Published: Feb 6, 2018, 6:37 am • Updated: Feb 6, 2018, 6:37 am By The Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. — Snoop Dogg says he has the back of a California high school basketball player who was suspended from her team for posting a photo of the rapper holding what appears to be a marijuana cigarette. […]
Published: Oct 27, 2017, 10:25 am • Updated: Oct 27, 2017, 10:25 am By Tom McGhee, The Denver Post A second judge ruled this week that the Denver Parks and Recreation’s temporary ban of drug users from parks violates the right to due process. District Court Judge William D. Robbins ruled that suspending a person’s […]
Published: Sep 1, 2017, 1:57 pm • Updated: Sep 1, 2017, 2:48 pm By Paul Elias, The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Two Northern California marijuana farmers have been charged with offering a sheriff $1 million to turn a blind eye to their cannabis-growing operations. On Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento charged siblings […]
Published: Aug 9, 2017, 4:14 pm • Updated: Aug 9, 2017, 4:39 pm By Bob Salsberg, The Associated Press BOSTON — Massachusetts officials promised a crackdown Thursday on marijuana-impaired driving as the state prepared for full implementation of the voter-approved law legalizing adult use of recreational cannabis. State police said they were increasing the number […]
Published: Sep 14, 2017, 3:09 pm • Updated: Sep 16, 2017, 10:14 am By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Eaze’s e-commerce platform is meant to feel familiar. Scrolling horizontally and vertically through product pictures is practically Netflixian. Refining results with tag-based filtering borders on the Amazonic. And when a click of a button turns results […]
Published: Sep 22, 2017, 1:57 pm • Updated: Sep 22, 2017, 1:57 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Denver once again will play both host and marijuana authority to policy makers from around the globe seeking to learn the nuts and bolts — and the twists and turns — of cannabis legalization. But this […]
Published: Feb 23, 2017, 4:01 pm • Updated: Feb 23, 2017, 4:01 pm By The Associated Press HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s secretary of state and the chairman of the state Republican party oppose a mail-in ballot for an expected special election to replace U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, saying that while it would save counties money […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — One of only three marijuana testing labs in Alaska has shut down, leaving the state’s cannabis growers with only two options for state-mandated testing. Steep Hill Alaska, of Anchorage, declared in an Instagram post Thursday that the lab is “suspending cannabis testing operations on March 31,” the Juneau Empire reported . The […]
Published: Nov 13, 2017, 7:24 am • Updated: Nov 13, 2017, 11:21 am By Larisa Bolivar, Special To The Denver Post The following editorial was published in the Denver Post, November 10, 2017: Colorado, and the rest of the nation, is in the grips of an opioid epidemic. In 2015, 329 lives were lost to […]
Published: Nov 8, 2017, 5:11 pm • Updated: Nov 8, 2017, 7:11 pm By Aleta Labak, The Cannabist Staff A Colorado city known for its cantaloupes will soon be known for its recreational cannabis. Three cities in southern Colorado — Alamosa, Monte Vista and Rocky Ford, all located south of Pueblo — voted Tuesday on […]