Published: Jan 15, 2018, 5:44 pm • Updated: Jan 15, 2018, 5:51 pm By The Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — An elderly California couple arrested in Nebraska last month for carrying 60 pounds of marijuana Christmas presents has appeared in court after again being arrested in the state, this time for allegedly carrying drug money. […]
Published: Jan 10, 2018, 10:16 am • Updated: Jan 10, 2018, 10:16 am By Benjamin E. Park, Special To The Washington Post In the first week of 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions targeted legalized marijuana throughout the nation. As a politician known for his hatred of the drug, this came as no surprise. However, as […]
Published: Dec 1, 2017, 3:33 pm • Updated: Dec 1, 2017, 7:28 pm By Brian Witte, The Associated Press ROCKVILLE, Md. — Maryland began the sale of medical marijuana to residents in pain on Friday, ending years of delays by embarking on a program that features some of the most liberal policies in the nation […]
Published: Jul 20, 2017, 9:17 am • Updated: Jul 20, 2017, 9:17 am By Julie Pace and Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he has no immediate plans to resign a day after President Donald Trump excoriated the nation’s top prosecutor for recusing himself from the probe of suspected […]
Published: Jan 26, 2018, 1:37 pm • Updated: Jan 26, 2018, 1:37 pm By The Associated Press WOODLAND PARK, Colo. — Authorities say marijuana and hash oil were seized after raiding an illegal grow and processing lab in a rural area in central Colorado. The Teller County Sheriff’s Office says authorities raided a house outside […]
Colorado’s cannabis industry so white — but not for much longer. Diversity is coming to the state’s marijuana industry, business leaders and social justice crusaders vowed at the Minority Cannabis Business Association’s first-ever Opportunity Summit held Friday and Saturday at the University of Denver. The new organization is determined that people of color — which […]
Published: Aug 18, 2017, 10:34 am • Updated: Aug 18, 2017, 10:37 am By Hans Peter, The Cannifornian Meeting after meeting, Yolo County, California continues to foster what could be a prime example of the cannabis industry working in tandem with local economy and law — that is, if policy can be tailor-made for Yolo’s […]
Published: Oct 31, 2017, 6:34 am • Updated: Oct 31, 2017, 10:22 am By Jon Murray, The Denver Post Smokers and vapers on Denver’s 16th Street Mall are now on notice: Starting Dec. 1, they will need to walk at least 50 feet down a side street before lighting up or puffing. The Denver City […]
Published: Jul 28, 2017, 7:27 am • Updated: Jul 28, 2017, 4:16 pm By Bob Salsberg, The Associated Press BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Friday he remained wary of the impact legalized recreational marijuana might have on the state, yet hopeful that revisions made in the voter-approved law would ease some of his […]
Published: Feb 27, 2017, 3:12 pm • Updated: Feb 27, 2017, 3:14 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Colorado will always be the first U.S. state to initiate legal, regulated sales of recreational marijuana, starting in 2014. The first-of-its-kind effort has been a fluid process, as the state has worked to adopt new laws […]