Published: Dec 8, 2017, 2:57 pm • Updated: Dec 8, 2017, 2:57 pm By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — California on Friday began accepting applications from businesses that want to operate in the state’s legal marijuana industry next year, a milestone for the emerging market. After months in development, an online system launched and […]
Published: Aug 3, 2017, 8:30 am • Updated: Aug 3, 2017, 8:46 am By Greg Miller, The Washington Post WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump made building a wall along the southern U.S. border and forcing Mexico to pay for it core pledges of his campaign. But in his first White House call with Mexico’s president, […]
Published: Jul 25, 2016, 9:37 am • Updated: Sep 20, 2017, 1:38 pm By John Ingold, The Denver Post Colorado’s laws on labeling and child-resistant packaging have been unable to stop an increase of young kids ending up in the emergency room after accidentally consuming marijuana, according to a new study published online Monday in […]
Published: Jan 5, 2018, 11:45 pm • Updated: Jan 6, 2018, 12:00 am By The Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Whether to crack down on marijuana in states where it is legal is a decision that will now rest with those states’ top federal prosecutors, many of whom are deeply rooted in their communities and […]
Published: Feb 28, 2017, 1:39 am • Updated: Feb 28, 2017, 9:19 am By Susan Montoya Bryan, The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — On a patch of tribal land in western New Mexico, a company plans to build a $160 million state-of-the-art greenhouse for researching and growing medicinal plants, including marijuana. Bright Green Group of […]
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A Grand Junction area trustee has announced that he is resigning less than 48 hours after winning the election. Jesse Loughman says he is giving up the Palisade office so he can keep his five marijuana licenses. He owns Palisade’s only retail and medical marijuana stores. The Daily Sentinel reports […]
Published: Feb 15, 2018, 2:55 pm • Updated: Feb 19, 2018, 12:12 pm By The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. — A proposal to ease the cultivation of hemp, a less-potent cousin of marijuana, is moving forward in the Oregon Legislature. The bill would expand a hemp research program run by the Oregon Department of Agriculture. […]
Published: Oct 2, 2017, 10:59 am • Updated: Oct 2, 2017, 10:59 am By Bruce Kennedy, The Cannabist Staff The price of a pound of legal marijuana continues to plummet in 2017, according to a new report tracking the commodity’s U.S. spot price index. Wholesale cannabis prices dropped 18.6 percent nationwide in the first half […]
Published: Mar 10, 2018, 2:52 pm • Updated: Mar 10, 2018, 2:52 pm By Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post MEDELLIN, Colombia – Tens of thousands of Colombians died in the U.S.-backed war on drugs. But after an official about-face on marijuana, Colombia is looking to exchange gun-toting traffickers for corporate backers in a bid to […]
Published: Oct 13, 2017, 10:55 am • Updated: Oct 13, 2017, 10:55 am By Gary White, The Ledger Nearly a year has passed since Floridians voted to add marijuana to the list of medications the state’s doctors are allowed to use. Though the result was decisive — 71 percent of voters approved a constitutional amendment […]