Published: Jan 3, 2018, 5:18 pm • Updated: Jan 3, 2018, 7:09 pm Cannabist Staff Where is recreational marijuana now being sold in a California dispensary near you? Los Angeles and San Francisco are still working on licensing, and other cities have banned marijuana stores for now, but check our list for someplace nearby. This […]
A federal appeals court dealt a blow this week to makers of CBD-rich cannabis extracts who were trying to stop the DEA from classifying their products as dangerous drugs. A panel of judges for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shot down the hemp industry’s challenge of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration rule that […]
Published: Aug 11, 2017, 10:35 am • Updated: Aug 11, 2017, 10:35 am By Mark Lynn Ferguson, Special To The Washington Post Johnsie Gooslin spent Jan. 16, 2015, tending his babies – that’s what he called his marijuana plants. More than 70 of them were growing in a hydroponic system of his own design. Sometimes, […]
Published: Feb 8, 2018, 1:55 pm • Updated: Feb 8, 2018, 3:57 pm By Gene Johnson, The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — More than five years after Washington state legalized marijuana, Seattle officials said Thursday they’re moving to automatically clear past misdemeanor convictions for pot possession — a step similarly announced by San Francisco last […]
Published: Aug 29, 2017, 12:04 pm • Updated: Aug 29, 2017, 12:04 pm By The Associated Press BANGOR, Maine — Border Patrol officials in Maine say they will still enforce federal law and confiscate marijuana after residents voted for legalization last November. Chief Daniel Hiebert tells The Portland Press Herald border agents are not actively […]
Published: Nov 9, 2017, 7:50 am • Updated: Nov 9, 2017, 11:00 am By Carie Canterbury, The Daily Record The availability and use of cannabis oil have given Chase Rief the opportunity to sit in the driver’s seat and steer the direction in which his future will go. Chase, 16, said his dream of driving […]
Published: Nov 20, 2017, 2:54 pm • Updated: Nov 20, 2017, 5:12 pm By David Eggert, The Associated Press LANSING, Mich. — Organizers of a ballot drive to legalize the use of marijuana for recreational purposes in Michigan submitted 365,000 signatures to the state Monday, which appears to be more than enough to qualify the […]
Published: Feb 1, 2018, 6:29 pm • Updated: Feb 1, 2018, 7:24 pm By The Associated Press DENVER — Capital raises in the marijuana industry appear to be continuing unabated since the issuance of the Sessions Memo on Jan. 4. Country music star Willie Nelson’s cannabis company joined the marijuana funding fray Wednesday with the […]
Published: Sep 28, 2017, 5:54 pm • Updated: Sep 29, 2017, 2:28 pm By John Frank and Brian Eason, The Denver Post The $7,200 that the Montezuma County Hospital District loses each month because of a mistake by state lawmakers may not seem like a lot, but Keenen Lovett insists the rural health care provider […]
Published: Jan 31, 2018, 4:55 pm • Updated: Jan 31, 2018, 4:55 pm By The Cannabist Staff The people have spoken! Presenting The Cannabist People’s Choice Awards 2017. We asked you to vote for your favorite cannabis consumables, people and places for 2017. As we’ve had a little excitement in the weed world in January […]