Published: Dec 14, 2017, 3:50 pm • Updated: Dec 14, 2017, 3:50 pm By The Associated Press SAN DIEGO — With California gearing up to permit the sale of recreational marijuana, San Diego County’s top prosecutor has agreed to return $290,000 seized from a cannabis business owner last year. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that […]
Published: Aug 8, 2017, 2:57 pm • Updated: Aug 8, 2017, 2:57 pm By The Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott says he’s organizing a commission to study issues related to the legalization of marijuana and will announce members in the next few days. Vermont Public Radio reports retail outlets in Maine […]
Published: Oct 9, 2017, 7:46 am • Updated: Oct 9, 2017, 10:59 am By The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Smoking and vaping will still be allowed at California state parks and beaches, despite lawmakers’ attempts to ban it. Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed two bills Friday that would have banned lighting up in a park […]
CHARLOTTE, Vt. (AP) — Two dog owners say their pets became sick after walking off-leash at Mount Philo State Park in Charlotte. One says her dog tested positive for THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana. She says her dog became wobbly and incontinent after they returned home. She says her vet did a blood and […]
Published: Aug 25, 2017, 8:44 am • Updated: Aug 25, 2017, 8:44 am By Seattle Times Editorial Board Via The Associated Press. The following editorial was published in the SeattleTimes.com, August 17: U .S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is an old school drug warrior, so it came as no surprise that his Department of Justice […]
Published: Mar 1, 2018, 10:59 am • Updated: Mar 1, 2018, 11:30 am By The Associated Press SELINSGROVE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman responsible for helping school children safely cross the street has been charged with selling marijuana while on the job. Thirty-one-year-old crossing guard Kathryn Miller was arrested Tuesday morning while working at […]
Published: Jul 27, 2017, 7:42 am • Updated: Jul 27, 2017, 2:36 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff In a vast greenhouse that operates about 30 miles outside Vancouver, British Columbia, hundreds of thousands of plants yield an abundance of colorful tomatoes. Come this time next year, the massive 1.1 million-square-foot facility will be […]
WASHINGTON — Marijuana would be legal federally in states that already have approved the drug’s use under a bill introduced Thursday by U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner and Elizabeth Warren. The measure, unveiled at a Capitol Hill news conference, wouldn’t legalize the drug in states that haven’t sanctioned its use or sale. But in states such […]
Published: Aug 2, 2017, 9:04 am • Updated: Aug 2, 2017, 9:04 am By The Associated Press New York state has authorized five more organizations to manufacture and dispense medical marijuana to improve patient access to dispensing facilities across the state. They join five other organizations operating since the medical marijuana program’s launch in January […]
Published: Oct 27, 2017, 12:09 pm • Updated: Oct 27, 2017, 12:27 pm By Tommy Simmons, Greeley Tribune A woman accused of running a massive marijuana grow with her husband in Keenesburg and laundering money to help pay for it could enter a plea in the case in January. The arrest of Michelle Goodwin, 42, […]