Over 14 months after Maine residents voted to legalize the possession, use, and sale of recreational cannabis, legislators and advocates in the Pine Tree State say they have arrived at a bipartisan agreement that could see adult-use pot shops open …
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Lawmakers in Legal Weed States Unanimously Reject Jeff Sessions’ Cannabis Interference – News
Photo via C-SPAN U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions followed through on a year-long threat against the cannabis industry Thursday, releasing a new Department of Justice guideline rescinding the Cole Memo — the Obama-era policy protecting state-approved recreational cannabis industries from …
Read More »Keep Calm and Carry On: U.S. Cannabis Industry Reacts to Jeff Sessions’ Pot Policy Change – News
On Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced he was rescinding the Cole memo, which effectively ends the Obama-era federal policy of non-interference in states which have legalized adult-use cannabis. This prompted a firestorm of press conferences by state officials, …
Read More »Jeff Sessions’ Advisor Robert DuPont Wants to Make Drug Tests Mandatory for All Americans – News
Photo via RiverMend Health A cannabis policy advisor to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is attempting to bring draconian drug testing rules and forced addiction treatment to every American doctor’s office, using a drug policy meeting with the nation’s top …
Read More »Kansas Legislator Steve Alford Spouts Racist Lies About African-American Cannabis Users – News
Image via Garden City Telegram Kansas Representative Steve Alford showed his true colors last weekend, and they weren’t pretty. At a town hall meeting on Saturday, Rep. Alford told constituents that he opposed cannabis legalization because he believes African Americans …
Read More »Golden State Green: Recreational Cannabis Sales Finally Legal in California – News
Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin helps kick off legal cannabis sales; photo via Berkeley Patients Group The world’s largest legal cannabis market is officially open for business. After 20 years under a loosely regulated medical industry and another full year of …
Read More »Golden State Warriors Coach Steve Kerr Endorses California’s Legal Cannabis Sales – News
Photo via Keith Allison The NBA’s most recognizable head coach is talking about cannabis again. Two days after welcoming MVP guard Steph Curry back to the champion Golden State Warriors after an ankle sprain-induced eleven-game absence, and one day after …
Read More »Front Range Biosciences Is Growing Pesticide-Free Pot from Marijuana Tissue Cultures – News
Photos via Front Range Biosciences California’s new cannabis regulations mandate that all products pass pesticide testing, but that doesn’t mean that every item on dispensary shelves this January will be up to par, yet. The legal adult-use (and medical) weed …
Read More »Georgia Police Arrested Over 70 Party-Goers for One Bag of Weed – News
The mass-arrest of more than 70 attendees at a Georgia house party over New Year’s weekend is drawing the ire of parents, civil rights leaders, and cannabis advocates alike, and once again spotlights the life-altering consequences of America’s unequivocally racist …
Read More »Don’t Expect Legal Weed Everywhere in California January 1; Many Canna-Businesses Have to Shut Down – News
Photo via huePhotography With California’s new adult-use and medical cannabis market due to launch this January, everyone’s wondering what to expect. But with so much hype around legalization, January 1st might be a bit anticlimactic. If you were hoping to …
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