Published: Sep 21, 2017, 12:56 pm • Updated: Sep 21, 2017, 12:56 pm By John Wenzel, The Cannabist Staff Despite being the first state to debut recreational cannabis on Jan. 1, 2014, there are puzzling gaps in Colorado’s otherwise tightly packed weed culture. Dozens of cannabis-themed cultural events, from comedy and hip-hop shows to classical-music […]
Published: Dec 5, 2017, 9:53 am • Updated: Dec 5, 2017, 10:51 am By Andrew Selsky, The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. — Federal officials are investigating a marijuana processing facility in Oregon after an explosion there injured a man who was previously convicted in a money laundering operation linked to pot-trafficking. The probe is a […]
WASHINGTON — A $1.3 trillion plan to fund the federal government through the end of September won’t include protections for the recreational marijuana industry — a blow to Colorado lawmakers who tried to add that language to the must-pass bill. The legislators wanted the measure to include a provision that would prohibit the U.S. Department […]
Published: Dec 5, 2017, 10:55 am • Updated: Dec 5, 2017, 10:55 am By Dylan Darling, The Register-Guard EUGENE, Ore. — A medical marijuana card used to be the key to buying and possessing pot in Oregon. But the rise of recreational marijuana is making the cards primarily valuable only as a discount card, and […]
Published: Oct 27, 2017, 12:13 pm • Updated: Oct 27, 2017, 12:40 pm By Daniel Jones, The Cannabist Staff It’s the perfect night for terror, and maybe a little gore. All you want to do is get high and space out to a scary movie with a few buds — nestled deep in the couch, […]
Published: Oct 2, 2017, 11:48 am • Updated: Oct 2, 2017, 12:22 pm By John Frank and Jesse Paul, The Denver Post Colorado lawmakers returned to the Capitol for a rare special session Monday — but don’t expect much to happen. The Republican-led Senate is poised to adjourn as early as Tuesday without taking action […]
Published: Nov 24, 2017, 1:56 pm • Updated: Nov 24, 2017, 6:51 pm By Paul Elias, The Associated Press COPPEROPOLIS, Calif. — The four young men had just started their marijuana harvest in rural Northern California when a dozen sheriff’s deputies swooped in with guns drawn, arrested them and spent the day chopping down 150 […]
Published: Feb 15, 2018, 2:55 pm • Updated: Feb 15, 2018, 5:24 pm By The Cannabist Staff Colorado’s Republican U.S. senator announced Thursday that he has lifted holds on certain Department of Justice nominees he had previously put in place over concerns about federal marijuana policy. Gardner used his power as a senator last month […]
Published: Oct 19, 2017, 4:09 pm • Updated: Oct 19, 2017, 4:09 pm By The Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. — The convictions of some Washington residents for growing marijuana near the town of Kettle Falls may soon be erased. That’s after federal prosecutors acknowledged that they shouldn’t have spent money on the trial of the […]
Published: Mar 7, 2017, 9:20 am • Updated: Mar 8, 2017, 7:38 am By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff No official federal policy change toward marijuana has been made — yet. Under the specter of a potential crackdown, officials in recreational marijuana states have been proactive in recent days, including Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman […]