Category Archives: Legal
Hawaii now allows visitors to buy medical marijuana
By JAY JONES Hawaii now lets travelers buy medical marijuana legally, allowing patients who rely [...]
Mar
Marijuana industry would no longer be cash-only if this bill passes. And this time, it has a better chance.
Marijuana industry would no longer be cash-only if this bill passes. And this time, it [...]
Mar
Police search cancer patient’s hospital room for marijuana; video sparks backlash
By Joel Shannon and Gregory Holman SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Missouri police department has faced backlash after [...]
Mar
New Mexico House Passes Marijuana Legalization Bill
By Tom Angell New Mexico’s House of Representatives passed a bill to legalize marijuana for [...]
Mar
Senators Are Angry That Marijuana Sentences Are Longer Than Paul Manafort’s
By Kyle Jaeger Repeatedly defraud financial institutions and the government? Get 47 months in prison. [...]
Mar
Guns or cannabis? Ohio patients must choose.
By Randy Tucker Guns or cannabis? That’s the choice facing some medical marijuana patients as [...]
Mar
This ER doctor is about to launch the first marijuana breathalyzer, and it could completely upend how we do drug testing
By Erin Brodwin California startup Hound Labs is getting ready to roll out the world’s [...]
Feb
Federal Legalization of Marijuana Could Be Back on the Table
By Monique Judge Presidential hopeful Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), and Rep. [...]
Feb
Oregon’s small towns revel in weed tax windfall
A pot shop in Gates pays twice as much in local tax as the whole [...]
Feb
Lawmakers Push FDA To Allow CBD-Infused Food Products
By Tom Angell A bipartisan group of members of Congress is pushing the Trump administration to [...]
Feb
A Growing Chorus of Big City Prosecutors Say No to Marijuana Convictions
By Shaila Dewan BALTIMORE — Baltimore has both the highest murder rate among the nation’s [...]
Feb
Legislation Promoting Veteran Access to Medical Marijuana Filed in Congress
VA doctors are currently prohibited from recommending medical marijuana for their patients, even for serious [...]
Feb
States With Legal Medical Marijuana Have Lower Teen Use Rates, Large-Scale Study Finds
By Kyle Jaeger Contrary to often-expressed fears of marijuana legalization opponents, teens living in states that [...]
Feb
Key Moments From The First Marijuana Hearing Of The New Congress
By Kyle Jaeger The first marijuana hearing of the 116th Congress kicked off on Wednesday. A [...]
Feb
Colorado reports more than $6 billion in marijuana sales since 2014
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER — Colorado regulators say more than $6 billion in marijuana products [...]
Feb