Published: Mar 9, 2017, 6:58 pm • Updated: Mar 9, 2017, 6:58 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Colorado marijuana shops kicked off 2017 by selling nearly $109 million in recreational and medical cannabis in January, marking a 23 percent increase from January 2016, the latest revenue data show. The Cannabist’s calculations of state […]
Published: Aug 18, 2017, 7:36 am • Updated: Aug 21, 2017, 8:43 am By The Associated Press PRENTISS, Miss. — Mississippi officials are uprooting what they’re calling the largest outdoor marijuana farm they’ve seen since the 1980s. The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics tells local media that they got a tip that someone was growing marijuana […]
Published: Jan 4, 2018, 6:48 am • Updated: Jan 4, 2018, 10:40 am By Sadie Gurman, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rescinding the Obama-era policy that had paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country, two people with knowledge of the decision told The Associated […]
Published: Dec 19, 2017, 10:29 am • Updated: Dec 19, 2017, 10:29 am By Kimberlee Kruesi, The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — A small-business owner with hopes of selling oil extracted from cannabis plants in staunchly anti-marijuana Idaho has found himself in conflict with local officials who say such products might be illegal in the […]
Published: Jan 3, 2018, 1:09 pm • Updated: Jan 3, 2018, 3:33 pm By The Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska — The state of Alaska reported a dip in tax collections from legal marijuana businesses in November. The state says it collected just over $870,000 in marijuana tax revenue in November, down from about $920,000 in […]
Published: Sep 18, 2017, 9:40 am • Updated: Sep 18, 2017, 9:40 am By The Associated Press CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Supreme Court is saying stop — at least for now — to a plan to let entities other than alcohol distributors transport marijuana for sale at recreational dispensaries. The state high court […]
Published: Sep 8, 2017, 7:47 pm • Updated: Sep 8, 2017, 7:55 pm By The Cannabist Staff Featured guest: Amy Dawn Bourlon-Hilterbran, medical cannabis advocate and founder of the nonprofit American Medical Refugees Foundation; creator of the “Talk to the 6630507 Hand” campaign; and CEO of the Millennium Grown Broadcast Network. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT […]
Published: Oct 23, 2017, 10:50 am • Updated: Oct 23, 2017, 10:50 am By Greg Sargent, The Washington Post As early as this week, President Donald Trump is set to declare the opioid crisis a “national emergency.” Trump telegraphed this when he recently told reporters that he would soon have a “major announcement” on the […]
Published: Mar 14, 2018, 10:52 am • Updated: Mar 14, 2018, 10:54 am By The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas judge has temporarily blocked the state from issuing licenses to five companies to grow medical marijuana in response to complaints about the state’s process for reviewing applications for the facilities. Pulaski County […]
Now that he has President Donald J. Trump’s support for comprehensive legislation protecting state-legal marijuana, Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner says he likes his odds of getting a bill through Congress. Colorado’s Republican senator told The Cannabist in a phone interview that he received assurances from Trump that his state’s marijuana legalization regime would be safe […]