LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials in Las Vegas are warning the recreational marijuana industry against any advertising that can be considered promoting public consumption. Las Vegas marijuana business owners last week received a letter from Department of Business License Director Jaqueline Holloway reaffirming marijuana regulations. The letter issued Monday threatens to suspend or take away […]
If it weren’t for Obamacare and the ongoing slow-motion disaster movie that is the Republican Party’s attempt to fulfill Donald Trump’s campaign promise and repeal it, Ron Johnson would be just another anonymous self-funded, Tea Party-backed Republican backbencher. Instead, the former plastics company CEO and senior U.S. senator from Wisconsin is becoming a household name, […]
It has been said that Indiana’s Republican-dominated legislature is mostly to blame for refusing to consider measures calling for statewide marijuana reform. Yet, there is now some evidence to suggest that the party’s “hell no” attitude toward the legalization of marijuana may be starting to relax to some degree, a potential shift in opinion that […]
This week, Australian medical marijuana company Elixinol launched their first ad campaign in Japan, with a billboard, located in the Tokyo subway. It’s a milestone moment for hemp in a country that has notoriously resisted medical marijuana legalization, and can be taken as a sign that the cultural tide in one of the world’s largest […]
At least 37 were killed as a prison in southern Venezuela exploded into rebellion, authorities said on Wednesday. The death toll at the facility in the jungle town of Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas state, was first reported by the advocacy group Venezuelan Prison Observatory and later confirmed by the Interior Ministry. The violence began when inmates […]
Indiana law enforcement is apparently confused over what is exactly legal and illegal across the state in terms of CBD products. According to a report from NBC affiliate WTHR, Indiana State Excise Police recently raided a Fresh Thyme Farmers Market in the Indianapolis area, seizing thousands of dollars worth of a dietary supplement being sold […]
The post Is New York About To Legalize Recreational Marijuana? appeared first on High Times. New York has lagged behind the majority of other states with fully comprehensive medical marijuana programs and legal recreational pot use. But the topic has finally come before the state assembly. Is New York about to legalize recreational marijuana? This morning, […]
Plant breeding is surely the most romantic aspect of the cannabis industry and, of course, the most important too. From these breeding and selection processes derive the new strains that later go on sale. And those who are responsible for making sure the whole process runs smoothly are the breeders. They are pivotal figures of […]
The post Court Rules Random Drug Tests After DUI Arrests Are Unconstitutional appeared first on High Times. The Washington Supreme Court recently ruled that requiring people arrested for driving under the influence to submit to random urinalysis tests is unconstitutional. The case ended up in the Supreme Court after three people were arrested in 2015 […]
In California, a showdown is underway between a church that sees cannabis as sacred and law enforcement. The battle began when law enforcement raided the church’s weed supply. And now, the church is fighting back. With this California cannabis church suing police over raids, important questions about the state’s legal weed system are coming into […]