Published: Mar 12, 2018, 6:00 am • Updated: Mar 11, 2018, 9:55 pm By The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — Seven companies have submitted 21 applications to operate medical cannabis dispensaries in Iowa. Des Moines television station KCCI reports that those were the applications that came in by Thursday’s deadline. Related stories Dad charged…
Published: Feb 23, 2018, 1:16 pm • Updated: Feb 23, 2018, 1:36 pm By Ellie Mulder, The Gazette Katia Sanchez. (Photo provided by Colorado Springs Police Department) Two people were arrested Wednesday after authorities discovered 352 marijuana plants, 1,300 cloned plants and 33 pounds of refined marijuana in a Colorado Springs home, police said. Katia…
Can using marijuana on a regular or semi-regular basis really be beneficial for some parents? Is it even ok to use in the first place? These are questions that’ll pop up more and more as legalization efforts continue to spread around the country and the world. As a natural result of legalization, some parents are…
Published: Feb 15, 2018, 1:00 pm • Updated: Feb 15, 2018, 1:09 pm By Lindsey Bartlett, The Cannabist Staff Netflix is extinguishing pot comedy “Disjointed” after just one season. The Chuck Lorre-produced show starred Kathy Bates as Los Angeles dispensary owner and featured comedians Tone Bell, Nicole Sullivan, Elizabeth Ho and Aaron Moten. Related stories…
The post Report: 6-Year-Old Girl’s Life Saved by Cannabis Oil appeared first on High Times. News of a six-year-old girl’s life saved by cannabis oil hit headlines across the UK today, turning the public’s attention to the ongoing debates over medical cannabis treatments. The young patient, Jayla Agbonlahor, is in fact the youngest person with…
Published: Dec 13, 2017, 2:04 pm • Updated: Dec 13, 2017, 2:04 pm By The Associated Press DETROIT — Two of three family members who prosecutors say conspired to bribe suburban Detroit officials to persuade them to allow a medical marijuana dispensary have pleaded guilty in the case. Fifty-two-year-old Ali Baydoun of Dearborn Heights entered…
A new Washington State law that went into effect on Sunday will make it a bit more difficult to spot Seattle’s numerous pot shops and a lot more boring for those who have enjoyed the city’s creative cannabis ads and billboards. There will be no more cuddly mascots or meowing kitties. “No sandwich boards, no flags, no…
Cannabis legalization has been rapidly spreading across the country and along with it a quickly booming market for its products has emerged in the last few years. According to a new report from one of the commercial cannabis space’s largest recruiters, Vangst, they claim that employment in the cannabis industry will see an unprecedented annual…
Published: Mar 15, 2018, 5:21 pm • Updated: Mar 15, 2018, 5:21 pm By The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The “Godfather of Grass,” who fled to Canada after being indicted on federal drug charges and spent eight years on the run, was sentenced Thursday to almost five years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge…
“Every day, all day,” is the response Philliciano “Foxy” Callwood gives these days when you ask him how often he smokes ganja. Lordlike, he perches on his chair overlooking idyllic Jost van Dyke, British Virgin Islands, his gray hair stubbornly sticking up on all sides. “I used to smoke three packs of cigarettes a day,”…