CA: Marijuana Regulators Struggling To Control LA’s Underground Market
Six months after California voters approved marijuana, regulators and law enforcement are struggling to control the market and squelch scofflaws.
Officials call a common practice...
CO: Juror Challenges Cause Mistrial In Cannabis Church’s Fight With Denver
Public cannabis-consumption citations from the City of Denver carry a maximum penalty of a $300 fine and rarely result in a longstanding legal battle,...
OK: Law Enforcement Opinions On Medical Marijuana Differ
The issue of medical marijuana is coming down to last minute rallies and final word debates. Even police and law enforcement officers are giving...
D.A.R.E. Programs Unsure Of How To Teach Marijuana In Legalized States
As more states legalize cannabis for both medical and recreational use, anti-drug education programs struggle to stay relevant. Particularly, Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)—a...
Vermont Issues First Cannabis License
The Vermont Cannabis Control Board has issued the first license for the state's fledgling fully legal weed market, a milestone in the work to...
Massachusetts Is The New Testbed For Cannabis Legalization
For the past several years, Colorado, Washington and Oregon have served as the testbeds for policies governing state-legal cannabis markets. But now it’s Massachusetts’...
NJ: Final Vote On Jersey City Pot Plan Expected
The City Council is expected to vote for a final time Wednesday on Mayor Steve Fulop's plan to ban recreational marijuana sales citywide.
Fulop, a...
The UK’s Messy CBD Oil Industry Is Finally Starting To Clean...
Poor testing standards and lax regulation means that some CBD products in the UK have illegal levels of THC or no CBD at all....
Vermont Governor Will Sign Marijuana Legalization Bill Privately
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott says he has decided to sign H. 511, the marijuana legalization bill, between Thursday afternoon and Monday’s deadline.
But the signing...
MA: Pot Regulators Face Decision On ‘Cannabis Cafes’
Could Massachusetts become the first U.S. state where adults can gather and use legal recreational marijuana at so-called “cannabis cafés?”
The Cannabis Control Commission, the...
Early Facebook Backer Teams With Snoop Dogg To Invest In Cannabis...
Tiger Global, a New York investment firm that was an early investor in companies including Facebook, LinkedIn, and Zynga, sees big potential in the...
Ohio Auditor Finds Flaw In Medical Marijuana Business License Scoring Process
A "critical flaw" in Ohio's process for grading medical marijuana grow applications could have allowed a state employee to change scores or manipulate other...
TX: Marijuana Legalization, War On Drugs Emerge As Issues In Race...
The U.S. Senate race between Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke is trending into new territory: the war on drugs.
It is a familiar topic for...
Jeff Sessions, Southern Colorado Law Enforcement Discuss Marijuana Enforcement
On Friday, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions met with several law enforcement officials from all over Colorado -- one of the main topics of...
New York Voters Support Legalizing Marijuana
As Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposes funding a study to examine whether the state should legalize marijuana, a new poll found a majority of New...
Nevada Approves Cannabis Lounge Regulations
A year after lawmakers passed a bill authorizing cannabis consumption lounges, Nevada officials have approved regulations that pave the way for bar-like establishments where...