Published: Mar 2, 2018, 1:36 pm • Updated: Mar 2, 2018, 1:36 pm By Jacquielynn Floyd, The Dallas Morning News DALLAS — Blaming Colorado for the nation’s drug problem is absurd, and heckling an innocent kid over his state’s political policies is cruel, which is why Mike Jeffcoat is out of a job. The former […]
Published: Jul 31, 2017, 7:53 am • Updated: Jul 31, 2017, 7:53 am By Fenit Nirappil and Aaron Gregg, The Washington Post Several of the independent experts hired to review applications to open medical marijuana businesses in Maryland had ties to companies whose materials they reviewed, according to records obtained by The Washington Post. The […]
Published: Jan 15, 2018, 10:59 am • Updated: Jan 15, 2018, 10:59 am By The Associated Press CHICAGO — The Illinois attorney general’s office on Friday told a federal court it will allow a suburban Chicago school district to administer medical marijuana to an 11-year-old leukemia patient to treat her for seizure disorders The commitment […]
Published: Jan 30, 2018, 10:24 am • Updated: Jan 30, 2018, 10:24 am By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian A picture recently posted to Instagram shows a receipt for a shopping trip to Cookies LA, a licensed marijuana store in Maywood. The receipt shows that the shopper bought an ounce of high-end cannabis, the maximum […]
Published: Oct 4, 2017, 7:46 am • Updated: Oct 4, 2017, 2:14 pm By Mark Thiessen, Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Voters in some parts of Alaska rejected efforts to ban commercial marijuana cultivation and retail sales, three years after the nation’s largest state passed a voter initiative legalizing the recreational use of the drug. […]
Published: Aug 21, 2017, 9:56 am • Updated: Aug 21, 2017, 10:54 am By Dan Gunderson, minnesota Public Radio CALLAWAY, Minn. — There’s a lot of expectation invested in a few acres of hemp growing on a hill overlooking the small town of Callaway on the edge of the White Earth Reservation. “I’m kinda nervous,” […]
Published: Nov 30, 2017, 2:55 pm • Updated: Dec 5, 2017, 10:58 am By Katie Shapiro, The Cannabist Staff Gifts that will help your horticulturalist’s home marijuana garden grow. Editor’s Note: Laws for cultivating cannabis vary from state to state and city to city — before germinating any seeds or planting any clones, take care […]
Published: Aug 7, 2017, 7:25 pm • Updated: Aug 8, 2017, 7:23 am By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ marijuana-related missive to Oregon’s top official zeroed in on state police findings that cannabis legalization did little to cull black market activity, and took a similar tack to letters recently sent to […]
Published: Oct 18, 2017, 11:15 am • Updated: Oct 18, 2017, 11:15 am By Sari Horwitz, The Washington Post Attorney General Jeff Sessions is setting up a unit in the Justice Department to oversee a policy he reinstated to help state and local police take cash and property from people suspected of a crime, even […]
Published: Jan 26, 2018, 10:57 am • Updated: Jan 26, 2018, 11:00 am By The Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s tourism secretary has suggested that legalizing marijuana could help reduce drug violence at big tourist resorts. He’s also racing to dampen controversy over the statement, saying he wasn’t speaking in an official capacity. Enrique […]