A day after Wichita voters approved a ballot measure that would reduce the penalties for small amounts of marijuana, the city asked a court to rule on the legality of the proposed changes, which had already drawn a warning from the state attorney general.
Congress doesn’t have the appetite to deal with the conflict between federal and state laws that has caused a banking crisis for the burgeoning marijuana industry in Colorado and other states, according to a member of a House committee that would take up the debate.
Colorado officials have won indictments against 32 people accused of being part of a multimillion-dollar scheme to grow marijuana illegally in Colorado and ship it out of state.
Snoop Dogg shares the story of the time he collaborated with country legend Willie Nelson on the song “My Medicine.” They worked on the track in Amsterdam, where inspirational weed smoking gave way to a major case of the munchies.
“Celebrity Weed Freakout” is a reality TV show that needs to happen right now. Here are five other shows we’d like to see. Check out the pitches for “Swamp Stoners” and “Willie Nelson’s Next Top Model.”
“Rolling Papers,” Mitch Dickman’s documentary about the dawn of legal marijuana in Colorado and The Denver Post’s coverage of the related cultural and business developments during the first year, has landed a worldwide distributor.
Intrepid cannabis aficionado and yoga enthusiast Neal Pollack flies to San Francisco to take three consecutive days of ganja yoga classes. Will the weed control him, or will he control the weed? His full report.
Colorado cannabis documentary “Rolling Papers,” directed by Mitch Dickman, has its world premiere March 15 at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. It’s more than a snicker fest about cannabis, offering a telling glimpse into the state of journalism.
The Cannabist Show premieres with interviews, quizzes and pop culture. Featured guests include the creative team behind the “Rolling Papers” documentary and a marijuana shop owner based in the mountain town of Telluride.
Michael Botticelli was confirmed as the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy in February, and now he has this to say about legal cannabis. “From the time that I have been in this job, the time that I’ve been in Massachusetts, I’ve never been in favor of either medical marijuana or legalization.”
A few weeks after Jeb Bush’s teenage marijuana habit made headlines, the likely Republican presidential candidate on Friday came out in favor of states making their own decisions on legal cannabis. “I thought it was a bad idea,” Jeb Bush said today at the Conservative Political Action Conference, “but states ought to have the right to do it.”
Ted Cruz, the Republican Senator from Texas, isn’t a complete stranger to sativa. The likely presidential candidate got high as a teenager, though now he calls that “a mistake,” according to the Daily Mail.
A southern Colorado man was arrested this week after sheriff’s deputies say they found 600 marijuana plants and up to 100 pounds of dried pot — all estimated at about $175,000 — on his property.
The documentary film “Rolling Papers” — which follows Denver Post and Cannabist journalists, critics and columnists as they cover Colorado’s first year of legal marijuana sales — will have its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. UPDATE: Showtimes have been announced.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, says in a new policy that medical marijuana should be used as a last resort, and calls for the federal rescheduling of marijuana to allow more research.
Made-in-the-USA marijuana is quickly displacing the cheap, seedy, hard-packed version harvested by the bushel in Mexico’s Sierra Madre mountains. Drug cartels are responding by increasing output of heroin and meth.
An increasing number of visitors to Yellowstone National Park are being prosecuted for possessing small amounts of medical and recreational pot, which remains illegal on federal land.
Let’s be real: During the All State Sugar Bowl there was a moment when you found yourself wondering if those decals on the back of Ohio State’s football helmets were marijuana leaves. No judgement. You weren’t alone.
Growing illegal marijuana in rented houses across Colorado’s front range and illicitly selling it throughout the state isn’t for everyone, but it was once a way of life for Oscar, who used to grow and sell marijuana on the black market in Colorado.
Melissa Vitale had never considered a career in marijuana when she moved her family to Colorado from Austin, Texas, a little over a year ago.
Talk about a not-so-secret Santa. Somebody tried mailing more than 16 pounds of Colorado marijuana to a hotel room outside of Albany, N.Y., earlier this week — but a certain skunky scent gave away the clandestine, gift-wrapped package to postal inspectors and police.
If federal regulators deny them critical insurance coverage, organizers of the world’s first credit union for the marijuana industry may have an ace in the hole.
Get on the bus: One of our critics took a day-long bus trip around Denver to visit dispensaries, head shops and a marijuana grow, and offers an inside scoop on the experience.
Heavy marijuana users had different brain shapes and lower IQs than non-smokers in a newly published study, suggesting a potential danger to young people who abuse the drug. More on pot’s effects on the young brain:
Oct. 21 was a big day at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge, one of the U.S.-Mexico border crossings in Texas’ most southern tip. A tractor-trailer carrying fresh tomatoes was stopped on its way into the U.S. Upon a second examination, border agents discovered 384 packages of suspected marijuana.
