Philadelphia DA drops 50 marijuana possession cases

Published: Aug 3, 2017, 12:02 pm • Updated: Aug 3, 2017, 2:44 pm By Nathan Howard, Bloomberg Congress is heading for a confrontation with Attorney General Jeff Sessions over pot. Sessions is seeking to crack down on marijuana use while lawmakers from both parties are pushing legislation that would do the opposite. Related: Guide to…

Published: Aug 8, 2017, 6:17 pm • Updated: Aug 8, 2017, 6:21 pm By Paul Elias, The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A central California property owner was shot and killed when he confronted three men illegally growing marijuana on his rural land, police said Tuesday. Timothy Fadgen, 47, was killed during the confrontation Monday…

Published: Nov 27, 2017, 5:36 pm • Updated: Dec 9, 2017, 9:15 am By The Cannabist Staff Getting the perfect gift for somebody is a bit of an art. It’s all about thinking about what a person needs or secretly wants, and in the cannabis sphere, there are so many options. As you work through…

Published: Jan 24, 2018, 10:31 am • Updated: Jan 24, 2018, 11:51 am By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Colorado will stick with the familiar when it comes to tracking marijuana from seed to sale. The Colorado Department of Revenue plans to award a new three-year contract for its marijuana inventory tracking system to Franwell…

Published: Dec 13, 2017, 9:40 am • Updated: Dec 13, 2017, 10:07 am By Wallace McKelvey, Pennlive.com HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania is eyeing a major expansion of its resurgent industrial hemp industry, offering more than three times the number of permits currently issued as part of a pilot program. Hemp, once a major cash crop…

Published: Nov 8, 2017, 11:11 am • Updated: Nov 8, 2017, 11:11 am By Matt Gaetz, Guest Commentary In 1981, a Tax Court judge ruled on tax deductions taken by Mr. Jeff Edmonson, a man with a unique business: the large-scale distribution of drugs. For the tax year in question, he had sold over a…