An all-star roster of retired professional athletes are raising their voices for medical cannabis and cannabinoids. Six former pros — five of them ex-NFL players — led a panel discussion about medical cannabis at the NoCo Hemp Expo held in Loveland, Colo., last week. All are currently involved with Athletes for Care, a non-profit organization […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A state medical marijuana board recommended Monday that Pennsylvania allow the sale of marijuana in dry leaf form, in theory to allow users to vaporize and inhale it, and expand the kinds of medical conditions it can be used to treat, including cancer remission therapy. The Medical Marijuana Advisory Board voted to […]
Published: Dec 7, 2017, 2:53 pm • Updated: Dec 7, 2017, 2:56 pm By Pauline Bartolone, California Healthline For 17 years, Chalfonte LeNee Queen suffered periodic episodes of violent retching and abdominal pain that would knock her off her feet for days, sometimes leaving her writhing on the floor in pain. “I’ve screamed out for […]
Published: Jul 25, 2016, 10:33 am • Updated: Jul 27, 2016, 2:30 pm By Katie Shapiro, The Cannabist Staff Pot-concert poster child (and we mean child in every sense of the word here) Lil Wayne threw a tantrum of epic proportions over the weekend. On a bill with Ozomatli, C-Kan and B.o.B. during the three-day […]
Published: Nov 15, 2017, 12:34 pm • Updated: Nov 15, 2017, 12:34 pm By The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. — Police say an Oregon man shipped more than $1 million worth of marijuana to another state via UPS last week, packing the drugs inside of artificial boulders he made himself. The Eugene Register-Guard reports that […]
Published: Oct 18, 2017, 7:50 am • Updated: Oct 18, 2017, 8:25 am By The Associated Press DALLAS — Dallas County commissioners have approved a “cite and release” program that allows police in Dallas to issue a misdemeanor court summons to those found possessing less than 4 ounces of marijuana instead of taking them to […]
Published: Jan 12, 2018, 10:12 am • Updated: Jan 12, 2018, 11:59 am By Polly Washburn, The Cannabist Staff Billy J. Williams, the United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, said in an editorial published Friday that he has concerns about the state’s marijuana regulatory structure, and current enforcement practices. In an editorial published […]
Published: Jan 25, 2018, 7:29 am • Updated: Jan 25, 2018, 1:07 pm By Robert O’Harrow Jr., The Washington Post A 24-year-old former Trump campaign worker who rose rapidly to a senior post in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy will step down by the end of the month because of controversy […]
Published: Jul 26, 2017, 3:52 pm • Updated: Jul 26, 2017, 3:55 pm By Elizabeth Chou, The Cannifornian Los Angeles city leaders are looking into the possibility of setting up a public bank that would do business with marijuana dispensaries, as well as cater to affordable housing developers. Council President Herb Wesson proposed the idea […]
Published: Dec 11, 2017, 1:06 pm • Updated: Dec 11, 2017, 2:23 pm By Jon Murray, The Denver Post A spokesman for the Denver department that regulates marijuana businesses, Dan Rowland, says the city received an application Friday from a business called the Coffee Joint. The location is in a light industrial area off Interstate […]