At least 17 pieces of legislation related to marijuana have been introduced this year in Tennessee. Many of those bills pertain to medical cannabis, while others seek to reduce penalties for marijuana possession. Neither approach is likely to succeed this year, largely due to top Republican officials’ resistance to permitting... Read more
Suzette Meyers is easy to label. Idaho native. Stroke survivor. Registered Republican. But the Coeur d’Alene resident is also charging ahead with another label, one she repeats loudly and proudly: medical marijuana advocate. “I look at people from my hometown in Salmon,” she said. “How many of them have... Read more
Eight Missouri medical marijuana dispensaries, including three in the Kansas City area will be selling vape pens and cartridges for the first time Friday. Customers have clamored for them for some time, despite varying opinions on just how safe they are. The potential dangers of vaping nicotine and black market... Read more
George Hanna has undergone 21 orthopedic surgeries since he left the U.S. Navy in 1990. They began when he severely injured his knee in a training accident at the Navy submarine base in Groton, Connecticut and then following a motorcycle accident after he left the service. In the years... Read more
Missouri health authorities recently began revoking a handful of medical marijuana business permits after most of the state’s would-be cannabis companies weren’t ready to open for business roughly a year after winning the licenses, which would allow them to grow and sell the plant for lawful patients provided they met their “commencement”... Read more
It’s been a wild ride toward legalized marijuana in South Dakota. In the November election, South Dakota voters approved two separate measures to do away with the state’s nearly century-old prohibition on pot. Initiated Measure 26 legalized medical marijuana with about 70% of ballots cast in favor. At the... Read more
During the last 11 days of January, Arizonans bought $2.9 million worth of legal recreational marijuana according to the state Department of Revenue. Records for January’s transaction privilege tax or sales tax show that Arizona residents were buying about $264,000 a day worth of recreation marijuana at the end... Read more