Latest Cannabis Headlines

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Arizona Supreme Court Won’t Review Lower Court Ruling on Medical Marijuana

Oct 2 2017 // The Arizona Supreme Court is letting stand a lower court’s ruling that the state’s medical marijuana law is constitutional in requiring counties to approve reasonable zoning regulations. Maricopa County...

Las Vegas Pot Testing Lab’s License Suspended by State

Sep 27 2017 // Officials confirmed a Las Vegas marijuana testing laboratory has been suspended.The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Department of Taxation spokeswoman Stephanie Klapstein says the department on Aug. 24 suspended the...

Judge Dismisses Challenge to Kentucky Medical Marijuana Ban

Sep 22 2017 // Kentucky’s ban on medical marijuana has survived an initial test in court, with a judge ruling Wednesday that the state has a good reason to “curtail citizens’ possession of a narcotic, hallucinogenic...

California Commissioner Sums up Trump Battle, High on Cannabis Insurance

Sep 19 2017 // It’s David vs. Goliath.That about sums up California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’ feelings on his efforts to keep the remnants of Obamacare up and running in his state while President Trump does his best...

Maine Supreme Court Weighs Issue of Medical Marijuana and Workers’ Comp

Sep 18 2017 // The Maine supreme court on Wednesday began considering whether a paper millworker left suicidal by narcotic painkillers should receive workers’ compensation for medical marijuana.It’s the first time the court...

Pennsylvania Law Firms Hedge Bets on Marijuana Being Legalized Nationwide

Sep 18 2017 // A number of Philadelphia-area law firms are setting up practices to serve the cannabis industry despite concerns of an uncertain future.Many of the city’s biggest law firms — including Duane Morris, Fox...

Arizona Supreme Court Won’t Review Lower Court Ruling on Medical Marijuana

Sep 15 2017 // The Arizona Supreme Court is letting stand a lower court’s ruling that the state’s medical marijuana law is constitutional in requiring counties to approve reasonable zoning regulations.Maricopa County Attorney...

Massachusetts Pot Regulatory Board Set With Naming of Three More Members

Sep 6 2017 // The board responsible for regulating marijuana in Massachusetts is now in place after the selection of three more members. Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey on Friday appointed Britte McBride, a former assistant...

Nevada Gambling Regulators Don’t Want Marijuana in Casinos

Sep 4 2017 // Nevada’s gambling regulators are grappling with how to deal with the state’s latest legal vice — recreational marijuana — and they’ve made it clear that pot doesn’t belong in casinos.In...

Colorado Tells Sessions That Pot Industry Is Working And Can Be Better

Aug 29 2017 // Colorado’s legal marijuana industry is working – and can work better with federal collaboration, the state’s governor and Republican attorney general told U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a letter.Gov....

Nevada Gambling Regulators Don’t Want Marijuana in Casinos

Aug 28 2017 // Nevada’s gambling regulators are grappling with how to deal with the state’s latest legal vice – recreational marijuana – and they’ve made it clear that pot doesn’t belong in casinos.In the...

Senator Flanagan First Appointee to Massachusetts Marijuana Regulatory Post

Aug 25 2017 // A state senator was named Wednesday by Governor Charlie Baker to the regulatory board that will oversee the cannabis industry in Massachusetts.Sen. Jennifer Flanagan, of Leominster, is the first appointee to the...

Pennsylvania Law Firms Hedge Bets on Marijuana Being Legalized Nationwide

Aug 24 2017 // A number of Philadelphia-area law firms are setting up practices to serve the cannabis industry despite concerns of an uncertain future.Many of the city’s biggest law firms – including Duane Morris, Fox...

Denver Soon to Open Legal Marijuana Clubs

Aug 23 2017 // Colorado’s largest city is on the brink of licensing some of the nation’s first legal marijuana clubs.But Denver’s elaborate hurdles for potential weed-friendly coffee shops and gathering places may mean...

Los Angeles Makes Packer Cannabis Czar over Legal Pot Industry

Aug 18 2017 // With recreational marijuana use just months away from being legal in California, Los Angeles has appointed a so-called cannabis czar tasked with regulating the local pot industry.The Daily News reported the City Council...

Florida Police: Tiger Woods Had Marijuana, Painkillers in System When Arrested for DUI

Aug 17 2017 // Tiger Woods had the active ingredient for marijuana, two painkillers and two sleep drugs in his system when he was arrested on a DUI charge earlier this year, a report released Tuesday by police said.Police in Jupiter,...

Nevada Issuing Marijuana Distribution Licenses to Non-Liquor Wholesalers

Aug 14 2017 // Nevada marijuana regulators have decided to start issuing pot distribution licenses to businesses other than liquor wholesalers to keep up with overwhelming demand since legal recreational sales began July 1.The Nevada...

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...