Published: Aug 14, 2017, 8:44 am • Updated: Aug 14, 2017, 10:03 am By Andrew Selsky, The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Well before Oregon legalized marijuana, its verdant, wet forests made it an ideal place for growing the drug, which often ended up being funneled out of the state for big money. Now, officials […]
Published: Mar 13, 2018, 8:14 am • Updated: Mar 13, 2018, 10:59 am By Los Angeles Times Editorial Board President Trump will visit Southern California on Tuesday for the first time since he traumatized the state’s liberal consensus by winning the White House. It’s a free country, so he’s welcome, though he shouldn’t expect much […]
NATURITA — Voters in a western Colorado town have approved allowing a variety of marijuana businesses, including stores for medical and adult-use recreational products, manufacturing facilities and cultivation facilities. Naturita voters also approved a municipal sales tax on those businesses Tuesday. Less than 100 people voted on each question, and the results were close. For […]
Published: Mar 7, 2017, 2:14 pm • Updated: Mar 7, 2017, 2:37 pm By John Frank and Jon Murray, The Denver Post The legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado nearly five years ago opened a vast landscape of unknowns, and now the state is looking to settle one of the last frontiers. The General Assembly […]
None of the funds made available under this Act to the Department of Justice may be used to prevent or delay the approval of an application, which complies with all applicable requirements, submitted to the Attorney General to possess, distribute, or manufacture a schedule I controlled substance, including marihuana, for the purposes of conducting research, […]
Published: Dec 14, 2017, 12:25 pm • Updated: Dec 15, 2017, 6:27 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Denver police on Thursday raided eight Sweet Leaf Marijuana Center locations in Denver and Aurora and arrested 12 people as part of a yearlong investigation into illegal marijuana sales. The criminal activities alleged included sales of […]
The stigma is lifting from marijuana — and Ricky Williams. The former college football star and pro running back never ran from his marijuana use, even when four failed drug tests dogged his 11-season NFL career, triggering suspensions and costing him hundreds of thousands of dollars. Nearly 14 years after he was labeled a “pot […]
Fifty-two marijuana plants worth an estimated $156,000 were seized Wednesday in a suspected illegal grow operation in eastern Pueblo County. Narcotics detectives with the sheriff’s office, acting on a tip, went to a home in the 1900 block of 58th Lane and discovered marijuana growing in an occupied home on the property, according to a […]
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Published: Aug 22, 2017, 9:02 am • Updated: Aug 22, 2017, 9:55 am By Kristen Nichols, The Associated Press DENVER — Colorado’s largest city is on the brink of licensing some of the nation’s first legal marijuana clubs. But Denver’s elaborate hurdles for potential weed-friendly coffee shops and gathering places may mean the city gets […]