Published: Oct 6, 2017, 3:29 pm • Updated: Oct 6, 2017, 3:29 pm By Alex Pasquariello, The Cannabist Staff Marijuana has become a religion led by the false prophet money, the president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) told a symposium at Colorado Christian University. Kevin Sabet, the leader of SAM, a nonprofit group opposed…
The post UK Parliament May Allow This Six-Year-Old To Have Medical Marijuana appeared first on High Times. After a flurry of media coverage, the UK Parliament may allow this six-year-old to have medical marijuana. The child in question is severely epileptic. His struggle has been making headlines over the past few weeks. And now, he…
The post America Has Legalized Bad Drugs & Outlawed Good Drugs appeared first on High Times. Through its drug policy, America has legalized bad drugs and outlawed the good ones. To call the sea of change on cannabis policy underway in America “marijuana legalization” sounds nice. “Legalize it” is certainly catchy and easy to digest. But…
As part of our 500th-issue celebration, we’re answering the single most-asked question from our growers’ mailbag. Here is the question: Can you please list all of the necessary steps I need to know from seed to harvest? (Asked, in one form or another, more than 680 times since the start of 2017.) Well, the answer…
Published: Jul 27, 2017, 1:24 pm • Updated: Jul 28, 2017, 7:16 am By Polly Washburn, The Cannabist Staff The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved an amendment to protect state medical marijuana programs from federal interference, despite a written request from Attorney General Jeff Sessions earlier this year that they not do so. The amendment,…
Photo by Dale Shirley. As of Thursday, the Oregon Health Authority is requiring that all cannabis product batches be tested for pesticides, as the state’s temporary rules governing pesticides expire and permanent rules take over. In keeping with its reputation for being the strictest state in the union when it comes pesticides, the permanent rules…
Two Tennessee lawmakers have named a medicinal cannabis bill they are writing after President Donald Trump. Rep. Bryan Terry, R-Murfreesboro, and Sen. Steve Dickerson, R-Nashville, announced this week that they will once again attempt to pass medical marijuana legislation. They have named their new bill the Tennessee Responsible Use of Medicinal Plants Act, or TRUMP Act….
Published: Sep 15, 2017, 3:29 pm • Updated: Sep 15, 2017, 3:29 pm By The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Miss. — A white Mississippi police officer is resigning after video from his body camera showed him berating a black motorist during a traffic stop and saying he could shoot into the car if the man failed…
You’ve no doubt seen the not-one-but-two separate body cam videos where officers with the Baltimore Police Department are seemingly planting drug evidence. With these, and so many other videos of bad cops run amok, what can been done to better police the police? On my daily cannabis news podcast, The Marijuana Agenda, I sat down…
BOSTON (AP) — The race is on to assemble the five-member board that will oversee recreational and medical marijuana in Massachusetts. Under a new state law approved last month, Gov. Charlie Baker, Attorney General Maura Healey and state Treasurer Deb Goldberg will each name one member of the regulatory board, and the three elected officials…