Delegates of the Democratic National Committee voted down a proposal to include the federal legalization of cannabis in the party’s 2020 platform on Monday. Platform committee delegate Dennis Obduskey of Colorado had introduced an amendment to include marijuana legalization in the platform, but the proposal was rejected by the... Read more
Chauncey Hawkins, the Harlem-based former Bad Boy Records rapper—aka Loon—was released from Florida’s FCI Coleman Low on June 29 after serving nearly nine years on a drug conspiracy charge. Although a series of letters and petitions signed by celebrities and musicians had circulated over these past nine years, the... Read more
Maine announced this week that the state is on track to be able to offer legal, recreational cannabis to those 21 and over by the end of the fiscal year. This past Tuesday, the Office of Marijuana Policy announced that they had 27 businesses in the final phase of... Read more
In a candid interview, Martha Stewart revealed that she accepted a challenge from Chelsea Handler: to smoke a doobie for the first time in decades. While Stewart frequently dabbles with cannabis and hemp-related enterprises, she’s generally conceded that she does not partake of the herb recreationally, and prefers a... Read more
A new poll shows that New Jersey voters overwhelmingly support cannabis legalization and are ready for change in their state. The study was conducted by the law firm Brach Eichler LLC, specifically their Cannabis Law Practice arm, and compiled by DKC Analytics. It surveyed 500 registered voters in the... Read more
Law enforcement officers served search warrants at five unlicensed cannabis dispensaries in San Diego County this week, seizing $1.1 million in cash and 3,000 pounds of marijuana while taking six people into custody on various charges. The raids at the illegal pot shops in the suburbs of Lakeside, Chula... Read more
Nevada is currently investigating new instances of tainted cannabis flower being sold in multiple dispensaries across the state following a recall. According to a press release out this week, The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) is looking into three different dispensaries for having cannabis that has failed testing several... Read more
State leaders in Mississippi are urging voters to carefully consider two medical marijuana measures on the November ballot, characterizing the less restrictive of the two proposals as dangerous. Republican state Rep. Jill Ford, Ed Langton, the chairman of the Mississippi Board of Health, and Madison County Sheriff Randy Tucker... Read more
