Published: Sep 14, 2017, 7:59 am • Updated: Sep 14, 2017, 7:59 am By John Tozzi and Jared S Hopkins, Bloomberg In southwest Ohio, people die from drug overdoses at more than double the national rate. In the future, whether someone survives could hinge on what county they are in. The sheriff in Butler County […]
Published: Feb 20, 2018, 11:26 am • Updated: Feb 20, 2018, 12:05 pm By The Associated Press HAMDEN, Conn. — Two students at Quinnipiac University are accused of selling drugs out of their dorm room, including edible squares made with marijuana and Fruity Pebbles cereal. Police arrested 18-year-old Patrick Ownbey, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, […]
Published: Aug 7, 2017, 8:55 am • Updated: Aug 7, 2017, 8:55 am By The Associated Press BOSTON — The race is on to assemble the five-member board that will oversee recreational and medical marijuana in Massachusetts. Under a new state law approved last month, Gov. Charlie Baker, Attorney General Maura Healey and state Treasurer […]
The U.S. marijuana industry has a new spokesman: John Boehner, R-Ohio. The former House speaker has joined the advisory board of Acreage Holdings, a company that cultivates, processes and dispenses cannabis in 11 U.S. states. Boehner’s endorsement, after saying nine years ago he was “unalterably opposed” to legalization, could be considered a watershed event: Marijuana […]
UPDATE: GW’s Epidiolex on April 19 received a unanimous recommendation from the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Association. The following article has been updated to reflect that decision. This is a make-or-break spring for GW Pharmaceuticals and its billion-dollar investment in a cannabidiol-based drug. The London-based […]
Published: Feb 12, 2018, 5:22 pm • Updated: Feb 12, 2018, 5:22 pm By The Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Some New Mexico lawmakers are pushing to add opioid addiction to the list of qualifying conditions for the state’s medical marijuana program. Supporters gathered Monday in Santa Fe with representatives of the Drug […]
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Published: Feb 28, 2017, 11:53 am • Updated: Feb 28, 2017, 11:53 am By The Associated Press ATLANTA — A Senate panel in the Georgia General Assembly has approved legislation that would reduce the punishment for possessing small amounts of marijuana. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Monday to advance the bill sponsored by Sen. Harold […]
Published: Feb 1, 2018, 11:06 am • Updated: Feb 1, 2018, 11:14 am By Patricia Sullivan, The Washington Post A bill that would allow physicians to prescribe a form of medical marijuana to patients suffering from a variety of serious diseases seems headed toward passage Thursday on the floor of the Virginia House of Delegates, […]
Boulder couple Jessica and Ed Bates are opening a new CBD boutique that will be stocked with products made from hemp grown right down the road from future store location. Moon Mother Hemp Company: A CBD Boutique, which will be located in 550-square-foot store front in Boulder’s Water Street Plaza on Canyon Boulevard, will follow […]