Published: Aug 16, 2017, 10:12 am • Updated: Aug 16, 2017, 10:17 am By Stephanie Lake and M-J Milloy, The Conversation It’s hard to go a day in Canada without hearing about at least one of two types of drugs …
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Ski village seeks input on whether they should open weed shops
Published: Aug 16, 2017, 9:36 am • Updated: Aug 16, 2017, 9:36 am By The Cannabist Network Should Snowmass welcome pot shops in the village? The town’s next step in answering this question is to learn what people — especially …
Read More »California considering creating a state-run bank for cannabis businesses
Published: Aug 16, 2017, 8:39 am • Updated: Aug 16, 2017, 8:39 am By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian California government, financial and marijuana business leaders met last week in a far-from-resolved debate over whether a state-run bank could be …
Read More »I was too high to understand Miranda rights
Published: Aug 16, 2017, 7:47 am • Updated: Aug 16, 2017, 7:47 am By The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A Massachusetts murder suspect who wants statements he made to police dismissed as evidence has told a judge that he …
Read More »AeroGrow reports hydroponics revenue boost for owner Scotts Miracle-Gro
Published: Aug 15, 2017, 5:53 pm • Updated: Aug 15, 2017, 5:53 pm By Shay Castle, Daily Camera Boulder-based AeroGrow, a maker of indoor gardens, reported revenue of $2.5 million for the quarter, an increase of 14 percent from last …
Read More »10 surprising spaces in California being converted into cannabis businesses
Published: Aug 15, 2017, 3:40 pm • Updated: Aug 15, 2017, 3:41 pm By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian As California’s legal marijuana industry booms, property owners and entrepreneurs are seizing the chance to transform spaces across the state into …
Read More »Hawaii trying to stay ahead of surge of medical marijuana patients
Published: Aug 15, 2017, 2:09 pm • Updated: Aug 15, 2017, 2:09 pm By The Associated Press HONOLULU — The Hawaii Department of Health is preparing for an upswing of patients signing up for the state’s medical cannabis registry, as …
Read More »The Industrial Hemp Farming Act is back — will Congress legalize the crop?
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., …
Read More »The feds seized guns, gold and 320 pot plants. So why did a judge rule they can’t pursue marijuana charges?
Published: Aug 15, 2017, 10:48 am • Updated: Aug 15, 2017, 10:50 am By Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times When agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration raided a remote farm in Humboldt County five years ago, they found plenty to …
Read More »Justice Department has “effectively shut down” marijuana research at DEA
Published: Aug 15, 2017, 10:33 am • Updated: Aug 15, 2017, 10:34 am By Matt Zapotosky and Devlin Barrett, The Washington Post The Justice Department under Attorney General Jeff Sessions has effectively blocked the Drug Enforcement Administration from taking action …
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