Published: Jan 3, 2018, 5:18 pm • Updated: Jan 3, 2018, 7:09 pm Cannabist Staff Where is recreational marijuana now being sold in a California dispensary near you? Los Angeles and San Francisco are still working on licensing, and other cities have banned marijuana stores for now, but check our list for someplace nearby. This…
One of Jeff Sessions acts in his first year as attorney general was to rescind policy that restrained law enforcement from excessively seizing assets in a legal act referred to as civil forfeiture. Law enforcement can take cars, money and all sorts of property from any individual that they suspect has violated a federal law,…
The post 10 Best Pot Scenes In ’80s Movies appeared first on High Times. The 1980s were a tough time for marijuana enthusiasts. “Just Say No,” the crack epidemic and the AIDS crisis conspired to make casual drug users look like absolute derelicts, or worse. But while television shows were required to show negative effects…
A federal appeals court dealt a blow this week to makers of CBD-rich cannabis extracts who were trying to stop the DEA from classifying their products as dangerous drugs. A panel of judges for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shot down the hemp industry’s challenge of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration rule that…
The post Hugh Hefner, Playboy Founder and Cannabis Advocate, Found Dead at 91 appeared first on High Times. Hugh Hefner, the enigmatic figure behind Playboy magazine and the de facto empire it launched, was found dead in his home, the Los Angeles manse nicknamed the Playboy Mansion, on Wednesday. He was 91. Considered the quintessential and iconic…
4 SHARES ShareTweet Spread the love The government process is slow and in truth it is intended to be slow with lots of checks and balances, but explain that to potential Los Angeles marijuana dispensary owners and they will give you the serious stink eye. Sales are booming for dispensary owners in California, but Los…
As legalization spreads, advocates and activists have celebrated every step towards full, federal legalization. Despite the encouraging regulatory momentum, there are still plenty of gaps in legislation that actually make it illegal to consume cannabis — even though it’s legal to purchase, cultivate, and possess it. In Oregon, a new political action committee (PAC) called the…
The State Senate is mulling several bills concerning marijuana and marijuana businesses. One of the biggest bills is the social pot club bill that would allow businesses to allow marijuana use where the city or county has authorized them. As the federal government is debating what it is going to do with recreational marijuana, there…
Published: Aug 11, 2017, 10:35 am • Updated: Aug 11, 2017, 10:35 am By Mark Lynn Ferguson, Special To The Washington Post Johnsie Gooslin spent Jan. 16, 2015, tending his babies – that’s what he called his marijuana plants. More than 70 of them were growing in a hydroponic system of his own design. Sometimes,…
Published: Feb 8, 2018, 1:55 pm • Updated: Feb 8, 2018, 3:57 pm By Gene Johnson, The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — More than five years after Washington state legalized marijuana, Seattle officials said Thursday they’re moving to automatically clear past misdemeanor convictions for pot possession — a step similarly announced by San Francisco last…