Published: Jan 7, 2018, 9:33 pm • Updated: Jan 8, 2018, 7:02 am By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Most Californians with an urge to smoke a joint will enter the state’s legal marijuana marketplace through a single doorway — at a retail shop. But out of view of those day-to-day sales, the state […]
Published: Aug 14, 2017, 12:12 pm • Updated: Aug 14, 2017, 12:15 pm By The Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — He won’t even be able to vote, but a 16-year-old Wichita high school student says he’s serious about his bid to run for governor of Kansas. Jack Bergerson has filed to run as a Democrat […]
Published: Nov 21, 2017, 1:06 pm • Updated: Nov 21, 2017, 1:14 pm By Alex Pasquariello, The Cannabist Staff The man behind more than half of the successful state-level medical and recreational marijuana legalization efforts is stepping down as leader of the marijuana law reform organization he helped found. The national advocacy group Marijuana Policy […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas man was sentenced to five years in prison without parole for his role in a conspiracy to distribute $3 million worth of marijuana in the Kansas City metro region. Prosecutors say 29-year-old Justin Polson of Overland Park was sentenced Thursday and ordered to forfeit $1.5 million to the government. […]
Published: Dec 6, 2017, 9:42 am • Updated: Dec 6, 2017, 9:42 am By Janie Har, The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco is another step closer to allowing recreational marijuana sales to start in January after city leaders approved regulations in a mandatory second vote Tuesday. Mayor Ed Lee’s office said he will […]
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Published: Jan 1, 2018, 8:58 am • Updated: Jan 1, 2018, 8:59 am By Jennifer Kaplan, Bloomberg California will legalize recreational marijuana on Jan. 1, but consumers hoping to score some weed that day in two of its biggest cities are in for a bummer. Los Angeles and San Francisco are among many municipalities that […]
Published: Nov 17, 2017, 8:18 am • Updated: Nov 17, 2017, 8:18 am By David Ovalle, the Miami Herald MIAMI — On probation for a bloody 1999 gang murder, Miguel Valdes takes a host of pills to keep his longtime schizophrenia in check. Now, he can also legally use another medicine — marijuana, a drug […]
Published: Mar 9, 2017, 11:39 am • Updated: Mar 9, 2017, 11:55 am By Kristen Wyatt, The Associated Press DENVER — The Colorado Senate on Thursday passed a first-in-the-nation bill expressly permitting marijuana clubs. But Gov. John Hickenlooper is hinting that he’ll veto the measure unless it bans indoor smoking. The bill allows local jurisdictions […]
DENVER — Molson Coors will attempt to sell pot-infused drinks in Canada, where consumable marijuana will become legal next year. Molson Coors Brewing Co. is based in Denver. Colorado, along with Washington, were the first states to legalize recreational use of marijuana. Recreational marijuana becomes legal in Canada in October, but consumable forms of the […]