The state of Michigan will see a multimillion-dollar pot industry from the onset of legal recreational cannabis, according to data released by the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol. The group is leading the campaign to pass Proposal 1, an adult-use cannabis legalization initiative that will be decided by Michigan voters in this November’s election. Under Proposal…
Published: Jan 26, 2018, 12:05 pm • Updated: Jan 26, 2018, 12:42 pm By Polly Washburn, The Cannabist Staff A bicameral, bipartisan coalition of Congressional leaders Thursday asked President Donald Trump to direct Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reinstate the so-called Cole Memo. The Department of Justice earlier this month rescinded the Obama-era guidance on…
The post Colorado Cops Think Powdered CBD Is Cocaine appeared first on High Times. Does powdered CBD look too much like cocaine? Marijuana has been fully legal in Colorado for the past five years. It is a scenario that has given the cannabis industry the foothold needed to get on the path to becoming one…
Published: Mar 1, 2018, 11:34 am • Updated: Mar 1, 2018, 11:34 am By The Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota health officials say many medical marijuana users report significant reductions in pain. More than 60 percent of the more than 2,200 patients surveyed by the state report benefits from using marijuana in inhaled…
Published: Jan 11, 2018, 9:55 am • Updated: Jan 11, 2018, 9:55 am By Patrick Whittle, associated Press PORTLAND, Maine — The Trump administration’s anti-marijuana move has some members of the president’s voting base fuming. Fans of President Donald Trump who use marijuana say Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ move to tighten federal oversight of the…
Tobacco powerhouse Altria has invested $1.8 billion in Canadian cannabis company Cronos Group, the companies announced in a press release on Friday. Under the terms of the deal Altria, the parent company of the Marlboro cigarette brand, will acquire a 45 percent ownership stake in Cronos. Shares in Cronos Group shot up more than 30…
Published: Dec 27, 2017, 9:05 am • Updated: Dec 27, 2017, 11:02 am By John Fryar, Times Call Longmont, Colo., officials are still in the process of ensuring that confidential information is removed before re-posting the applications from 13 businesses proposing to open retail marijuana shops inside city limits. Assistant City Manager Shawn Lewis said…
Published: Nov 30, 2017, 2:38 pm • Updated: Nov 30, 2017, 4:15 pm By Paige Winfield Cunningham, The Washington Post If the opioid epidemic was simply a problem of supply – people being able to access drugs too easily – then a targeted new effort in Appalachia announced by Attorney General Jeff Sessions this week…
In a move that’s thrown patients and dispensary owners into confusion, Arizona’s attorney general Mark Brnovich posited in court filings that only dried marijuana should be available for medical consumption. The filings suggest that possession of hashish be deemed a crime—an idea that, if enforced, could have dire consequences for those who use oils, extracts,…
It’s 2018, weed is slowly legalizing, and the list of contraptions to get you high grows more impressive each day—and the quartz banger is a big one. One of the most popular nails (pieces of glass or metal used for dabbing) on the market today, a quartz banger vaporizes concentrates by connecting a necked bucket…