Published: Jan 29, 2018, 9:31 am • Updated: Jan 29, 2018, 9:45 am By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Dennis Peron, an activist who was among the first people to argue for the benefits of marijuana for AIDS patients and helped legalize medical pot in California, died Saturday at 72. The San Francisco Chronicle […]
Published: Jan 17, 2018, 2:14 pm • Updated: Jan 17, 2018, 2:14 pm By The Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic candidate for governor Matt Flynn says if elected he would pardon everyone who has low-level marijuana convictions. Flynn also supports legalizing marijuana in Wisconsin. He is one of the nine highest profile Democratic […]
Published: Feb 6, 2018, 10:51 am • Updated: Feb 6, 2018, 11:28 am By The Associated Press TULSA, Okla. — Two U.S. Postal Service workers accused of stealing marijuana from packages at a mail sorting facility in Oklahoma have pleaded guilty. The Tulsa World reports that 47-year-old Laura Mae Campbell pleaded guilty to conspiracy under […]
Published: Mar 12, 2018, 4:07 pm • Updated: Mar 12, 2018, 4:07 pm By Alex Pasquariello, The Cannabist Staff Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) Monday released a new symbol to be included on packaging and labeling for all medical and retail cannabis products sold in the state. “The adoption of a single universal symbol is […]
Published: Mar 2, 2018, 12:25 pm • Updated: Mar 2, 2018, 12:30 pm By Katie Shapiro, The Cannabist Staff From left: Artists Mindy Karl and Dale Hollinger. (Photo by Craig Turpin, The Aspen Times) Few things go better with creativity than cannabis, so as legalization spreads, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that marijuana is […]
Published: Nov 7, 2017, 10:25 am • Updated: Nov 7, 2017, 10:32 am By Tom Withers, The Associated Press BEREA, Ohio — Josh Gordon has never played an NFL game sober. That has to change if he plans to play in another one. One day before the Browns wide receiver gets another shot at rebooting […]
Published: Mar 9, 2018, 11:57 am • Updated: Mar 9, 2018, 11:57 am By The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say they arrested a man after drugs were found in his sport utility vehicle after a traffic stop along Interstate 80 in east Omaha. The stop was made around 10:30 p.m. Thursday. The […]
Published: Feb 2, 2018, 10:43 am • Updated: Feb 2, 2018, 10:56 am By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff As Canada’s stock exchanges and securities regulators grow increasingly concerned about the state of legal cannabs south of the border, a Canadian medical marijuana company has started to divest its U.S.-based cannabis investments and assets. Officials […]
Published: Jul 31, 2017, 6:14 am • Updated: Jul 31, 2017, 1:09 pm By Tom McGhee, The Denver Post David and Christine Lynn paid $398,000 for a home in rural Douglas County before discovering that the previous occupants had diverted an electrical line to avoid paying the high cost of power needed to turn the […]
Published: Nov 22, 2017, 10:44 am • Updated: Nov 22, 2017, 11:02 am By James Nord, The Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A cannabis cultivation expert who was prosecuted in South Dakota after working with a Native American tribe trying to open the nation’s first marijuana resort will see his drug case dismissed. A […]