Published: Oct 25, 2017, 12:00 pm • Updated: Oct 25, 2017, 12:00 pm By Lenny Bernstein and Scott Higham, The Washington Post WASHINGTON – Frustrated lawmakers threatened Wednesday to subpoena information from the Drug Enforcement Administration, accusing the agency of delaying responses to their questions about wholesale drug distributors that poured millions of pain pills […]
Published: Feb 13, 2018, 1:42 pm • Updated: Feb 13, 2018, 2:16 pm By Lindsey Bartlett, The Cannabist Staff Another celebrity has announced plans to enter into the retail marijuana industry. Comedian Chelsea Handler announced to her 3.3 million Instagram followers today that she plans to get into the cannabis business with her own line […]
Published: Jan 4, 2018, 2:28 pm • Updated: Jan 4, 2018, 2:34 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Days after California became the largest U.S. state to initiate regulated sales of cannabis to adults, a wave of uncertainty has crashed over America’s cannabis industry with the Justice Department’s elimination of Obama-era guidance on marijuana […]
Published: Jul 27, 2017, 3:16 pm • Updated: Jul 27, 2017, 3:16 pm By Amber Phillips, The Washington Post President Donald Trump sounds like he’s intent on forcing out his “beleaguered” attorney general, Jeff Sessions, either by firing him or demeaning him until he quits. Firing Sessions might get rid of one of the president’s […]
Published: Feb 27, 2017, 12:14 pm • Updated: Feb 27, 2017, 12:19 pm By Alan Suderman, The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Virginians may be less likely to lose their driver’s licenses for unpaid fines and minor drug offenses under legislation headed to the governor. The General Assembly passed legislation Friday that would allow those […]
Published: Jan 29, 2018, 10:08 am • Updated: Jan 29, 2018, 10:08 am By Michael R. Blood, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Like many cannabis shops in California, the Urbn Leaf in San Diego bulked up its inventory before legal sales began on Jan. 1, stockpiling enough marijuana to last for months because no […]
Published: Sep 20, 2017, 1:58 pm • Updated: Sep 21, 2017, 10:35 am By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Cannabidiol is a non-psychoactive cannabis compound touted for its medicinal promise — but marijuana- and hemp-derived extracts rich in CBD and low in intoxicating THC are facing a future yet to be determined. The Cannabist’s special […]
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Published: Jul 27, 2017, 2:31 pm • Updated: Jul 27, 2017, 2:31 pm By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Companies looking to offer marijuana bus tours in Las Vegas have hit a legal snag. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports several companies want to provide Las Vegas tourists with a way to consume marijuana privately […]
Published: Sep 13, 2017, 1:25 pm • Updated: Sep 13, 2017, 5:10 pm By Aleta Labak, The Cannabist Staff There’s a bipartisan effort underway in the Senate for easing the path to marijuana research. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, announced Wednesday that he and Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, are introducing the Marijuana Effective Drug Study Act […]