Published: Sep 26, 2017, 8:22 am • Updated: Sep 26, 2017, 10:49 am By Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times Los Angeles lawmakers are laying the groundwork for what is widely expected to be one of the hottest markets for marijuana in the country, one that could bring more than $50 million in taxes to […]
Published: Dec 22, 2017, 3:18 pm • Updated: Dec 26, 2017, 9:04 am Cannabist Staff Attention Cannabis Country (and beyond): We know you’re out there puffing, vaping, ripping, dabbing, munching and generally enjoying the all the spoils of cannabis culture in the legal era. So, burn one down and tell us about your fave strains, […]
Golden Leaf Holdings is taking the first step to becoming the Starbucks or McDonald’s of weed, even though marijuana remains illegal across much of the U.S. The cannabis company has opened a chain of marijuana stores in Oregon called Chalice Farms. And now venture firm BlackShire Capital has signed a letter of intent to franchise […]
Published: Feb 21, 2018, 2:52 pm • Updated: Feb 21, 2018, 3:19 pm By The Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A proposal to lower the penalty for marijuana possession cleared its first hurdle in the Alabama Legislature, but faces a dubious future as it heads to a possible floor vote. The Senate Judiciary Committee […]
Published: Feb 9, 2018, 2:03 pm • Updated: Feb 9, 2018, 2:05 pm By Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post As it continues to combat stoned driving in Colorado, the state transportation department is hoping to have an online conversation with the public about their opinions toward marijuana, alcohol and driving. The Colorado Department of Transportation […]
Published: Nov 8, 2017, 11:11 am • Updated: Nov 8, 2017, 11:11 am By Matt Gaetz, Guest Commentary In 1981, a Tax Court judge ruled on tax deductions taken by Mr. Jeff Edmonson, a man with a unique business: the large-scale distribution of drugs. For the tax year in question, he had sold over a […]
Published: Oct 25, 2017, 10:47 am • Updated: Oct 25, 2017, 2:02 pm By Celeste Bott, St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS — A bill filed this week allowing the use, sale and growth of marijuana in St. Louis aims to reduce disproportionate penalties for existing violations and free up time and resources for police to […]
Published: Oct 6, 2017, 8:55 am • Updated: Oct 6, 2017, 11:32 am By Marissa Payne, The Washington Post UFC star Nate Diaz can soon breath a sigh of relief in-between draws from his vape pen. Late last month, the World Anti-Doping Agency removed CBD, an anti-inflammatory compound derived from cannabis, from its 2018 prohibited […]
Published: Dec 28, 2017, 6:49 pm • Updated: Dec 28, 2017, 7:06 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff A budtender’s six-month stint at the Sweet Leaf Marijuana Center in Aurora came with no incidents — no activity recognizable as illegal or suspicious. The same couldn’t be said after that employee was transferred to the […]
Published: Nov 2, 2017, 2:59 pm • Updated: Nov 3, 2017, 11:38 am By Alex Pasquariello, The Cannabist Staff A freshman Republican congressman on Thursday condemned New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for “outrageous” statements he made comparing medical cannabis legalization efforts to the origins of the current opioid epidemic. “It is shortsighted, it is inaccurate […]