98 SHARES ShareTweet Spread the love The movement to legalize marijuana nationally is pushing hard straight through until the end of the year. 2018 is expected to be a big year for state legalized marijuana with potentially Vermont and New Jersey both legalizing adult-use in the first quarter. The momentum is strong and senators like…
Published: Jan 31, 2018, 4:55 pm • Updated: Jan 31, 2018, 4:55 pm By The Cannabist Staff The people have spoken! Presenting The Cannabist People’s Choice Awards 2017. We asked you to vote for your favorite cannabis consumables, people and places for 2017. As we’ve had a little excitement in the weed world in January…
Published: Jul 25, 2016, 8:10 am • Updated: Jul 25, 2016, 10:41 am By The Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Those not happy with their choices for president this November could find another option on the Nebraska ballot: the Marijuana Party. The Nebraska Secretary of State’s office said Friday that the Marijuana Party of Nebraska…
Published: Dec 22, 2017, 6:20 am • Updated: Dec 22, 2017, 1:05 pm By David Migoya, The Denver Post The Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area since 2015 has surveyed school resource officers regarding marijuana use in schools, and asks for anonymous written comments about what they see. Here is a sampling of those…
The Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment may have been the only thing holding back the DOJ from going after state legal cannabis businesses for years now. It used to be called the Rohrabacker-Blumenauer Amendment, but what has stayed consistent about it is Rep. Dana Rohrabacher who has held a seat in the House of Representative for 29 years…
Your school guidance counselor probably never thought marijuana would lead to an Ivy league school, but at the College Cannabis Exhibition, that was certainly not the case. The Exhibition hosted by the Student Marijuana Alliance for Research & Transparency (SMART) and High Times brought experts from every aspect of the industry to share their knowledge…
Published: Aug 15, 2017, 11:22 am • Updated: Aug 15, 2017, 11:54 am By Bruce Kennedy, The Cannabist Staff These are times of cautious but rising optimism for supporters of industrial hemp. Since 1970, all forms of Cannabis sativa L., including hemp, have been classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act….
For more than a decade, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been dealing with a quiet crisis in a way similar to how it dealt with abhorrent conditions at its main hospital: Continue apace with a broken system and pray nobody notices. Spoiler—it’s not working, and it’s obvious. As many as 30 percent of…
Things went tragically wrong this week in Mooresville, North Carolina when a local high school student unknowingly ingested a dangerous form of synthetic marijuana. Now, we see a vape shop clerk charged after teen overdoses on synthetic cannabinoid. Black Diamond “CBD Oil” According to local news source wsoctv, the teenage high school student went to…
A few worried parents from Steamboat Springs, Colorado have voiced their concerns about the close proximity of marijuana shop that is set to open near the Rocky Mountain Karate Academy that their children attend. Nine residents so far have penned a letter stating that they are against having their children potentially exposed to the sights,…