Published: Dec 28, 2017, 8:14 am • Updated: Dec 29, 2017, 12:08 pm By The Cannabist Network DENVER — It’s a growing industry in a booming Colorado economy, but out of work employees at Sweet Leaf marijuana centers say they’re having a tough time finding other jobs because of a recent raid by Denver Police. […]
Published: Nov 27, 2017, 8:44 am • Updated: Nov 27, 2017, 8:45 am By Randy Wyrick, Vail Daily EAGLE COUNTY — Colorado grows almost 40 percent of all the hemp in the country, and more than twice as much as any other state. Not to be confused with its more famous and psychotropic cousin, marijuana, […]
Published: Oct 30, 2017, 10:30 am • Updated: Oct 30, 2017, 12:11 pm By Michael R. Blood, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Ready or not, California kicks off recreational marijuana sales on Jan. 1. And, mostly, it’s not. Los Angeles and San Francisco are among many cities still struggling to fashion local rules for […]
Published: Jan 17, 2018, 4:31 pm • Updated: Jan 17, 2018, 6:03 pm By Alex Pasquariello, The Cannabist Staff California Congresswoman Barbara Lee is championing Sen. Cory Booker’s Marijuana Justice Act in the House of Representatives. Lee on Wednesday introduced a companion House bill to Booker’s legislative effort to end federal marijuana prohibition introduced in […]
Published: Dec 13, 2017, 10:08 am • Updated: Dec 14, 2017, 8:40 am By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff CBD, for now, should not be subject to international drug scheduling, a World Health Organization committee determined in an initial review of the cannabis compound. WHO’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence on Wednesday released findings and […]
Published: Jan 15, 2018, 4:11 pm • Updated: Jan 15, 2018, 4:11 pm By Mark Scolforo, The Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster is free on bond after his arrest in Alabama on a charge of second-degree possession of marijuana. The Tuscaloosa News reports the 23-year-old, who just finished his […]
Published: Sep 14, 2017, 12:54 pm • Updated: Sep 14, 2017, 4:36 pm By Jesse Paul, The Denver Post U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is backing bipartisan legislation to ease the way for medical marijuana research that he hopes will be a big positive for Colorado. “Our medical community continues to find new ways medical marijuana […]
Published: Jan 19, 2018, 10:36 am • Updated: Jan 19, 2018, 10:36 am By Amy Weiss and Lou Weiss, Special To The Washington Post We’re deeply unhip 60-year-olds. One of us, Lou, has never smoked pot in his life. The other, Amy, hasn’t tried it since high school. But we’re concerned about Attorney General Jeff […]
Published: Sep 28, 2017, 5:30 pm • Updated: Sep 29, 2017, 5:58 pm By The Associated Press DENVER — A man who made cannabis oil for a Colorado boy who was instrumental in passing a state law requiring schools to allow students to use medical marijuana is facing several felony drug charges. Mark Pedersen had […]
Published: Oct 27, 2017, 3:03 pm • Updated: Oct 27, 2017, 3:03 pm By James McClure, Civilized There’s no better time than the present to discuss marijuana legalization according to Michael Steele, who helped shape national policy during his tenure as Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Steele recently told Civilized that America is finally […]