Latest Cannabis Headlines
All the headlines from our Cannabis Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Drug Use at Work at Highest Rate in 12 Years: Quest
May 17 2017 // Drug use in the American workforce, fueled by illicit drugs including cocaine, reached the highest positivity rate in 12 years last year, according to an analysis of more than 10 million workforce drug test...
Denver Proposes Rules for Businesses to Allow Social Marijuana Use
May 15 2017 // Denver, Colo. has proposed a set of rules for businesses that get permits to allow social marijuana use. The Denver Post reported that among the rules presented, businesses owners would have to require customers to sign...
Nevada Lawmakers Pushing Blood-Only Detection of Marijuana DUIs
May 15 2017 // Weighing in on how Nevada should test people for stoned driving, lawmakers advanced a measure to eliminate urine samples as a viable measure for police to show a driver to be impaired by marijuana. Under the bipartisan...
Lawmakers in Nevada Pushing Blood-Only Detection Of Marijuana DUIs
May 8 2017 // Weighing in on how Nevada should test people for stoned driving, lawmakers advanced a measure to eliminate urine samples as a viable measure for police to show a driver to be impaired by marijuana. Under the bipartisan...
Continental Heritage Insurance Launches Ohio Medical Marijuana Bond Program
May 3 2017 // Ohio’s Continental Heritage Insurance Co. has rolled out a program to provide surety bonds to applicants for Ohio’s Medical Marijuana Program. Edward Feighan, an owner and director of Continental Heritage, is...
Legal Marijuana Stores Linked to Increased Property Crime
May 1 2017 // Legal marijuana shops are linked to higher levels of property crime in nearby areas, according to a nearly three-year study in Denver. Researchers found that crime isn’t higher in the area immediately surrounding...
Sheriffs: Raise Massachusetts Pot Tax, Use Money for Addiction Treatment
Apr 26 2017 // Sheriffs urged Massachusetts lawmakers Monday to boost the tax consumers will pay on recreational marijuana and earmark the additional revenue for substance abuse prevention and treatment. The proposal was discussed at the...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Debate Pot Regulators’ Independence
Apr 24 2017 // Recreational marijuana may be legal for adults in Massachusetts but who ultimately will be in charge of regulating and enforcing the new law remains the subject of behind-the-scenes maneuvering on Beacon Hill. A...
Police, Advocates Clash Over New Hampshire Pot Decriminalization Bill
Apr 18 2017 // With Republican Gov. Chris Sununu on board, advocates for marijuana decriminalization hope this is the year New Hampshire joins its New England neighbors in removing criminal penalties for possessing pot. But the measure...
Making a Federal Case Out of ‘Legal’ Marijuana Insurance Claims
Apr 11 2017 // Michael Johnston, the great, great grandson of the founder of one of the first Baptist churches in Texas, grew up being constantly warned about sin, including the evils of television and dancing. Thus it is a bit strange...
California Governor Wants to Unite Marijuana Laws
Apr 7 2017 // Whether one entity can legally grow and sell marijuana at the retail level in California is emerging as one of the biggest conflicts state authorities are wrestling with as they move to streamline regulations and adopt the...
West Virginia One Step Closer to Legalizing Medical Marijuana
Apr 6 2017 // West Virginia’s House voted Tuesday to legalize doctor-prescribed marijuana to treat certain medical conditions following Senate passage of a similar measure last week. The bills approved 76-24 by the House and 28-6...
Liquor Wholesalers in Nevada Pass on Licenses for Marijuana Distribution
Apr 3 2017 // Liquor wholesalers have been slow to sign on to Nevada’s new legal marijuana market, meaning the state must look elsewhere for marijuana middle-men with recreational cannabis sales slated to start July 1, according...
Oregon’s 1st Recreational Marijuana Recall Issued after High Pesticide Level
Mar 24 2017 // The Oregon Liquor Control Commission issued its first recall of recreational marijuana after samples of a type of pot were found to contain a level of pesticide residue above the state limit. The Blue Magoo marijuana was...
Former County Commissioner in Oregon Counter Sues in Marijuana Case
Mar 22 2017 // A former Jackson County commissioner accused in a lawsuit of bilking investors to finance a pot shop has filed a counterclaim. Doug Breidenthal filed the lawsuit contending his professional reputation has been damaged, the...
Backers of Legal Pot Urge Massachusetts Panel to Hold Off on Changing Law
Mar 22 2017 // Backers of legalized recreational marijuana urged Massachusetts legislators Monday to hold off, at least for now, on making any significant changes to a law voters approved in November. The appeal came during the first...
Colorado Bill to Curb Growing Pot at Home Making Way Through Legislature
Mar 15 2017 // The nation’s most generous grow-your-own marijuana laws came closer this week to being curbed in Colorado, where the state House advanced a pair of bills aimed at cracking down on people who grow weed outside the...
New Hampshire House Adds Medical Pot Qualifiers, Backs Decriminalization
Mar 10 2017 // The New Hampshire House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in support of decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana and expanding access to medical marijuana for people suffering from chronic pain or post-traumatic stress...
Stressed? Unfocused? Pop a Marijuana Mint and Get Back to Work
Mar 8 2017 // When Jeffrey Zucker needs to get a lot done at work, he eats half a weed gummy. Far from putting him at risk of a Maureen Dowd-level stupor, the 5-milligram dose of THC he gets gives him just a slight buzz that makes him...
Oregon Governor Warns Trump to Keep Hands off Oregon Legal Pot Business
Mar 3 2017 // Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says the federal government should leave the state’s legal marijuana industry alone. Brown says that if the Trump administration makes a move against legalized recreational marijuana, it would...
