Latest Cannabis Headlines
All the headlines from our Cannabis Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Vermont Governor Creating Commission for Pot Legalization Issues
Aug 10 2017 // Vermont Governor Phil Scott says he’s organizing a commission to study issues related to the legalization of marijuana and will announce members in the next few days. Vermont Public Radio reports retail outlets in...
Marijuana Task Force Undercuts Hard Line by Attorney General Sessions
Aug 8 2017 // The betting was that law-and-order Attorney General Jeff Sessions would come out against the legalized marijuana industry with guns blazing. But the task force Sessions assembled to find the best legal strategy is giving...
Oregon’s Cannabis Coast Becoming Home for Legal Pot Dealers
Aug 7 2017 // Eddie Biggar sports a black-and-green suit dotted with tiny green leaves as he dances jovially on a corner of the Pacific Coast Highway. Some two-and-a-half hours southwest of Portland, he owns the sidewalk. Just like a...
‘Office Of Cannabis’ OK’d by San Francisco Supervisors
Aug 7 2017 // San Francisco officials have approved a new Office of Cannabis in advance of recreational marijuana sales starting in California next year. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the Board of Supervisors also directed...
Massachusetts SJC Rules in Favor of Employee Fired for Medical Marijuana Use
Aug 7 2017 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in favor of a woman who was fired by her employer for testing positive for her prescribed use of marijuana to treat a medical condition. The court found that because...
Minnesota PTSD Patients Can Now Purchase Medical Marijuana
Aug 2 2017 // Minnesota residents suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder can start buying medical marijuana. This week brought the latest expansion of the state’s medical marijuana program that launched in July 2015....
Viewpoint: Employers Rejecting Marijuana Users Will Pay a Price
Jul 28 2017 // In Youngstown, Ohio, the employment problem is not a shortage of jobs. Nor is it a shortage of workers. The problem is not stingy employers who don’t want to pay enough to attract good workers. Nor is the problem...
‘Office Of Cannabis’ OK’d by San Francisco Supervisors
Jul 27 2017 // San Francisco officials have approved a new Office of Cannabis in advance of recreational marijuana sales starting in California next year. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the Board of Supervisors also directed...
Maine Legislative Panel Mulls Raising 10 Percent Tax on Marijuana
Jul 25 2017 // As the legalization of recreational marijuana sales in Maine nears, a legislative panel has spent months pondering the best way to tax pot to bring in state revenue, fund regulatory enforcement and discourage the illicit...
Declarations
Jul 24 2017 // Reasonable Doubt “Because of this intervening weather event, the state is unable to prove the criminal responsibility of the two juveniles beyond a reasonable doubt for the devastation that occurred outside the Great...
Marijuana Dispensaries and Crime
Jul 24 2017 // A new study published in the July issue of the Journal of Urban Economics finds that contrary to popular belief, medical marijuana dispensaries (MMDs) reduce crime in their immediate areas. In the study, “Going to...
Marijuana Sales Exceed Expectations of Las Vegas Store Owners
Jul 24 2017 // Recreational marijuana sales have exceeded the expectations of Las Vegas area store owners. Eager pot customers again in July lined up before dispensaries opened their doors. Nevada this month became the fifth state with...
Massachusetts SJC Rules in Favor of Employee Fired for Medical Marijuana Use
Jul 20 2017 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in favor of a woman who was fired by her employer for testing positive for her prescribed use of marijuana to treat a medical condition. The court found that because...
Massachusetts Marijuana Deal Calls for Up to 20 Percent Tax on Pot Sales
Jul 19 2017 // State House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement Monday on a revamped version of Massachusetts’ voter-approved marijuana law that would allow retail pot sales to be taxed at a maximum 20 percent rate. The deal...
Alaska Marijuana Regulators to Revive Debate over Onsite Pot at Retail Shops
Jul 17 2017 // Alaska marijuana regulators plan to revive debate over onsite use of marijuana in retail cannabis shops. In February, the Marijuana Control Board scuttled proposed rules that would have allowed onsite use of marijuana in...
Florida County Bans Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Through 2017
Jul 14 2017 // Medicinal marijuana dispensaries will be banned from Collier County, Florida, until at least the end of the year. Commissioners voted 4-1 on Tuesday to keep the dispensaries from opening in Collier until Dec. 31 to give...
It’s Not True that Marijuana Dispensaries Increase Crime, Say Researchers
Jul 13 2017 // A new study published in the July issue of the Journal of Urban Economics finds that contrary to popular belief, medical marijuana dispensaries (MMDs) reduce crime in their immediate areas. In the study, “Going to...
California Surplus Lines Don’t Want to be Left Out of State’s Marijuana Regs
Jul 10 2017 // California’s surplus lines industry is trying to clear up the haze over a proposed regulation that would require medical marijuana businesses to purchase insurance only from admitted carriers. The regulation is one...
Marijuana Sales Exceed Expectations of Las Vegas Store Owners
Jul 6 2017 // Recreational marijuana sales have exceeded the expectations of Las Vegas area store owners. Eager pot customers this week again lined up before dispensaries opened their doors. That’s after thousands swarmed the pot...
Workers’ Comp Insurer Cancels Policies for Hawaii Pot Firms
Jun 30 2017 // Hawaii’s largest workers’ compensation insurer is canceling insurance policies for seven medical marijuana dispensaries preparing to open this summer. Hawaii Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co., citing...
