The post California On Crash-Course With Feds Over Legalization appeared first on High Times. When California legalized cannabis on January 1, it opened the door to multiple conflicts with the federal government. Now, state and federal authorities must manage to negotiate the overlapping jurisdictions with now completely contradictory policies. These policies leave California on a…
Published: Dec 21, 2017, 8:46 am • Updated: Dec 21, 2017, 11:55 am By The Associated Press YORK, Neb. — An elderly couple who was arrested in Nebraska with 60 pounds of marijuana in their truck told officers that the drugs were meant to be Christmas presents. The York News-Times reports the couple were arrested…
Published: Jul 25, 2017, 11:42 am • Updated: Jul 25, 2017, 1:17 pm By The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Department of Labor says the majority of businesses won’t be able to fire an employee for a marijuana-positive drug tests unless they can prove impairment on the job. Backers of the marijuana referendum…
Published: Aug 11, 2017, 8:19 am • Updated: Aug 11, 2017, 8:21 am By Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post “Federal drug prosecutions have gone down in recent years. We’re going to be bringing them up and bringing them up rapidly. At the end of 2016, there were 23 percent fewer than in 2011. So they…
Published: Oct 3, 2017, 8:09 am • Updated: Oct 3, 2017, 5:17 pm By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — California produced at least 13.5 million pounds of marijuana last year — five times more than the 2.5 million pounds it consumed. Where did all that extra pot go? The answer, experts say, is…
With Thanksgiving coming up tomorrow, most Americans are excitedly getting ready to feast on turkey and the many other dishes that have become staples of the holiday like pumpkin pie, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes with gravy, along with numerous others. While many folks are looking forward to spending time with family and friends Thanksgiving…
It’s one thing that 29 states have legal medical marijuana, but quite another to find a doctor to recommend it so patients can purchase their medicine. Physicians can discuss and safely recommend, although not prescribe, cannabis to patients as a health care option, under state or federal law, thanks to a 2004 Federal Court decision that…
A cannabis company in Oregon has teamed up with a dispensary to help kids taken from undocumented parents. Leif Goods will donate $1 for each of its chocolate bars sold at Farma during the next week. In the last six weeks, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has separated nearly 2,000 migrant children from their parents….
The post British Columbia High Court Deals Blow To Mandatory Minimums appeared first on High Times. The Appeal Court of British Columbia, the province’s highest, on December 28 upheld a lower court ruling that the minimum two-year prison term for marijuana possession “for purpose of trafficking” under Canada’s Controlled Drugs & Substances Act is unconstitutional. Justice…
Happy Friday everyone. First we would like to start by thanking the NCIA for inviting The National Marijuana News to their 8th annual Lobby Days event in Washington D.C. as a media partner. We were able to bring you live coverage of the event, interviewing cannabis business professionals and NCIA members working to affect change…