Published: Sep 12, 2017, 1:52 pm • Updated: Sep 12, 2017, 1:52 pm By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian Laura Cavaness boasted a new uniform as she set out for another day of tidying tented cabins, dusting antique trinkets and clearing the cobwebs that each night seem to emerge from the desert. For seven months, […]
Published: Oct 12, 2017, 6:19 pm • Updated: Oct 12, 2017, 7:38 pm By Christine Legere, Cape Cod Times Medical Marijuana of Massachusetts will be the first of the state’s nonprofit organizations to open a dispensary on Cape Cod, recently announcing plans to begin operation in a small, nondescript building on Echo Road in Mashpee […]
Published: Dec 14, 2017, 12:25 pm • Updated: Dec 14, 2017, 12:55 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Denver Police Department on Thursday executed search warrants and made arrests at “multiple” licensed marijuana facilities in the metro area, officials said. Police officials, citing an ongoing investigation, would provide only limited information as to the […]
Published: Mar 15, 2018, 10:17 am • Updated: Mar 15, 2018, 10:17 am By Paul Elias, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The smoke was thick and business brisk at the Barbary Coast Dispensary’s marijuana smoking lounge, a darkened room that resembles a steakhouse or upscale sports tavern with its red leather seats, deep booths with […]
Published: Aug 10, 2017, 11:47 am • Updated: Aug 10, 2017, 11:47 am By Katie Zezima, The Washington Post One in 12 doctors has received money from drug companies marketing prescription opioid medications, according to a study released Wednesday afternoon. Researchers at Boston Medical Center found that from 2013 to 2015, 68,177 doctors received more […]
Published: Dec 7, 2017, 3:31 pm • Updated: Dec 8, 2017, 3:10 pm By Alex Pasquariello and Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff President Donald Trump signed a stopgap spending bill Friday to avoid a government shutdown and keep the federal government running through Dec. 22. Protections for state medical marijuana programs known as the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer […]
Published: Dec 14, 2017, 10:27 am • Updated: Dec 14, 2017, 10:27 am By The Associated Press NEW YORK — Teen use of marijuana remains high and vaping appears to be one reason, a new U.S. survey shows. One in 10 high school seniors said they had vaped marijuana at least once in the past […]
Published: Mar 9, 2018, 10:00 pm • Updated: Mar 9, 2018, 10:03 pm By Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press Film Writer The good news is David Oyelowo is a terrific comedic actor (who knew!). The bad news is that the vehicle for discovery, Nash Edgerton’s “Gringo,” is a contrived action-comedy that is trying its hardest to […]
Published: Feb 24, 2018, 10:59 am • Updated: Feb 24, 2018, 10:59 am By The Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that police need a search warrant to obtain a urine sample from someone under arrest. The high court issued the ruling Thursday that said privacy issues outweigh the state’s […]
WASHINGTON — A bill that would protect state marijuana laws from federal interference received a major plug on Friday when President Donald Trump said he likely would back the measure — introduced a day earlier by U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner and Elizabeth Warren. “(I) probably will end up supporting” it, Trump told reporters during a […]