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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

New Mexico House Passes Marijuana Legalization Bill

By Tom Angell New Mexico’s House of Representatives passed a bill to legalize marijuana for [...]

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. [...]

Guns or cannabis? Ohio patients must choose.

By Randy Tucker Guns or cannabis? That’s the choice facing some medical marijuana patients as [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Oregon’s small towns revel in weed tax windfall

A pot shop in Gates pays twice as much in local tax as the whole [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]