Could the US ever legalize cannabis federally? The simple answer is yes, but the reality is far more complex. The reason laws and regulations around cannabis are so complicated leads back to the federal government – more specifically, the Controlled Substances Act, Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970….
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A bill that would help Connecticut prepare for the possibility of legalized recreational marijuana has cleared a legislative hurdle. The General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee on Thursday voted 27-24 in favor of the legislation, which now awaits further action by the House of Representatives. It’s unclear how far the bill will get…
Published: Oct 19, 2017, 11:20 am • Updated: Oct 19, 2017, 12:43 pm By Scott Higham and Lenny Bernstein, The Washington Post Joe Rannazzisi is a man of strong passions who admits that he has a temper. For more than a decade, he was the frontman in the government’s war against opioid abuse. As head…
The cannabis sector had some relatively large news come across the wire today. While we did not see the needle move much in the sector, we are seeing at least one stock benefit greatly today. Let’s take a look and see what other names that can also move in conjunction in the near term. It…
Not that we can ever be completely certain that what Trump says or tweets is true from one day to the next, but he recently remarked that he “seriously considered” decertifying Colombia as a partner in the war against drugs because of its record surge in cocaine production over the past year. Colombia is shocked with…
The post 10 Best Vape Pens of 2017 for Cannabis Concentrates appeared first on High Times. Judging by the BHO, solventless, live resin and crystallized THCa waves we’ve seen over the past few years, cannabis concentrates are clearly here to stay. Dabbers who aren’t willing to carry a pelican and torch everywhere they go are…
Published: Jan 12, 2018, 2:28 pm • Updated: Jan 12, 2018, 2:28 pm By The Portsmouth Herald Editorial Board The following editorial was published in the The (Portsmouth) Herald, Jan. 12, 2017: You’ve got to wonder what members of the New Hampshire House were smoking on Tuesday when they voted 207 to 139 in favor…
The post There Might Be a Need for a King of Cannabis appeared first on High Times. Although the cannabis industry is currently allowed to operate only on a state-by-state basis, there will come a day when marijuana is taxed and regulated at the national level, the same as alcohol and tobacco. Some of the…
The post 4 Days After Pot Arrest, Young Thug Is Still Sitting in Jail appeared first on High Times. According to the journalists over at TMZ, Young Thug’s drug bust is still being processed. What’s going on with our favorite lug? Was he arrested over a nug? Do these words make you shrug? Don’t worry;…
Photo by Vortex Farmacy. There aren’t very many famous scientists in the world—for some reason, celebrity and peer-reviewed research don’t go hand-in-hand—but where popular culture and rational inquiry intersect, the resulting Venn diagram is pro-marijuana. On Monday, prominent astrophysicist (and Twitter personality) Neil deGrasse Tyson joined the ranks of learned academics to endorse cannabis legalization….