Published: Aug 10, 2017, 1:41 pm • Updated: Aug 10, 2017, 1:41 pm By The Cannabist Network The town of Silverton, Colorado will be the primary location for filming a new movie about the true story of Hunter S. Thompson’s …
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Colorado State Representative Is the Latest Lawmaker to Stand Up to Jeff Sessions – News
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been busy sending letters to legal states that express his disdain for their supposed inability to follow the rules outlined in the Cole Memo, a signal, some say, that suggests the Justice Department is …
Read More »Colorado lawmaker calls Sessions’ marijuana letters a “political ploy”
Published: Aug 9, 2017, 3:24 pm • Updated: Aug 9, 2017, 3:24 pm By John Frank, The Denver Post BOSTON — A leading Colorado lawmaker dismissed a recent letter from Attorney General Jeff Sessions that expressed concerns about the state’s …
Read More »State lawmakers group NCSL calls for marijuana descheduling
Published: Aug 9, 2017, 2:36 pm • Updated: Aug 9, 2017, 3:57 pm By Polly Washburn, The Cannabist Staff An independent national organization that supports state legislatures has again voiced its support for federal descheduling of cannabis. The bipartisan National …
Read More »AG Sessions Newest Anti-Pot Threats are Just Hot Air
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is making it crystal clear that he’s not on the pot bandwagon with new letters to three adult-use states on how they plan on addressing what he called “serious issues” surrounding marijuana use. Sessions wrote a …
Read More »Jeff Sessions’ letter to Oregon gov cites ‘pervasive’ illegal marijuana grows
Published: Aug 7, 2017, 7:25 pm • Updated: Aug 7, 2017, 7:37 pm By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ marijuana-related missive to Oregon’s top official zeroed in on state police findings that cannabis legalization did little …
Read More »Colo. marijuana investment fund members owe $4M in suits in other states
Published: Aug 7, 2017, 7:41 am • Updated: Aug 7, 2017, 7:41 am By Christopher N. Osher, The Denver Post Members of a team that sought to raise $50 million from investors to finance the marijuana industry in Colorado and …
Read More »Weed For Vets Now Possible With New Amendment
U.S. veterans may finally have access to medical marijuana thanks to an amendment by the The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday which would allow weed for Vets and a process to obtain medical marijuana recommendations through the Department of …
Read More »He has a 420-friendly event space ready to go while Denver figures out social use
Published: Aug 4, 2017, 2:35 pm • Updated: Aug 4, 2017, 2:35 pm By The Cannabist Staff Featured guest: Herban Space founder Cliff Gordon. Podcast: Play in new window | Download LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • While Denver works out …
Read More »Cliff Gordon’s Herban Space, a 420-friendly event space in Denver: Cannabist Show
Published: Aug 4, 2017, 2:23 pm • Updated: Aug 4, 2017, 2:25 pm By Vincent Chandler, The Cannabist Staff Featured guest: Herban Space founder Cliff Gordon. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • While Denver works out how to enact its first-of-its-kind …
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