A Senate panel is urging several federal agencies to undertake a series of moves, which include providing ways to test marijuana products sold at dispensaries in states where cannabis is legal. Based on concerns over the lack of information on the potency and purity of cannabis being sold to consumers, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee is […]
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — The owner of a medical marijuana dispensary in Cumberland says he hopes to open for business in November. The Cumberland Times-News reports that one of three owners of the Allegany Medical Marijuana Dispensary recently gave the newspaper an update on his business. Sajal Roy says the dispensary has faced delays due to […]
Two weeks ago, Oklahoma voters legalized medical marijuana. Fifty-six percent of voters said yes to State Question 788, legalizing cannabis for medical use without any restrictions based on qualifying conditions. Oklahoma’s unique iteration of medical marijuana legislation gives control of medical cannabis use entirely to physicians and patients. But the opposition is already working to […]
The post Morocco Is The Latest Destination For Intrepid Pot Tourists appeared first on High Times. Northern Morocco is a primary production center for “kif”—the colloquial Moroccan name for marijuana—and for hashish, for export to Europe. It has become so popular there that pot tourists often travel to visit its source. Farmers grow the cannabis […]
The post I Took a Weed Tour of Toronto appeared first on High Times. Flying into Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, you land on a small island directly across from a downtown waterfront full of skyscrapers. It’s a surreal experience, made all the more-so when a huge human pot leaf named Herb Kushman shows up to […]
BY KRISTEN WYATT ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER (AP) — Colorado is moving ahead with a first-in-the-nation attempt to allow marijuana clubs. But the measure that passed a Republican state Senate committee Wednesday evening doesn’t go as far as some marijuana activists hoped. The bill would allow on-site marijuana consumption at private clubs in willing jurisdictions. And […]
Massachusetts is one of the latest states to legalize recreational cannabis. Although there is still some work to be done before a full-fledged recreational marijuana program is in place, they’ve taken a huge step forward, with the state’s first recreational license officially granted on Monday. First Recreational License Granted in Massachusetts On Monday, Massachusetts’ Cannabis […]
The post How Russia Is Actually Keeping Jeff Sessions Away From Weed appeared first on High Times. Reading Jeff Sessions is easy. A sophisticated actor our attorney general is not, as his bewildered and buffaloed performances in front of Senate committees showed in painful clarity. Peer only perfunctorily into the pale beads lighting from Klan […]
DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has called a special session of the Legislature to correct a mistake in a law governing taxes on marijuana. Hickenlooper said Thursday the session will start Oct. 2 and will deal only with the marijuana tax. The governor says a law passed by the Legislature this year consolidated […]
New Jersey could be moving toward a viable legalization bill. This week, local media sources received a copy of a new legalization measure that lawmakers think has a very good chance of passing. If the legislation is approved, New Jersey could soon implement some of the nation’s most progressive cannabis laws. New Jersey’s New Legalization […]