Will unlicensed marijuana cultivation hurt California’s redwoods?
CaliforniaTrending Stories September 27, 2018 0
A new industry is thriving in California. It is green in terms of the money being made and the crop itself. Yet it is anything but that when it comes to the environment, posing horrendous ecological threats to the region’s redwood forests. Lindgren Lumber and Humboldt Flakeboard are the... Read more
MedMen opens state-of-the-art marijuana cultivation facility outside Reno
NevadaTrending Stories September 27, 2018 0
SPARKS, Nev. — After being in the works for nearly two years, a state-of-the-art marijuana factory in northern Nevada’s high desert is up and running. The opening of the $15 million MedMen facility east of the Reno-Sparks area marks a goal of the company to change the conversation surrounding... Read more
Pennsylvania medical marijuana program to allow sale of flower, expand list of qualifying conditions
Medical MarijuanaPennsylvaniaTrending Stories September 27, 2018 0
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Patients in Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program should be able to obtain the drug in dry leaf or flower form for vaporization by sometime this summer, the Wolf administration announced Monday. Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine said she was accepting that and other recommendations made recently by... Read more
Alaska House votes to limit access to marijuana convictions
AlaskaTrending Stories September 27, 2018 0
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska House has passed legislation restricting access to records showing past convictions for simple marijuana possession. The measure is sponsored by Democratic Rep. Harriet Drummond. She says Alaskans should not be passed up for jobs or promotions for possessing something that is now legal. Alaska... Read more
Trump is backing off the marijuana fight. Jeff Sessions has not.
ColoradoTrending Stories September 27, 2018 0
WASHINGTON — Marijuana has enjoyed some head winds lately, even as regulating it faces an uncertain future in the Trump administration. Over the past week, Trump promised not to go after marijuana suppliers and users who are obeying their state laws, former House speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced his... Read more
