California’s marijuana czar predicts supply will be “depleted” at some point
One month after the start of recreational marijuana sales, Lori Ajax, chief of the state Bureau of Cannabis Control, gave an assessment of the state’s performance.
Polly joined The Cannabist in December 2016 as a digital producer. She has been creating print, web and video content for a couple of decades. She returned to her home town of Denver in 2012 after living in eleven other cities in four countries, and not finding anything that could top living in the Rockies.
One month after the start of recreational marijuana sales, Lori Ajax, chief of the state Bureau of Cannabis Control, gave an assessment of the state’s performance.
A 6-year-old girl became the first person in Texas to receive a legal delivery of medical marijuana grown and produced in the Lone Star State.
Amid talk of legalization, all signs suggest Mexico’s marijuana market is on the decline, with seizures of marijuana by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol falling for a decade.
A bicameral, bipartisan coalition of Congressional leaders Thursday asked President Trump to direct Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reinstate the Cole Memo.
A form of CBD tailored to treat seizures is on the cusp of becoming available in Texas, but only for a small segment of people suffering from a rare form of epilepsy.
Before we turn our eyes to Phil Murphy, let’s take a moment to remember Chris Christie’s hottest takes on marijuana over the years.
Billy J. Williams, United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, said he is concerned about the state’s marijuana regulatory structure and enforcement.
Voters overwhelmingly oppose enforcing federal marijuana laws in states that have legalized medical or recreation marijuana, according to a new Quinnipiac poll released Thursday.
The New Hampshire House approved a bill Tuesday that would legalize possession and sales of marijuana.
Former Miami Dolphin Ricky Williams is throwing a cannabis-friendly Super Bowl Party in Hollywood. And you’re invited.
Where in California can you find recreational marijuana dispensaries?
A state police spokesman strongly suggested that patients also consider the consequences of holding on to any guns bought before enrolling in the medical marijuana program .
As more states legalize cannabis in medical and adult-use forms, how are people across the country searching for information about various means of consumption?
First Green Bank, a community bank that was handling accounts for six of the state’s seven licensed producers of medical marijuana announced it is closing the accounts of its cannabis clients.
Despite outward appearances, 2017 was a year of progress for Massachusetts marijuana policy, regulation, education and cultivation.
The Cannabist invites readers to weigh in on their favorite cannabis products and people for the year, including the best marijuana dispensary of 2017.
The Cannabist invites readers to weigh in on their favorite cannabis products and people for the year, including the best marijuana strain of 2017.
The Cannabist invites readers to weigh in on their favorite cannabis products and people for the year, including the best marijuana strain of 2017.
The Cannabist invites readers to weigh in on their favorite cannabis products and people for the year, including the best vaporizer of 2017.
The Cannabist invites readers to weigh in on their favorite cannabis products and people for the year, including the best budtender of 2017.
California has a possible solution to the problem of banks being unwilling to handle money from the state’s multibillion-dollar legal marijuana industry, one that officials say would be the first system of its kind in the nation.
Some in Colorado Springs want to revisit recreational cannabis sales, saying the city is missing out on sales taxes that are enriching cities across Colorado.
Officials want to make Las Vegas the country’s first city to allow marijuana smoking lounges, and hope to do so by March or April of 2018.
Cannabis workers appear optimistic about their future, according to a new study from PayScale, a compensation data and software company.
In a sign of the mainstreaming of marijuana, Walmart is selling an artificial weed-leaf Christmas tree on its website.
State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s office is investigating the Buffalo Police Department’s use of traffic checkpoints and enforcement sweeps inside public housing developments.
Phil Murphy has named Pete Cammarano, the head of New Jersey Cannabis Industry Association, as his chief of staff, another sign of support for legalization.
The Canadian House of Commons held a spirited debate over the legalization of cannabis as the Liberal government presented a second reading of Bill C-45.
Leaders of a statewide campaign to put a legalization question on Michigan ballots in November 2018 said they’d gathered at least 360,000 signatures, well more than the 252,523 required by law.
One of Rhode Island’s medical marijuana dispensaries said it could go out of business if the state doesn’t address the impact of Massachusetts’ recreational sales.
A southwest Georgia sheriff’s order to conduct an invasive drug search of hundreds of students will cost $3 million under a proposed settlement announced Tuesday in a federal civil rights lawsuit.
As Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified to the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, he was asked to defend past statements about cannabis, including ‘Good people don’t smoke marijuana.’
The list of ailments that qualify a patient to use marijuana in New Jersey should cover more people, says a panel of doctors and health professionals that studied the issue for 19 months.
An Oregon marijuana processor was arrested in Nebraska on drug trafficking allegations after deputies reported discovering cannabis products in his U-Haul.
One of at least six people who allegedly posed as law enforcement to tie up and rob victims at a Calaveras County marijuana grow last month was arrested after a day day-long standoff with SWAT on Wednesday.
Palmetto solidified a unanimous medical marijuana ban in all cities within Manatee County, becoming the fifth, and last, city to initiate a ban on dispensaries. Bradenton, Holmes Beach, Anna Maria, and Bradenton Beach had already passed similar bans.
Republican Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed a bill passed by the Maine legislature 11 days ago to regulate the retail sale of marijuana.
Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy says that with marijuana becoming legal in more states, the NBA faces a complex issue regarding its policy.
A Georgia sheriff accused of violating the civil rights of hundreds high school students in a massive school drug search is now accused of interfering with a Georgia Bureau of Investigation probe into his son’s recent drug arrest.
Radio personality Hugh Hewitt lobbied U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions for a federal crackdown on legal marijuana businesses during a Thursday morning interview.
A St. Louis bill allowing the use and growth of marijuana aims to reduce disproportionate penalties for existing violations and free up time and resources for police.
A family-run plumbing company in Central Massachusetts has been used as a front for a large-scale marijuana distribution and growing business, authorities say.
With nearly 2,000 people signing up for classes on medical marijuana licenses, Michigan has added a class and moved another to a bigger venue.
Ohio will be authorizing 24 companies to grow medical marijuana soon, but how can they legally import the seeds to begin sowing their crops?
In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday morning, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions called for “more competition” among growers who supply marijuana for federal research.
Opinion: There is widespread public consensus that state and local jurisdictions can serve as laboratories for models of legalizing medical marijuana.
While the number of Polk County doctors qualified to treat with marijuana is slowly rising, the county’s largest medical centers seem to be opting out.
California medical marijuana users will spend an estimated $2.68 billion at legal medical marijuana shops by the end of the year, according to a new report.
Medical Marijuana of Massachusetts will be the first of the state’s nonprofit organizations to open a dispensary on Cape Cod, recently announcing plans to begin operation in a small, nondescript building on Echo Road in Mashpee in late December. It likely won’t remain the only one in the region for…
State medical marijuana programs, existing and in progress, could be grounded if Congress fails to extend limits on federal prosecution.