All the headlines from our Cannabis Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Jul 24 2017 // “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 Smoky Mountains...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 the...
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...
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 of...
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...
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...
Jun 27 2017 // The Alaska Marijuana Control Board will discuss three different options for on-site marijuana consumption proposed by board members at its next meeting.Board member Loren Jones’s proposal would make it legal to try...
Jun 26 2017 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation Friday to implement the medical marijuana amendment voters approved last year.Amendment 2, approved by 71 percent of the voters in November, took effect on Jan. 3 and required...
Jun 23 2017 // A bill that would repeal and replace the recreational marijuana law approved by Massachusetts voters in November cleared the House late Wednesday. Critics who lashed out at the proposal accused lawmakers of ignoring the...