Published: Nov 28, 2017, 10:15 am • Updated: Nov 28, 2017, 10:34 am By The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb is directing state excise police to resume checking stores for marijuana-derived oils after the state’s attorney general declared them illegal with one limited exception. Holcomb says in a statement Tuesday that excise […]
Published: Dec 22, 2017, 10:11 am • Updated: Dec 22, 2017, 11:33 am By Jake Browne, The Cannabist Staff Everyday, without fail, I get some variation of the following message: “Wuz up bro I want to smoke ganga for a livin how do I get yer job?” There are more articulate versions, but that’s the […]
Published: Aug 7, 2017, 10:06 am • Updated: Aug 7, 2017, 10:06 am By The Associated Press RUTLAND, Vt. — A father and son are considering the Norman Rockwell Museum property in Vermont as a possible location for a marijuana dispensary. The museum site in Rutland is up for sale, and Daniel Reilly Sr. and […]
Published: Mar 7, 2018, 10:48 am • Updated: Mar 7, 2018, 10:48 am By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. — A bill to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky ran into strong opposition from law enforcement officials Tuesday during another round of testimony before a legislative panel. For a second straight day, the House Judiciary […]
Published: Oct 9, 2017, 10:12 am • Updated: Oct 9, 2017, 10:12 am By The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ attorney general’s office has rejected language proposed for a 2018 ballot issue, saying the attempt to legalize marijuana is too ambiguous to make sense. In a letter dated Friday but released Monday, the […]
Published: Sep 13, 2017, 8:55 am • Updated: Sep 13, 2017, 11:15 am By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — The state of Nevada is preparing a public information campaign to address the use of marijuana by pregnant women and highlight the potential harm the drug can do to a fetus. Public service TV and […]
Published: Oct 4, 2017, 3:29 pm • Updated: Oct 4, 2017, 3:54 pm By Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post A Denver man who shot two boys — killing one and paralyzing the other — when they attempted to steal marijuana from his yard was “at best mean and at worst evil,” a prosecutor said Wednesday […]
Published: Oct 16, 2017, 9:51 am • Updated: Oct 16, 2017, 9:51 am By The Associated Press HUGO, Okla. — An Oklahoma sheriff says two inmates briefly escaped to visit their girlfriends and smoke marijuana and then walked back to the jail. Choctaw County Sheriff Terry Park tells The Oklahoman that inmates Harley Davidson and […]
Published: Mar 7, 2018, 9:59 am • Updated: Mar 7, 2018, 10:06 am By Becca Blond, Special To The Cannabist The pioneers shaping Colorado’s $1.5 billion cannabis industry are ready for their closeup. Nearly half of the 33 entrepreneurs featured in new documentary, “Mary Janes: The Women of Weed”, are from the Centennial State. The […]
Published: Oct 13, 2017, 7:58 am • Updated: Oct 13, 2017, 7:58 am By Lenny Bernstein, The Washington Post The Food and Drug Administration should consider banning “ultra-high-dosage” painkillers from the market, and law enforcement must step up efforts to curb the flow of heroin and fentanyl into the United States if the nation hopes […]