Editor’s Note: In advance of 4/20, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore. and co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, released the following statement, published here in full, addressing his views on the state of marijuana in America. For the two decades after cannabis was listed as a Schedule 1 controlled substance, we were spinning our wheels. While…
Published: Sep 25, 2017, 11:06 am • Updated: Sep 25, 2017, 11:42 am By The Cannabist Network < > Marijuana plants bask in the sun at the Pot Zero outdoor grow facility Friday, Sept. 22, outside Gypsum. The grow facility is 100 percent sustainable with a zero carbon footprint. Fertilizer is used from their cows…
In Syracuse, New York, Onondaga Country District Attorney William Fitzpatrick has ordered his staff to dismiss all new and pending marijuana charges this year. The policy shift is just part of the district attorney’s broader plan to wipe decades of cannabis convictions from the record. The move will impact the lives of hundreds of Onondaga…
The post NFL Commissioner Pens Criminal Justice Reform Letter appeared first on High Times. The National Football League, which has been steeped in political drama over the past year, is taking steps to ensure their player’s voices are heard. In fact, Roger Goodell, the NFL commissioner recently penned a criminal justice reform letter to senators…
Published: Jan 9, 2018, 11:38 am • Updated: Jan 9, 2018, 11:38 am By Bruce Kennedy, The Cannabist Staff The New Year didn’t just usher in a new era of legal adult-use marijuana in California. It also marked the end of prohibition of the cannabis compound cannabidiol in world sport. In late September, the World…
11 SHARES ShareTweet Spread the love The consulting firm Arcview is estimating there will be roughly 400,000 cannabis related jobs in the U.S. by 2021. California cannabis jobs will account for about 146,000 of those employment opportunities. Considering the U.S. employment rate overall has been plummeting, we can use all the help that we can…
ASTORIA, Oregon (AP) — Clatsop County voters might have the option in November to institute a tax on retail marijuana sales. The Daily Astorian reports that county commissioners will hold the first reading Wednesday of an ordinance that would impose a 3 percent tax on sales. Staff estimates the tax, applied to three dispensaries outside…
Oregon is an amazing state, and it got even more so last month when its legislature voted to decriminalize cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, oxycodone, LSD and ecstasy. Oregon already had a weed-friendly history that goes back to 1973, when it became the first state in the union to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. In…
What pairs better than weed with a fine wine? Are there sommeliers yet who have made it their business to match the perfect chardonnay with the dankest sativa? When I used to drink and smoke back in the day, I never knew how to balance the right amount of pot and the right amount of…
America’s opioids crisis has taken a staggering toll, killing more than 42,000 people in 2016 alone and more than 250,000 people over the past decade. On Thursday, underscoring the severity of the crisis, Surgeon General Jerome Adams issued a statement without apparent precedent in which he urged “health care practitioners, family and friends of people…