BOSTON — Banned cannabis has made an appearance at the New England Cannabis Convention in Boston. The event took place on Saturday and Sunday at the Hynes Convention Center, which bans the plant. Marijuana samples were photographed at a vendor’s booth as the group gave away free cannabis seeds with the purchase of a T-shirt. […]
Published: Sep 25, 2017, 7:47 am • Updated: Sep 25, 2017, 11:42 am By Tara Bahrampour, The Washington Post Bennett Wright tried vodka once, at a friend’s house, and it didn’t taste good. Unlike legions of bygone teenagers who grimaced and took another swig figuring it was part of growing up and they’d get used […]
Published: Aug 24, 2017, 8:42 am • Updated: Aug 24, 2017, 8:47 am By Bob Salsberg, The Associated Press BOSTON — A Democratic state senator who opposed the ballot question that legalized recreational marijuana was named Wednesday by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker to the regulatory board that will oversee the cannabis industry in Massachusetts. Sen. […]
Published: Oct 27, 2017, 3:47 pm • Updated: Oct 27, 2017, 3:47 pm By Vincent Chandler, The Cannabist Staff Featured guest: Samantha Walsh, CEO and co-founder of Tetra Public Affairs, a cannabis-centered consulting firm. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • How state laws have changed in recent years to help hemp farmers. • Hemp has seen […]
December 6, 2017 An article was recently put out about me, my family, and my company by Eugene Antifa, a local chapter of an extremist, domestic terrorist organization. I would like to address these claims head-on. I am not, nor have I ever been, a “Neo-Nazi” or affiliated with any “Neo-Nazi” group or any other […]
Published: Oct 4, 2017, 8:15 am • Updated: Oct 4, 2017, 8:15 am By The Associated Press SANFORD, N.C. — A North Carolina man has been arrested and charged with trying to hide marijuana in the bushes at a courthouse before a hearing on a possible probation violation. Local media outlets reported that Lee County […]
Published: Jul 28, 2017, 8:21 am • Updated: Jul 31, 2017, 2:21 pm By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian Eighteen years ago, television celebrity Montel Williams couldn’t have imagined he’d one day be standing in a sleek Santa Ana dispensary chatting with fans about his new line of cannabis products. Long before California’s modern “green […]
Another major beermaker is looking at ways to enter the marijuana business. Denver-based Molson Coors Brewing Co. is weighing whether to expand into the sector with Canada poised to legalize the drug for recreational use this October. The brewer is said to have held talks with several Canadian-based marijuana companies to invest and collaborate in […]
CHICAGO — Voters in the Illinois county that includes Chicago have backed the recreational use of marijuana in a nonbinding referendum. Tuesday’s question for Cook County voters asked if Illinois should legalize “the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, testing, and sale of marijuana and marijuana products for recreational use by adults 21 and older.” Related Articles Pro-marijuana […]
Published: Nov 6, 2017, 12:30 pm • Updated: Nov 6, 2017, 12:44 pm By Bruce Shipkowski, the Associated Press New Jersey voters on Tuesday will pick a successor between Democrat Phil Murphy, Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Chris Christie, and five third-party and independent candidates. Christie has been adamantly against […]