marijuana

Without debate this week, the City Council took two actions after receiving a communication for City Solicitor Ellen Callahan Doucette regarding how the city should deal with ensuring safe access to marijuana in light of a recent state ballot question legalizing marijuana. If enacted...

A Schaller, Iowa, man was placed on probation Wednesday for growing marijuana in his home. District Associate Judge Adria Kester suspended a five-year prison sentence and placed Keegan Cross on probation for three years. Cross, 35, pleaded guilty last month in Sac County District Court to...

Governors in at least two states that have legalized recreational marijuana are pushing back against the Trump administration and defending their efforts to regulate the industry. Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, a one-time Republican no longer affiliated with a party, sent a letter to U.S. Attorney...

Paraguay is a global marijuana powerhouse: The small South American country produces 9 percent of the world's supply. But until recently, it wasn't common there to see drug raids or hear helicopters thumping overhead in search of plantations. That's all changing. Last June, Paraguay's most...

The Board of State Canvassers gave approval Thursday to a new proposed ballot effort to amend the state constitution to fully legalize recreational use of marijuana without taxing the drug. The proposal from Abrogate Prohibition Michigan of Midland would nullify all laws prohibiting or...

Since Nevada's recreational marijuana program launched in July, sales have dropped 20 to 30 percent as dispensaries struggle to meet the swell in demand, according to a report last week from the Nevada Department of Taxation. A shortage of businesses able to deliver product to dispensaries...

On April 20, an unofficial holiday for marijuana users, Capitol Police arrested eight protesters for handing out marijuana joints on land near the U.S. Capitol under local jurisdiction. Only two of those arrested were charged with a crime, and on Monday, the U.S. attorney's office said it...

Earlier this month, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced the Marijuana Justice Act. To some, this bill may look like another liberal attempt to push for widespread legalization of marijuana across the country. But for those of us who work in this industry and understand the complexities and...

The City Council voted Tuesday to move forward with new rules allowing operators on the business side of the medical marijuana industry — distributors, manufacturers and lab testers among them — to set up shop in the city, while still banning retail outlets selling the drug to patients. The...

Nearly a dozen supporters asked county commissioners to support medical marijuana, but it's unlikely the board will consider a resolution. Activists filled commission chambers Tuesday, telling county officials of their experiences with medical marijuana. Some speakers described how cannabis...

A Laporte hemp farm will host a five-course dinner and cannabis pairing Aug. 31. Hosted by Blue Circle Research Farm and sponsored by Fort Collins dispensary Organic Alternatives, the dinner will feature different marijuana flower strains, edibles, extracts and vape cartridges specifically...

Future medical marijuana growers and sellers in the Natural State can't take their money to the bank, for now, that is. After doing his homework, the state lawmaker who crafted the new cannabis laws has learned more money, more problems when it comes to doing business without banking...

So figured id post on this forum have the journal started on grasscity will be updating on both. I'm doing a CGE grow with a 18 sq ft scrog setup 4 plants. Make my own variation of subcool duper soil amended richer than his. Using 6 mars hydro reflector series lights for a total of 1242 watts...

The marijuana industry is quite large in the U.S. today, and it might be on track to grow at an exponential rate -- but the key word there is "might." Marijuana producers and dispensaries face an incredible amount of risk from multiple angles. Healthcare, show host Kristine Harjes and...

The Town Council on Monday unanimously voted to support Altitude Organic Corporation's application for a state license that if approved could allow the Colorado company to build a medical marijuana cultivation facility at 8 Chamber Road. Company officials attending the meeting said the...

Deerfield Beach is willing to welcome medical marijuana dispensaries in its borders, the City Commission decided in a split vote Tuesday night. In a 3-2 vote, a proposed ban on the dispensaries failed after a passionate discussion that included one commissioner admitting to baking illegal...

By all accounts, Eilon Bdil has no personal interest in marijuana. But as the business manager of Kibbutz Elifaz, he’s a big believer in the herb. Bdil sees medical marijuana as a unique opportunity to revive his remote Negev community. “This cannabis gold rush has to pan out for us,” he said...

Following in the footsteps of our college basketball brethren here at CBS Sports, college football writers Dennis Dodd, Chip Patterson and Barrett Sallee spoke with one-fifth of the 130 active coaches leading FBS teams entering the 2017 season. They asked for honest opinions on everything from...

Here's some good news: Medical marijuana is helping people with arthritis improve their quality of life. Most of us know someone – an aunt, uncle or grandmother – suffering from arthritis. It is one of the most common health ailments in the world, with more than 50 million people affected in...

In the wake of Zach Randolph's arrest for marijuana possession, former Portland Trail Blazers teammate Rasheed Wallace stood up for him publicly Tuesday. Wallace said in an interview with TMZ Sports regarding Randolph, "I know for a fact, he ain't no dope dealer." Randolph was arrested...