Published: Mar 1, 2018, 1:35 pm • Updated: Mar 1, 2018, 1:35 pm By The Associated Press MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities have dropped all charges in connection with “Operation Candy Crush,” a sting that targeted Tennessee stores accused of selling candy and other products containing a form of marijuana. District Attorney General Jennings H. […]
Published: Mar 11, 2018, 10:46 am • Updated: Mar 11, 2018, 10:46 am By The Associated Press ATHENS, Ala. — A north Alabama man is going to prison for growing marijuana in his backyard. A judge this week sentenced 40-year-old Robert Michael Musick of Athens to three years in prison and two years of probation […]
Published: Feb 13, 2018, 10:40 am • Updated: Feb 13, 2018, 10:43 am By The Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration is again urging state marijuana regulators to hold off on allowing so-called “cannabis cafes,” or other places where pot could be consumed on site. In a letter Monday to the […]
Published: Aug 31, 2017, 10:43 am • Updated: Aug 31, 2017, 5:38 pm By Bob Salsberg, The Associated Press BOSTON — A former business executive who opposed the legalization of recreational marijuana was tapped Thursday to head the Cannabis Control Commission, a new state agency responsible for regulating pot in Massachusetts. The appointment of Steven […]
Published: Sep 14, 2017, 12:40 pm • Updated: Sep 14, 2017, 6:01 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff A tech company focused on cannabis delivery is going full-throttle in California. Eaze, a San Francisco-based firm that developed software to facilitate marijuana delivery sales, hauled in $27 million in investment capital, officials for the company […]
Published: Oct 24, 2017, 12:12 pm • Updated: Oct 24, 2017, 12:12 pm By 7News / Scripps Staff Amazon customers in Orlando, Florida, were surprised to find 65 pounds of marijuana inside of four storage totes they had ordered. The 27-gallon totes should have been empty, the couple who ordered them told police. Instead, they […]
Published: Sep 12, 2017, 5:37 pm • Updated: Sep 14, 2017, 6:41 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff The trend of summer highs for Colorado’s cannabis industry continued in July as monthly recreational sales surpassed the $100 million mark for the first time since legalization. The Cannabist’s calculations of the latest Colorado marijuana tax […]
Published: Aug 14, 2017, 9:18 am • Updated: Aug 14, 2017, 9:58 am By Andrew Selsky, The Associated Press Marijuana grown in Oregon and the handful of other states where pot is legal is being smuggled to other parts of America, authorities say. It’s often hard to tell if the trafficked weed was grown legally […]
Published: Dec 28, 2017, 4:05 pm • Updated: Dec 28, 2017, 4:12 pm By Elliot Spagat, The Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Live music. Free T-shirts. A “Fweedom” celebration with mystery prize boxes worth up to $500, and a shot at a behind-the-scenes tour. Marijuana legalization arrives Monday in California with lots of hoopla, but […]
Published: Nov 6, 2017, 9:50 am • Updated: Nov 6, 2017, 9:51 am By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine — Maine lawmakers are returning to Augusta on Monday following Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a bill to regulate and tax the sale of marijuana. A two-thirds vote of lawmakers present Monday evening will […]