While marijuana might be on the backburner for the majority of NYPD officers, the plant is still, unfortunately, considered a Schedule I drug by our very own Federal government. Sure, the stigma surrounding it has largely decreased, but that doesn’t mean people in either legal or non-legal states can go around flaunting product. Or, in…
The latest Pew Research Center survey about marijuana legalization shows that across the United States, six out of ten people support legal cannabis. But in Wyoming, support for legalization lags behind the national average. Less than half of adults in Wyoming support legalizing cannabis for adult use, according to a new survey. However, that less-than-majority…
Published: Aug 28, 2017, 8:47 am • Updated: Aug 28, 2017, 8:47 am By The Associated Press CUMBERLAND, Md. — 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…
Published: Jul 19, 2017, 8:42 am • Updated: Jul 19, 2017, 8:42 am By Melissa Sherrard, Civilized If you’ve ever wondered “do you need a license or certification to be a budtender?” you should know that the short answer (at least for now) is no. We don’t yet have a national licensing standard for budtenders,…
An anti-legalization group in Michigan is telling voters that today’s cannabis is too potent. Campaign workers with Healthy and Productive Michigan were recently calling voters in Detroit in an effort to get them to oppose Proposal 1, the recreational pot legalization initiative on the ballot next month. Reading from a script provided by the anti-pot political…
The post Bolivia’s African King Speaks For Coca Growers appeared first on High Times. Among the coca-growing peasants of Bolivia’s Yungas region (the country’s prime legal cultivation zone) is a substantial Afro-Bolivian population—descendants of slaves who were brought in by the Spanish colonialists to work in the silver mines and haciendas centuries ago. Some have…
Pennsylvania medical schools may start to study cannabis, according to local reports. State officials detailed how the new research program will operate on Thursday. First State Medical Marijuana Program To Include Research Pennsylvania legalized medical marijuana in 2016. The law passed by voters includes provisions to promote cannabis studies at medical schools in the state….
It may be the worst surprise in the world: the dreaded, ominous drug test. If you’re a heavy cannabis user, the idea of a drug test can cause anxiety and pressure. And the businesses with some of the best and highest paying jobs require you to pass with flying colors. Depending on your body, the…
CHICAGO — The race for Illinois governor will be a battle between two deep-pocketed candidates who’ve already sunk more than $120 million of their own money into the contest, putting it on pace to become the costliest such campaign in U.S. history. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, a wealthy former private equity investor, defeated conservative state…
This morning, police reports began surfacing of a coordinated drug bust at a home along Kentucky 229 in southeast Laurel County. Both the Kentucky State Police and the FBI cooperated in the Saturday enforcement action. Information is still forthcoming about who police arrested and their charges, but authorities in Laurel County have arrested one 16-year-old…