Published: Nov 27, 2017, 2:43 pm • Updated: Nov 27, 2017, 5:54 pm By The Associated Press SEATTLE — A former Seattle police officer has pleaded guilty for his role in smuggling hundreds of pounds of marijuana to Baltimore. Previously: FBI charges Seattle cop with smuggling weed to Baltimore Alex Chapackdee, who spent 16-years on […]
Published: Jan 2, 2018, 4:03 pm • Updated: Jan 2, 2018, 4:05 pm By The Cannifornian (multiple Authors) Celebrating a major shift in cultural attitudes about cannabis — or just looking to enjoy the right to get high without legal entanglements — Californians lined up at dispensaries up and down the state Monday morning to […]
Published: Sep 28, 2017, 8:16 am • Updated: Sep 28, 2017, 1:34 pm By Ashraf Khalil, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — It’s hard to justify $45 for an ordinary black cotton T-shirt, but the customer at a store in Washington D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood does so without question. The clerk grabs a clear plastic box […]
DENVER — “Welcome to the party bus.” That’s what tour guide Alyse Morgan told 20-plus tourists who were riding in a marijuana bus tour on a hot May Friday. It was a rare chance for them to consume a plant that’s likely illegal in their home states. My 420 Tours describes itself as “North America’s […]
Published: Feb 13, 2018, 4:06 pm • Updated: Feb 13, 2018, 5:09 pm By Alex Pasquariello, The Cannabist Staff A bipartisan group of 18 senators led by Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner want protections for state marijuana laws inserted into legislation funding the federal government. Precise language in the fiscal year 2018 appropriations […]
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A bill that would help Connecticut prepare for the possibility of legalized recreational marijuana has cleared a legislative hurdle. The General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee on Thursday voted 27-24 in favor of the legislation, which now awaits further action by the House of Representatives. It’s unclear how far the bill will get […]
Published: Oct 19, 2017, 11:20 am • Updated: Oct 19, 2017, 12:43 pm By Scott Higham and Lenny Bernstein, The Washington Post Joe Rannazzisi is a man of strong passions who admits that he has a temper. For more than a decade, he was the frontman in the government’s war against opioid abuse. As head […]
Published: Jan 12, 2018, 2:28 pm • Updated: Jan 12, 2018, 2:28 pm By The Portsmouth Herald Editorial Board The following editorial was published in the The (Portsmouth) Herald, Jan. 12, 2017: You’ve got to wonder what members of the New Hampshire House were smoking on Tuesday when they voted 207 to 139 in favor […]
Published: Jan 10, 2018, 9:10 am • Updated: Jan 11, 2018, 10:18 am By The Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Vermont Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that would allow the recreational use of marijuana, putting the state on course to become the first in the country to legalize pot by […]
To the litany of challenges facing Colorado’s state-licensed marijuana business owners, add another one: The federal government could — though probably won’t — try to execute them. This week, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent a memo to the nation’s federal prosecutors urging them to seek the death penalty in cases involving large-scale drug traffickers. […]