Published: Sep 20, 2017, 12:34 am • Updated: Sep 20, 2017, 11:17 am By The Associated Press BOSTON — Massachusetts’ highest court ruled Tuesday that field sobriety tests typically used in drunken-driving cases cannot be treated as conclusive evidence that a motorist was operating under the influence of marijuana. Related: Is it safer to drive […]
Published: Mar 19, 2018, 4:43 pm • Updated: Mar 19, 2018, 4:43 pm By Melissa Repko, The Dallas Morning News DALLAS — As state after state loosens laws on the sale of marijuana, a whole industry has sprung up to serve the fast-growing market for cannabis and related products. Even in Texas, which hasn’t legalized […]
Published: Sep 6, 2017, 10:21 pm • Updated: Sep 7, 2017, 11:17 am By Aleta Labak, The Cannabist Staff The U.S. House Committee on Rules has blocked a number of marijuana-related amendments from a federal appropriations bill, including the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment. The GOP-led committee’s moves late Wednesday mean multiple amendments protecting existing and future state […]
Published: Nov 7, 2017, 3:16 pm • Updated: Nov 7, 2017, 4:33 pm By Alex Pasquariello, The Cannabist Staff If Tom Tancredo had it to do over again, he’d still support Colorado’s marijuana-legalizing Amendment 64 – even though he thinks it cost him the 2014 GOP nomination for Colorado governor. The former congressman — and […]
Published: Nov 30, 2017, 11:44 am • Updated: Nov 30, 2017, 3:01 pm By Julie Carr Smyth, The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — The tiny village of Mount Orab and the city of Akron are among diverse locations of the 12 large growers Ohio picked Thursday to participate in its medical marijuana program. In announcing […]
Published: Sep 19, 2017, 2:05 pm • Updated: Sep 19, 2017, 4:47 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Whether the man behind Denver’s recent 4/20 rally will get another go at the marijuana-centric event will soon rest in the hands of an administrative hearing officer. Event organizer Miguel Lopez on Tuesday appealed the three-year […]
Published: Mar 2, 2017, 8:19 am • Updated: Mar 2, 2017, 8:19 am By The Associated Press CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada lawmakers want to give people addicted to heroin, painkillers and other narcotics the option to treat their condition with medical marijuana. Senate Democrats introduced a bill Tuesday that would allow registered nurses, psychologists, […]
Published: Dec 6, 2017, 5:54 pm • Updated: Dec 6, 2017, 5:54 pm By The Associated Press ATHENS, Greece — Greek authorities say they have seized more than six tons of processed cannabis from a tugboat in the Mediterranean Sea and arrested the vessel’s six Syrian crew members. A Merchant Marine Ministry statement said the […]
Published: Dec 12, 2017, 5:28 pm • Updated: Dec 13, 2017, 10:42 am By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff No longer will backwards math be needed to determine marijuana sales in Colorado. The Colorado Department of Revenue on Tuesday published a mother lode of previously unreleased sales data for the state’s marijuana retailers. “We know […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois public health officials say a third person has died who experienced severe bleeding after using synthetic marijuana. The Illinois Department of Public Health announced the death Monday, saying there are now 107 cases of people who have had severe bleeding due to the substance. The number was 56 cases a week […]