Enforcing prohibition of marijuana seems more and more a waste of time when looking at the data coming from states that have embraced marijuana legalization. New York is possibly the best example with a mayor that shares a mind with Jeff Sessions and where marijuana is incredibly popular. A recent report put out by SEEDO…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota residents suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder can start buying medical marijuana. Tuesday brought the latest expansion of the state’s medical marijuana program that launched in July 2015. Patients suffering chronic pain that couldn’t be treated with other means were allowed to use the drug starting last summer, a move…
States such as Colorado, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Maine, and Massachusetts have all passed laws in support of recreational cannabis, but some are further along in implementation than others. Canada is currently working to legalize recreational cannabis, which is set to start on July 1, 2018. Colombia legalized medical marijuana. Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled it…
Supporters of Oklahoma’s new medical marijuana program are blasting the State Board of Health’s decision today to ban the sale of smokable cannabis. The board’s decision comes just one day after a group representing doctors and pharmacists opposed to medical marijuana legalization held a press conference demanding a ban on all smokable forms of cannabis,…
Published: Dec 28, 2017, 12:54 pm • Updated: Dec 29, 2017, 10:27 am By David Migoya, The Denver Post For more than two decades Colorado has received hundreds of millions of dollars from its share of settlements with tobacco companies — money that’s been used to support dozens of programs including one that helps first-time…
Boulder’s BDS Analytics, a leading data repository for the cannabis industry, just landed a cash infusion to fuel its ambitions of national and international expansion. BDS received $3.5 million to build up its sales and development workforce in Michigan, New England and Canada -places that have legalized recreational marijuana or soon will. “It’s now easier…
Published: Nov 22, 2017, 8:26 am • Updated: Nov 22, 2017, 8:27 am By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s public transit board has voted to ban marijuana advertising on its buses, trains and shelters, reversing its current policy. The San Francisco Examiner reports the board of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency…
Published: Oct 25, 2017, 9:08 pm • Updated: Oct 25, 2017, 9:17 pm By Tom McGhee, The Denver Post Denver police arrested two men suspected of terrorizing a Denver marijuana dispensary’s customers and employees during a July armed robbery before the pair allegedly joined two other suspects and robbed the same store again less than…
Published: Aug 2, 2017, 12:19 pm • Updated: Aug 2, 2017, 12:24 pm By Tammerlin Drummond, The Cannifornian OAKLAND, Calif. — When the city in May rolled out a new permit program for cannabis businesses that gave priority to individuals who’d been convicted of a marijuana charge in Oakland, or who were longtime residents of…
Published: Dec 4, 2017, 2:16 pm • Updated: Dec 4, 2017, 2:16 pm By The Associated Press BUTTE, Mont. — Medical marijuana providers and patients in Montana say proposed regulatory actions would place considerable cost and time burdens on them. The Montana Standard reports the stakeholders voiced opposition to the set of proposed rules during…