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 …
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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 »Contact Sport: CNN Reporter Gets Lit on New Year’s Eve Cannabis Tour in Denver – News
Image via CNN On December 31, while most of the country snuck their tokes from one-hitters and vape pens, Denver went all-in. Cannabis Tours — the first company to sell guided adventures to potheads the world over — teamed up …
Read More »Colorado Cops Claim Declining Teenage Cannabis Use Statistics Are Flawed – News
As another year comes to a close and Colorado gets ready to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the nation’s first legal recreational cannabis sale, the Centennial State’s adult-use experiment has been lauded by politicians and pot smokers alike. Reports indicate …
Read More »TIFU by stuffing my face with edibles before dinner with my wife’s parents. : tifu
What the fuck, Denver? Seeing the skepticism in my eyes, my wife warns me that I should go easy and look at the back of the package first before trying one. And then I quickly stuff another two cookies in …
Read More »Jeff Sessions’s Endless War on Marijuana
The key to understanding the Trump administration’s approach to policy, it seems, is to look at what most Americans want and then imagine the opposite. Consider the new guidance on marijuana that Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued last week, which …
Read More »New Pot Policy by Trump Administration Draws Bipartisan Fire
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration finally crossed the line for some members of Congress this week, provoking bipartisan umbrage and accompanying pledges to hold top officials accountable. Many thought the day had been far too long in coming. Few thought …
Read More »Trump administration drops Obama-era easing of marijuana prosecutions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday rescinded an Obama administration policy that had eased enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that legalized the drug, instead giving federal prosecutors wide latitude to pursue criminal charges. The action …
Read More »Trump administration toughens stance on recreational marijuana (Update)
The US Justice Department on Thursday reversed official policy that had tolerated the growing state-based movement to legalize marijuana sales, just three days after California formally permitted recreational use of the drug. Announcing a “return to the rule of law,” …
Read More »Trump administration rescinds Obama-era marijuana enforcement policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday rescinded an Obama administration policy that had eased enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that have legalized the drug, instead giving federal prosecutors wide latitude on pursuing criminal charges. Attorney …
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