Published: Oct 27, 2017, 9:26 am • Updated: Oct 27, 2017, 11:59 am By Anita Snow and Paul Davenport, The Associated Press PHOENIX — U.S. prosecutors leveled charges Thursday against the billionaire founder of an opioid medication maker that has faced increasing scrutiny from authorities across the country over allegations of pushing prescriptions of powerful […]
Published: Dec 6, 2017, 11:43 am • Updated: Dec 6, 2017, 11:47 am By Michael R. Blood, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — In March, Los Angeles voters endorsed a plan to bring order to the city’s long-unruly marijuana market while clearing the way for recreational sales to begin next year, making L.A. the biggest […]
The wait is over — Canna Cribs by Growers Network is back on The Cannabist. Episode 2 of Canna Cribs takes viewers to Phat Panda‘s Grow Op Farms in Spokane, Wash., a 60,000-square-foot facility growing and processing some of the Evergreen State’s finest cannabis. Related Articles Premiere: Canna Cribs goes inside the cannabis industry’s leading […]
Published: Mar 9, 2017, 9:28 am • Updated: Mar 9, 2017, 9:28 am By Natalie Schwartz, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. — After Carey Tilghman’s 6-year-old daughter, Paisley, suffered from a stroke, doctors drafted a plan to use a round of Botox injections and muscle relaxers to treat her condition. Searching for an alternative for […]
Published: Nov 6, 2017, 11:03 am • Updated: Nov 6, 2017, 11:09 am By Bob Salsberg, The Associated Press BOSTON — Massachusetts House leaders are proposing a major overhaul the state’s criminal justice laws. The legislation announced on Monday includes tougher penalties for those who in deal in deadly synthetic opioids, and for multiple repeat […]
Published: Mar 14, 2018, 5:05 pm • Updated: Mar 14, 2018, 5:05 pm By Randall Chase, Associated Press DOVER, Del. — A task force studying issues surrounding marijuana legalization in Delaware voted to release its final report Wednesday in a last, chaotic meeting that left some members questioning the validity of what they were doing […]
Published: Dec 7, 2017, 7:32 pm • Updated: Dec 7, 2017, 7:32 pm By Gene Johnson, The Associated Press SEATTLE — JoAnna McKee, a pioneering medical marijuana activist in Washington state who went to sometimes difficult lengths to obtain the drug for the patients she served, has died at age 74. McKee passed away Nov. […]
Published: Sep 1, 2017, 2:54 pm • Updated: Sep 1, 2017, 2:54 pm By The Associated Press ATHENS, Greece — A rescue operation in the eastern Aegean Sea has turned into a big marijuana bust. A Greek coast guard statement says a Turkish-flagged wooden sailboat that issued a distress call near the island of Nisyros […]
CHICAGO — Marijuana’s main mind-altering ingredient was detected in nursing mothers’ breast milk in a small study that comes amid evidence that more U.S. women are using pot during pregnancy and afterward. Experts say the ingredient, THC, has chemical properties that could allow it to disrupt brain development and potentially cause harm, although solid evidence […]
Published: Jan 3, 2018, 4:12 pm • Updated: Jan 3, 2018, 4:13 pm By Elizabeth Chou, The Cannifornian Roberto Latuya said the last time he smoked marijuana might have been in 1969. “It’s why I’m here now — I’m ecstatic about it,” said the 69-year-old rock guitarist from East Los Angeles, who spent Tuesday morning […]