In the lead up to Canada’s world-historic legalization of cannabis on October 17, most public and official debates about the law centered on how to best implement it–not whether legalization was a good idea. But one anti-legalization talking point in particular remained lodged in the national conversation: the concern over a post-legalization spike in drug-impaired…
Published: Mar 3, 2017, 7:43 am • Updated: Mar 3, 2017, 8:03 am By Fenit Nirappil, The Washington Post Del. Dan Morhaim improperly advocated changes to medical marijuana policies without publicly disclosing that he was a paid consultant to a prospective cannabis dispensary, according to a report by the ethics committee of the Maryland General…
Pot icon Tommy Chong had some choice words for U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions during an appearance with Cheech Marin on the debut episode Cold Cuts with Al Roker. Cheech and Chong were guests on the new online show to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the comedy duo’s landmark film Up in Smoke. While the trio chats and…
Published: Dec 18, 2017, 2:04 am • Updated: Dec 18, 2017, 9:04 am By Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post The man in charge of hiring and firing Denver’s police officers likes to remind people that the firefighters and police officers who rushed into the World Trade Center on 9/11 were not drunk or stoned. Therefore,…
Published: Aug 30, 2017, 10:25 am • Updated: Aug 31, 2017, 8:23 am By Polly Washburn, The Cannabist Staff Jeff Sessions has more reading about marijuana regs on his desk. This month, governors from Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington, the first four states to legalize recreational marijuana, each sent letters to the attorney general defending…
U.S Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a longtime opponent of marijuana legalization. But in an interview on Thursday, he was guarded about the Trump administration’s plans to push back against the growing number of states that are ending cannabis prohibition. “I can’t comment on the existence of an investigation at this time,” he said, adding…
Published: Feb 28, 2018, 5:09 pm • Updated: Feb 28, 2018, 5:10 pm By Blake Nicholson, The Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Health Department on Wednesday began accepting proposals from laboratory companies that want to test medical marijuana in the state. It’s the next step in efforts to establish a system for…
The post Cannabis Lab Founder Steps Down After Neo-Nazi Ties Revealed appeared first on High Times. Until earlier this week, Bethany Sherman was a co-owner—with her partner and co-parent Matthew L. Combs—of OG Analytical, a cannabis testing lab in Eugene, Oregon. By all accounts, they were high-profile members in Oregon’s burgeoning marijuana industry—so high-profile that…
An average of 20 veterans in the United States commit suicide every day, according to a U.S. Veteran’s Association report in 2016. Iraq War veteran and Arcata resident Art Gutierrez, 31, had met three friends while in service who would eventually become part of this troubling statistic. He came close to being part of it…
Published: Nov 2, 2017, 11:57 am • Updated: Nov 2, 2017, 6:26 pm By Bruce Kennedy, The Cannabist Staff With polling showing Americans’ support for marijuana legalization has hit new highs, a new survey by the American Legion shows strong support within the military veteran community for medical marijuana research and legalization. The “robo-call” survey…