The Cannabis Control Commission is launching an online catalog of the myriad marijuana products available at the state’s pot shops and dispensaries to help cops, parents and regulators alike tell the difference between what’s legal, and what’s not.
A ten-year moratorium on marijuana sales has been overturned by voters in Grand Junction.
Researchers did find minor violations of state law at some legal shops. But they say the illicit market is a far bigger problem.
If you wanted your high-country license plate to be even “higher,” now is your chance.
New York adults over the age of 21 can now possess and use marijuana — even in public — under a legalization bill signed Wednesday by Gov.
Good help is hard to find. President Biden should keep that in mind considering dozens of White House staffers are being disciplined, released and asked to resign for past marijuana use, according to several press reports.
Nearly five years after voters legalized cannabis, CHP task force recommends series of steps to combat impaired driving.
Colorado Democrat’s bill to loosen cannabis banking regulations has been introduced every year since 2013 and is likely to pass the U.S.
Colorado’s marijuana industry hit a milestone in January, topping $10 billion in sales since the legal market got off the ground in 2014.
Lawmakers are working on what could be the biggest marijuana legislation in Colorado since recreational cannabis was legalized in 2012, with the possibility of a THC potency cap, a requirement that people seek medical cards in person only and strategies to more strictly enforce purchasing limits.
Charlotte Figi died last April after contracting what her family suspects was COVID-19, but her legacy lives in on in the medical marijuana reform she helped inspire through her journey with cannabidiol, or CBD.
Dispensary employees are front-line medical workers just like doctors and nurses, the state says. But not all counties are allowing them to get shots just yet.
Despite a global pandemic that disrupted many facets of commerce, Colorado’s marijuana industry experienced its most lucrative year on record with $2.2 billion in sales in 2020.
State Rep. Yadira Caraveo said she is still revising the bill she plans to introduce this month, but one of the main provisions would ban legal marijuana products above 15% THC
The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act, or SAFE Banking Act, has been introduced every Congress since 2013 by U.S.
UC Riverside is the first public university in California to offer for-credit cannabis courses through its extension program, with other colleges looking to follow suit.
One of the biggest beverage companies in the United States is jumping into the cannabis market.
Robert Ellis IV, who performs as Pullupnsplash, is rapping for the love of weed.
Stung by an exodus of members since it filed suit to block new cannabis industry rules permitting home delivery, the business group that represents most of the state’s brick-and-mortar marijuana shops announced Monday morning that it is dropping the legal challenge.
Steve Nolan, a former Anaheim police officer, was cited on suspicion of cultivation and possession for sale on Jan. 14.
Marijuana opponents cheered the news while businesses say the ban eliminates one of the few legal advertising channels they had.
Colorado marijuana sales in November pushed the industry’s annual revenue to $2 billion for the first time.
Colorado’s marijuana industry experienced a banner year in 2020 — not in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, but because of it.
Changes at the state level, a new appellations program, a legislative wish list and major market consolidation are all on the horizon.
“This was supposed to be Colorado’s year. All the Instagram girls — Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner — were wearing cowboy boots and wide-brimmed hats.”
The industry had to grapple with complications from a global pandemic that were layered on top of ongoing struggles against high tax rates, a thriving illicit market and problems poised by marijuana remaining federally illegal.
Colorado dispensaries sold more marijuana in the first 10 months of 2020 than they did during a record-setting sales year in 2019.
The Aurora City Council on Monday night gave preliminary approval, by an 8-2 vote, to cannabis delivery in Colorado’s third-largest city.
Next year, Denverites may be able to have marijuana delivered to their homes if the city council adopts a new proposal to regulate delivery services.
Supporters say decriminalizing and taxing cannabis at the federal level reverses a failed policy of criminalizing marijuana consumption and helps address racial disparities in enforcement of federal drug laws.
The Democratic-controlled House on Friday approved a bill to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level, reversing what supporters called a failed policy of criminalization of pot use and taking steps to address racial disparities in enforcement of federal drug laws.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House on Friday approved a bill to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level, reversing what supporters called a failed policy of criminalization of pot use and taking steps to address racial disparities in enforcement of federal drug laws.
President-elect Joe Biden says he won’t immediately lift tariffs placed by President Trump on many imports from China or break Trump’s initial trade deal.
When selling marijuana became a legitimate business in Massachusetts, it was seen as a welcome opportunity for entrepreneurs.
Massachusetts cannabis retailers have vowed a fight over controversial new marijuana delivery rules that regulators are expected to pass on Monday, which prioritize minority applicants and would enable courier companies to buy and sell marijuana wholesale without a brick-and-mortar business.
The new ordinance allows up to five recreational cannabis shops, but not within 800 feet of parks, schools and youth centers.
A former Aspen businessman sentenced to 12 years in prison has been ordered to pay nearly $2.5 million in restitution to four victims swindled in a black-market marijuana scheme.
Weed enthusiasts purchased more than $206.4 million worth of Colorado-made marijuana products in September, as sales from a record-breaking year moderately cooled off.
The connection between attorney Robert Tafoya, Councilman Isaac Galvin and San Bernardino County Planning Commissioner Gabriel Chavez is unclear, but the raids purportedly are linked to the cannabis industry.
Voters in four states from different regions of the country could embrace broad legal marijuana sales on Election Day, and a sweep would highlight how public acceptance of cannabis is cutting across geography, demographics and the nation’s deep political divide.
During a meeting Tuesday, Oct. 20, the council voted 4-1 to delay a decision on the ordinance, which would allow regulated cannabis dispensaries, manufacturers and other business types in certain areas.
An illegal marijuana grow, with 76 plants worth about $76,000, was seized Thursday in Pueblo West, according to the sheriff’s office.
A handful of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have asked that Massachusetts marijuana regulators scrap the proposed delivery license that would let operators buy marijuana wholesale from cultivators and manufacturers, store it in a warehouse and deliver it to consumers at home.
Colorado dispensaries sold $218.6 million worth of marijuana in August, falling just short of the all-time monthly record, $226 million, set in July.
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Mainers got their first opportunity to legally buy marijuana for recreational use, but a supply shortage was a potential buzzkill.
Boston Police officers in the last week have arrested seven alleged drug dealers in the Methadone Mile area and helped more than 25 alleged buyers seek treatment for their drug addictions, the department announced on Monday.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis plans to mass-pardon 2,732 convictions of marijuana possession through an executive order Thursday after signing a bill earlier this year that gave him that authority.
Now that they’ve settled on a framework for home delivery of marijuana, regulators on the Cannabis Control Commission want the public’s input on the draft rules.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s largest wildfire is threatening a marijuana growing enclave, and authorities said many of the locals have refused to evacuate and abandon their maturing crops even as weather forecasters predict more hot, dry and windy conditions that could fan flames.
It happened in the 700 block of Dunn Way.
