Published: Dec 29, 2017, 11:34 am • Updated: Dec 29, 2017, 11:34 am By Amy Dickinson, The Chicago Tribune Dear Amy: I am the father of a boy and a girl, ages 9 and 11. I live in Colorado, and smoke marijuana. I did not start smoking regularly until it was legal here. My kids […]
Published: Nov 24, 2017, 5:30 pm • Updated: Nov 24, 2017, 5:30 pm By Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Boutique hotel group Standard International and cannabis-infused confection maker Lord Jones have announced a partnership that includes opening a retail shop in the lobby of the Standard Hollywood early next year. There are […]
Published: Jul 27, 2016, 8:16 am • Updated: Jul 27, 2016, 1:13 pm By Ivan Moreno, The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –Gov. Bruce Rauner is working with the Illinois State Police on how to handle a proposal to make marijuana possession in small amounts punishable only with fines under a bill he appears poised to […]
Published: Dec 15, 2017, 12:26 pm • Updated: Dec 15, 2017, 12:50 pm By Laurie Wolf, The Cannabist Staff Quick breads are a great thing for a cannabis cook. So easy, so tasty and you probably already have the ingredients to make one right now. Do you have some cannabutter at the ready? I hope […]
Published: Dec 27, 2017, 8:28 am • Updated: Dec 27, 2017, 1:50 pm By David Smiley, Miami Herald When Florida’s medical marijuana industry was starting a few years ago, business owners had a big problem: Where could they find a bank to take their millions? For marijuana distributors, opening bank accounts isn’t easy. The federal […]
Published: Aug 21, 2017, 7:55 am • Updated: Aug 21, 2017, 8:11 am By Leonardo Haberkorn, The Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — The legal sale of marijuana in Uruguayan pharmacies is facing challenges as banks refuse to deal with companies linked to the drug in order to follow international financial laws. A government official said […]
Published: Oct 23, 2017, 8:15 am • Updated: Oct 23, 2017, 8:15 am By Amber Ferguson, The Washington Post When Alex Roth’s mother sent him an article announcing a new degree program being offered at Northern Michigan University, the sophomore immediately switched his major. Roth is now majoring in cannabis. The program, Medicinal Plant Chemistry, […]
Published: Oct 11, 2017, 8:38 am • Updated: Oct 11, 2017, 8:42 am By Michael Dresser and Evan Halper, The Baltimore Sun Maryland’s medical marijuana program, finally about to launch, could remain grounded if Congress fails to extend limits on federal prosecutions for using and selling the drug. Under pressure from the anti-cannabis Attorney General […]
Published: Oct 11, 2017, 3:18 pm • Updated: Oct 11, 2017, 3:18 pm By Matt Bonesteel, The Washington Post Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon has not played in an NFL game since December 2014, his NFL-mandated suspensions piling up one after the other. But now, in a short documentary for LeBron James’ Uninterrupted digital […]
Published: Aug 1, 2017, 3:46 pm • Updated: Aug 1, 2017, 5:14 pm By The Cannabist Staff Do scientific studies find African-Americans are “about 10 times more likely to lie and say they hadn’t smoked pot?” The statistic was one of several incendiary claims about marijuana made by columnist Ann Coulter at a Politicon debate […]