Published: Mar 1, 2018, 11:07 am • Updated: Mar 5, 2018, 11:02 am By Daniel Boniface, The Denver Post Mike Jeffcoat, the coach of Texas Wesleyan’s baseball team, has been fired over comments he made about Colorado recruits, the university announced Thursday. Texas Wesleyan President Frederick Slabach announced Jeffcoat’s firing at a news conference Thursday. […]
Published: Mar 19, 2018, 5:30 pm • Updated: Mar 19, 2018, 5:31 pm By The Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska House is asking the federal government not to interfere in state-authorized marijuana businesses. The House voted 38-0 Monday to pass a nonbinding resolution asking the feds to respect Alaska’s authority to regulate marijuana […]
Published: Nov 13, 2017, 1:24 pm • Updated: Nov 13, 2017, 1:25 pm By Oluwatomike Adeboyejo, capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. — After a four-year wait to provide medical cannabis to patients, the drug could be available to Marylanders as early as this month, according to industry stakeholders. “I think we could see product in […]
Published: Feb 15, 2018, 5:07 pm • Updated: Feb 19, 2018, 5:11 pm By Blake Nicholson, Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota’s Health Department has selected a Florida-based company to implement a system to monitor the state’s developing medical marijuana program. BioTrackTHC has similar contracts in six other states including Delaware, which has a […]
Published: Feb 27, 2017, 4:09 pm • Updated: Feb 28, 2017, 10:43 am By Sadie Gurman and Eric Tucker, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will try to adopt “responsible policies” for enforcement of federal anti-marijuana laws, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday, adding that he believes violence surrounds sales and use of […]
DENVER — The Colorado House overwhelmingly passed an amendment that would allow school officials to administer medical marijuana to students. Quintin’s Amendment, named for 9-year-old Quintin Lovato, of Gypsum, passed with 48-16, Thursday morning, April 12. “I’ve never seen Quintin smile so much as he did this morning when I told him,” said Hannah Lovato, […]
Published: Feb 23, 2017, 7:34 pm • Updated: Feb 27, 2017, 12:13 pm By The Cannabist Staff White House spokesman Sean Spicer’s press briefing Thursday shook up the marijuana world. Spicer’s response to an Arkansas reporter’s query about that state’s new voter-approved medical marijuana law included comments that “there’s a big difference between (medical marijuana) […]
Published: Oct 20, 2017, 3:16 pm • Updated: Oct 23, 2017, 6:51 am By The Cannabist Staff Featured guest: Devin Jamroz, CEO of SteepFuze, a company that infuses coffee beans with Colorado-sourced hemp. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • How coffee can be infused in the roasting process, and the pros and cons of coating it […]
Published: Oct 6, 2017, 1:31 pm • Updated: Oct 6, 2017, 3:05 pm By The Cannabist Staff Featured guests: Witt Rabon and Jamar Brown, co-founders of Dro clothing. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • Designing the perfect look for today’s cannabis culture, evolving with the modern consumer. • Learning from the success of others: “If they […]
Published: Jan 8, 2018, 3:02 pm • Updated: Jan 8, 2018, 3:02 pm By Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post For months now, Democrats and Republicans alike have argued that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had to remain in place to shield the special counsel from being fired. If President Donald Trump axed Sessions, the thinking went, […]