Published: Jul 31, 2017, 8:44 am • Updated: Jul 31, 2017, 8:44 am By The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — A proposed rule for Ohio’s medical marijuana program says edible products that resemble cartoon characters, superheroes or pop-culture figures should …
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Employers testing for weed will increasingly miss out on good employees
Published: Jul 31, 2017, 8:13 am • Updated: Jul 31, 2017, 8:15 am By Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View In Youngstown, Ohio, the employment problem is not a shortage of jobs. Nor is it a shortage of workers. The problem is …
Read More »More ethics woes for Maryland medical marijuana program
Published: Jul 31, 2017, 7:53 am • Updated: Jul 31, 2017, 7:53 am By Fenit Nirappil and Aaron Gregg, The Washington Post Several of the independent experts hired to review applications to open medical marijuana businesses in Maryland had ties …
Read More »Illegal marijuana grows leave Colorado homes filled with mold
Published: Jul 31, 2017, 6:14 am • Updated: Jul 31, 2017, 7:12 am By Tom McGhee, The Denver Post David and Christine Lynn paid $398,000 for a home in rural Douglas County before discovering that the previous occupants had diverted …
Read More »Josh Blue’s Dream come true is a new edibles line for the Denver comic
Published: Jul 28, 2017, 2:11 pm • Updated: Jul 28, 2017, 2:11 pm Cannabist Staff Featured guest: Denver comedian Josh Blue, who has partnered with Mountain High Suckers to make new line of edibles aptly called Josh Blue’s Dream. This …
Read More »World-wise Inge Fryklund on dogged quest to end destructive drug war
Published: Jul 28, 2017, 11:16 am • Updated: Jul 28, 2017, 3:13 pm By Joanne Ostrow, Special To The Cannabist Editor’s note: In our Other Roots series, we share the stories of the underrepresented individuals in and around the marijuana …
Read More »California to adopt ’emergency’ rules for recreational marijuana sales
Published: Jul 28, 2017, 10:37 am • Updated: Jul 28, 2017, 10:42 am By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian Three state agencies spent more than a year drafting 211 pages of regulations for California’s medical marijuana market. And they’ve collected …
Read More »NSA officer, talk show host turns cannabis entrepreneur
Published: Jul 28, 2017, 8:21 am • Updated: Jul 28, 2017, 9:35 am By Brooke Edwards Staggs, The Cannifornian Eighteen years ago, television celebrity Montel Williams couldn’t have imagined he’d one day be standing in a sleek Santa Ana dispensary …
Read More »More weed found in new cars shipped from Mexico
Published: Jul 28, 2017, 7:50 am • Updated: Jul 28, 2017, 7:50 am By The Associated Press WOODHAVEN, Mich. — Federal agents have seized 277 pounds (125 kilograms) of marijuana concealed in rail cars containing new Ford and Lincoln vehicles …
Read More »Massachusetts Gov. Baker to sign bill changing marijuana law today
Published: Jul 28, 2017, 7:27 am • Updated: Jul 28, 2017, 4:16 pm By Bob Salsberg, The Associated Press BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said Friday he remained wary of the impact legalized recreational marijuana might have on the …
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