BY BOB SALSBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts’ newly-formed regulatory board for marijuana is scheduled to meet for the first time on Tuesday. The chairman of the Cannabis Control Commission, 64-year-old Lincoln resident and former business executive Steven Hoffman, sat down with The Associated Press shortly after his appointment to talk about the challenges…
Published: Mar 1, 2017, 8:06 am • Updated: Mar 1, 2017, 8:06 am By Travis M. Andrews, The Washington Post Kara Zartler’s life began too soon. Along with her twin sister, she was born 26 weeks early. At 1 pound 12 ounces, she weighed slightly less than the healthy Keeley. Then, 10 hours into life,…
The post This State Could Have Medical Marijuana By Summer appeared first on High Times. It has been nearly two years since Louisiana legalized the leaf for medicinal purposes. But patients have been wondering when they will have access to this medicine. Fortunately, the wait could be over in a matter of months. Local reports…
Despite marijuana and its related products still being illegal at a federal level in the United States, 4/20 has become a popular yet unofficial and somewhat clandestine holiday for many cannabis enthusiasts. However, there are those that don’t necessarily agree that celebrating a holiday that promotes and glorifies drug use, even if it is only…
In an effort to usurp the black market’s reign on the weed industry, Ontario is considering slashing their weed prices drastically. A Shift in Pricing In order to eradicate illegal sales of cannabis, the government plans on establishing a competitive price for recreational weed, which could be as low as $8 a gram, according to Ontario Finance…
Lone Star State voters support legal marijuana almost 2-1, according to a new Quinnipiac University Poll. By a margin of 61 – 34 percent Texas voters favor allowing adults to legally possess small amounts of marijuana for personal use, according to the poll. Republican voters opposed legalized marijuana 51-43 percent and voters over 65 years…
Just when you thought Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli couldn’t do anything else to give rich white guys a bad name, he one-upped himself with two bizarre Facebook posts. Shkreli, who is currently on bail, made two Facebook posts offering $5,000 to anyone who would grab a strand of Hillary Clinton’s hair. Clinton is currently on…
The post Damian Marley Is Growing Weed In An Abandoned Prison appeared first on High Times. Bob Marley’s youngest son doesn’t believe in using prisons to take the freedoms of people that grow, sell and use cannabis. Instead, Damian Marley is growing weed in an abandoned prison. We got our first look at the prison…
Researchers and other professionals have linked alcohol and other substance abuse to an increase in domestic violence many times in the past. But can cannabis help prevent domestic violence? Researchers from Yale University, University of Buffalo and Rutgers may be closer to providing an answer with a study that was published on Psychology of Addictive Behaviour in 2014….
The marijuana banking issues plaguing the cannabis industry are reaching some pretty wild levels. If you didn’t know, state legal cannabis companies struggle keeping their bank accounts or merchant services due to the illegal status of cannabis federally. The banking industry is so very nervous about what the feds will do to them if they…