Alaska could soon become the first place in the United States to allow public consumption of marijuana. The state’s Marijuana Control Board voted in November to let cannabis customers use pot at the shops where they buy it. The vote doesn’t mean weed clubs will be opening anytime soon, but it greatly increases the likelihood […]
When Colorado opened its first legal pot shops last year, customers turned out in droves and fueled the weed industry with millions of dollars in revenue. In Washington State, meanwhile, things have been more difficult. The handful of stores that first opened last July ran into a product shortage almost immediately. Pot farmers didn’t have […]
Call it a match made in Jamaica. A group of marijuana entrepreneurs has joined with the family of the late reggae legend Bob Marley to sell an exclusive line of high-quality weed. Privateer Holdings, a private equity firm in the marijuana market, announced in November that it would launch Marley Naturals, an international brand of […]
The family behind a favorite Minneapolis gardening business has been selected as one of two companies that will grow medical marijuana for the state. The Bachman family, which owns Bachman’s nursery in South Minneapolis, was awarded one of two licenses to grow weed for the state. The other license went to Minnesota Medical Solutions, a […]
A New York woman has sued the DEA, claiming the agency illegally used her personal information to set up a fake Facebook profile designed to snare her friends. Sondra Arquiett was arrested four years ago and charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. The DEA said she was part of a drug ring […]
Drug-laced Halloween candy! Deviant marijuana fiends out to corrupt children and poison the masses! Crime around every corner! Actually, none of those things turned out to be true this Halloween. But you wouldn’t know that from the breathless reporting on the menace of THC-infused candies. Police in Maryland seized a relatively small shipment of cannabis […]
There are real pot smugglers – and then there’s the kind of person who lugs suitcases full of dope to the airport and crosses her fingers. Police in New York arrested a Canadian woman who was apparently the latter type. Nyesha McPherson, 24, was arrested Sept. 21 at Kennedy International Airport after TSA officials found […]
Colorado has launched the largest state-funded effort to study the benefits of medical marijuana, but for-profit companies won’t be part of the program, officials said. In early September state officials filed an official request for applications, and they indicated that only “not-for-profit organizations, health care organizations, governmental entities and higher education institutions” would receive grant […]
The federal government can’t stop welfare recipients from using their EBT cards to buy weed, the head of Health and Humans Services said in September. State governments can ban use of EBT cards at cannabis establishments, HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said. But lawmakers have yet to do so at the federal level. Burwell’s explanation […]
Two more NFL players have been busted by police for marijuana possession. Le’Veon Bell, 22, and LaGarrette Blount, 27, both running backs with the Pittsburgh Steelers, face misdemeanor cannabis possession charges, and Bell could also be charged with drugged driving. The two were pulled over after a traffic cop smelled weed coming from their car, […]
