19 am By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — For now, Nevada marijuana regulators won’t be able to issue pot distribution licenses to businesses other than liquor wholesalers after all. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2uT17Fd) that a judge on Friday sided with the […]
Published: Oct 13, 2017, 5:19 pm • Updated: Oct 13, 2017, 5:19 pm By The Cannabist Staff Featured guest: Stacey Mulvey, founder of Marijuasana yoga classes. Podcast: Play in new window | Download LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • While Denver is getting its first-in-the-nation program implementied to allow social use of cannabis at businesses, some […]