Published: Aug 2, 2017, 8:34 am • Updated: Aug 2, 2017, 8:34 am By Sophia Bollag and Kathleen Ronayne, The Associated Press OREGON HOUSE, Calif. — A Northern California sheriff’s deputy ran into a house to pull two wounded colleagues to safety after a shootout with a suspect at a Rastafarian church’s marijuana farm. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church came out against a medical marijuana ballot initiative in Utah on Tuesday as opposition mounts against the proposal that would allow people with certain medical conditions access to pot. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a statement Tuesday that drugs designed to ease […]
Published: Oct 30, 2017, 9:31 am • Updated: Oct 30, 2017, 11:10 am By Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press LOS ANGELES — When former NBA commissioner David Stern speaks, people listen. And when Stern told Uninterrupted, a LeBron James-backed multimedia platform that marijuana should be removed from the league’s banned substance list, it drew notice. […]
Published: Mar 14, 2018, 4:25 pm • Updated: Mar 14, 2018, 4:25 pm By Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Editorial Board University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s announcement of new medical marijuana guidelines for doctors interested in certifying patients for treatment could well be a game changer in advancing this alternative to traditional pain relief. Under Pennsylvania’s 2016 law, […]
Published: Oct 16, 2017, 8:35 am • Updated: Oct 16, 2017, 10:41 am By The Associated Press CASPER, Wyo. — A Wyoming woman will serve four years of probation for giving a marijuana gummy to her daughter. The Casper Star-Tribune reports Vanessa Smith was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in July to delivery of marijuana […]
Published: Oct 2, 2017, 1:27 pm • Updated: Oct 2, 2017, 1:29 pm By Becky Bohrer, The Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska marijuana grower Mike Emers has been losing sleep with a vote fast approaching that he says could shutter his family’s business and financially ruin them. The statewide initiative that legalized recreational marijuana […]
Published: Oct 10, 2017, 2:14 pm • Updated: Oct 10, 2017, 2:14 pm By The Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. — Medical marijuana is on the minds of county leaders as they gather in Bismarck for their annual conference. Local government representatives gathered for their first session on Monday to discuss the impacts of the legalization […]
Published: Dec 7, 2017, 2:53 pm • Updated: Dec 7, 2017, 2:53 pm By Maki Becker, The Buffalo News State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s office is investigating the Buffalo Police Department’s use of traffic checkpoints and enforcement sweeps inside public housing developments, The Buffalo News learned Wednesday. The investigation follows a complaint filed by […]
Published: Jan 18, 2018, 9:19 am • Updated: Jan 18, 2018, 9:19 am By Fenit Nirappil, The Washington Post Discrimination in Maryland’s broader business climate would justify giving minority and women-owned businesses preferences for entering the state-regulated medical marijuana market, according to a report released Wednesday. The long-awaited report, ordered by Gov. Larry Hogan, R, […]
Published: Feb 9, 2018, 6:41 pm • Updated: Feb 9, 2018, 6:47 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Colorado’s southern border communities led the the state in 2017 per-capita cannabis sales — by a country mile. While the bulk of Colorado’s $1.09 billion in 2017 recreational marijuana sales occurred in the state’s population hubs […]