Published: Sep 5, 2017, 2:19 pm • Updated: Sep 5, 2017, 5:37 pm By Tyler Silvy, Greeley Tribune Milliken is getting into the Colorado marijuana business — but only in the town’s industrial zones. A Milliken Town Board meeting last week featured input from all sides, but ended with enough support among board members to […]
Published: Feb 10, 2018, 2:05 pm • Updated: Feb 10, 2018, 2:05 pm By Stuart Leavenworth, McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Stung by robberies in California, Colorado, Washington and other states, the cannabis industry is pressing Congress to change federal banking laws so that its retailers no longer have to carry and process large amounts […]
By Amanda Coletta, Special To The Washington Post TORONTO – With two months to go before recreational cannabis is legalized in Canada on Oct. 17, new data from the country’s national statistics agency is stoking fears about drugged driving and raising questions about the ability of law enforcement officials to detect impairment. According to Statistics […]
Published: Aug 16, 2017, 3:27 pm • Updated: Aug 16, 2017, 3:27 pm By Polly Washburn, The Cannabist Staff Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ letter to Alaska’s governor took a similar tone to his letters to other legal recreational marijuana states, questioning whether the The Last Frontier state’s regulations were adequately protecting its youth and other […]
Published: Nov 2, 2017, 11:57 am • Updated: Nov 2, 2017, 6:26 pm By Bruce Kennedy, The Cannabist Staff With polling showing Americans’ support for marijuana legalization has hit new highs, a new survey by the American Legion shows strong support within the military veteran community for medical marijuana research and legalization. The “robo-call” survey […]
Published: Jan 2, 2018, 9:57 am • Updated: Jan 2, 2018, 9:57 am By Doug Alexander, Bloomberg All it took was a little marijuana to lift this Canadian town’s spirits. Smiths Falls, Ontario — population 8,885 — is seeing a revival of fortunes since medical marijuana producer Tweed Inc. set up shop four years ago […]
Published: Jul 25, 2016, 10:10 am • Updated: Jul 25, 2016, 10:56 am By The Associated Press CHICAGO — A judge has ordered health officials to reconsider their decision not to include migraine headaches on the list of conditions that qualify for use of Illinois medical marijuana in the state. A Cook County judge overturned […]
Published: Mar 2, 2018, 1:20 pm • Updated: Mar 2, 2018, 1:40 pm By John Ingold, The Denver Post When a Texas college baseball coach told a prospective recruit that he’d blacklisted athletes from Colorado over concerns about marijuana use, it brought swift rebuke from across the country and a pink slip from the coach’s […]
Published: Feb 1, 2018, 8:28 am • Updated: Feb 1, 2018, 8:57 am By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News Two-year-old Maverick Hawkins sits on a red, plastic car in his grandmother’s living room in the picturesque town of Nevada City, Calif., in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. His playpal Delilah Smith, a fellow 2-year-old, […]
Published: Oct 10, 2017, 11:37 am • Updated: Oct 10, 2017, 11:37 am By The Associated Press NEW CASTLE, Del. — Delaware’s medical marijuana program is continuing to grow. Delaware opened its first medical marijuana dispensary, the First State Compassion Center, in Wilmington in 2015. First State also won the contract for a dispensary in […]