Published: Aug 1, 2017, 9:55 am • Updated: Aug 1, 2017, 9:55 am By The Washington Post, The Cannabist Staff Attorney General Jeff Sessions will soon receive a report he has been waiting for. The document, from the President’s Task …
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Marijuana users are indeed more relaxed than non-users
Published: Aug 1, 2017, 9:07 am • Updated: Aug 1, 2017, 9:14 am By Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post Recreational marijuana use is now legal in eight states plus the District of Columbia, giving public health researchers more leeway than …
Read More »White House opioid commission to Trump: “Declare a national emergency”
Published: Aug 1, 2017, 8:05 am • Updated: Aug 1, 2017, 8:11 am By Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post The White House Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis issued a preliminary report on Monday stating that its …
Read More »In a first, NFL offers to work with players’ union to study marijuana for pain
Published: Aug 1, 2017, 7:31 am • Updated: Aug 1, 2017, 7:32 am By Mark Maske, Washington Post IRVINE, Calif. — The NFL has written to the NFL Players Association offering to work in tandem to study the potential use …
Read More »Make edibles with Jamaican flavor
Published: Jul 31, 2017, 5:53 pm • Updated: Jul 31, 2017, 6:01 pm By Special To The Cannabist Editor’s note: In Cedella Marley’s new book “Cooking with Herb,” she shares cannabis-enhanced recipes brimming with Jamaican flavors. She also offers a …
Read More »Denver man who killed teen raiding his marijuana grow convicted of murder
Published: Jul 31, 2017, 4:00 pm • Updated: Aug 1, 2017, 11:50 am By Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post A Denver jury has convicted a man of shooting two teenagers who he said had climbed a fence into his yard …
Read More »Upcoming solar eclipse causing record demands for marijuana
Published: Jul 31, 2017, 3:14 pm • Updated: Jul 31, 2017, 3:14 pm By Joseph Misulonas, Civilized Next month there will be a solar eclipse that some people are calling “The Great American Eclipse” because such large swaths of people …
Read More »Marijuana use is “destroying the country”
Published: Jul 31, 2017, 1:04 pm • Updated: Jul 31, 2017, 1:19 pm By Polly Washburn, The Cannabist Staff At the non-partisan political panel marathon Politicon this weekend, columnist Ann Coulter made some remarkable claims about marijuana during a debate …
Read More »Nevada Sen. Tick Segerblom visits Denver, talks marijuana social use
Published: Jul 31, 2017, 10:03 am • Updated: Jul 31, 2017, 10:45 am By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Public consumption of cannabis is the “next frontier” and the next big legal hurdle for Nevada and other legalized states, said …
Read More »Cannabis industry has a clear favorite in California’s governor race
Published: Jul 31, 2017, 9:12 am • Updated: Jul 31, 2017, 9:26 am By Ryan Menezes, Los Angeles Times The fundraising dinner for Gavin Newsom in Salinas was in most ways a typical night for a political candidate. Local business …
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