Published: Jan 24, 2018, 1:23 pm • Updated: Jan 24, 2018, 1:51 pm By Bruce Kennedy, The Cannabist Staff Uncertainty interjected into the cannabis industry earlier this month by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions could create new opportunities for the sector and advance legalization legislation. But the realities of a post-Cole Memo legal landscape underscore […]
Published: Jan 29, 2018, 11:42 am • Updated: Jan 29, 2018, 11:42 am By The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Authorities are trying to figure out how more than 40 pounds of marijuana ended up being dumped at an Albuquerque elementary school. Police say the pot was found in several trash bags at Manzano Mesa […]
Published: Aug 7, 2017, 7:41 am • Updated: Aug 7, 2017, 7:41 am By Christopher N. Osher, The Denver Post Members of a team that sought to raise $50 million from investors to finance the marijuana industry in Colorado and other states racked up more than $4 million in court judgments and settlements for their […]
Published: Aug 21, 2017, 1:10 pm • Updated: Aug 21, 2017, 1:50 pm By Nate Jackson, Guest Commentary In The Cannifornian Pain is a constant in the game of football, and the National Football League has long relied on painkillers to keep its players on the field. This has made NFL locker rooms especially vulnerable […]
Published: Aug 4, 2017, 9:05 am • Updated: Aug 4, 2017, 10:46 am By Kathleen Ronayne, The Associated Press SAN ANDREAS, Calif. — More than 27,000 marijuana plants were seized and 35 people arrested in a series of raids in a California county that is trying to crack down on illegal grows as the state […]
Published: Nov 6, 2017, 7:46 am • Updated: Nov 6, 2017, 7:47 am By Omar Sacirbey, marijuana Business Daily DENVER — With most private institutions and credit unions still avoiding the legal cannabis industry, many marijuana businesses remain without bank accounts. But one idea is gaining acceptance among marijuana entrepreneurs and a growing number of […]
Published: Oct 11, 2017, 11:28 am • Updated: Oct 11, 2017, 11:33 am By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian Forget ushering in the New Year by buying legal weed from a California dispensary as the clock strikes midnight. But some shops should be selling recreational marijuana by the time you wake up New Year’s Day […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Deondre Francois became the subject of a two-month drug investigation after Tallahassee police received a tip and believed the Florida State quarterback possessed marijuana with the intent to sell, according to a search warrant obtained by the Orlando Sentinel on Tuesday. The anonymous male tipster, who was inside Francois’s apartment in late […]
Published: Nov 15, 2017, 9:35 am • Updated: Nov 15, 2017, 9:35 am By Janie Har, The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco supervisors delayed voting Tuesday on proposed pot regulations, making it more unlikely that people in this weed-friendly city will be able to buy recreational pot when adult use becomes legal Jan. […]
Published: Nov 7, 2017, 8:11 am • Updated: Nov 7, 2017, 8:11 am By The Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota voters won’t have the chance to legalize recreational marijuana in 2018, but they could decide whether to allow patients to use cannabis medically. Initiative groups hoping to go before voters in 2018 […]