By ROB GILLIES, GENE JOHNSON and TRACEY LINDEMAN MONTREAL (AP) — Jubilant customers stood in long lines for hours then lit up and celebrated on sidewalks Wednesday as Canada became the world’s largest legal marijuana marketplace. In Toronto, people smoked joints as soon as they rolled out of bed... Read more
Screened at border, Canadians who are honest about using marijuana could be banned from the US
TravelUncategorized October 16, 2018
CHILLIWACK, Canada — Bill Powers flipped through the sworn statement he gave to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the printed pages taking him back to that August afternoon — back to the border checkpoint into Washington state where agents asked if he had ever smoked marijuana. Yes, he... Read more
Following California, cannabis advocates across the U.S. aim to throw out old convictions
CaliforniaUncategorized October 10, 2018
Rob Jenkins tried for four years to find a job, scouring the internet for anything that seemed at all appealing — a maintenance position at a Chevron refinery, a counselor for foster kids, a clerk at Hertz. Some employers seemed interested, until they found out about his 2008 misdemeanor... Read more
A White House drug office official has offered assurances that a marijuana policy panel will be objective and dispassionate as it examines the impact of legalization in some states, a Colorado senator said. The vow came after BuzzFeed reported in August that the panel intended to portray marijuana as... Read more
Q&A: Feds slowly take steps to affirm the medicinal value of marijuana
Medical MarijuanaUncategorized October 3, 2018
Scientists and patients who’ve long held that marijuana can be used to treat illness and disease are finally getting some backing from the federal government. The Drug Enforcement Agency currently lists marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, meaning that it has no known medical use and a high potential... Read more
Hemp, on the brink of being legal, still faces challenges
Uncategorized September 28, 2018
DENVER — It’s a giddy time for the U.S. hemp industry. Farmers are planting more acres. Businesses are selling more products. And with Congress on the brink of fully legalizing hemp, industry insiders are eagerly anticipating a boom. But even if the legalization provisions in the 2018 farm bill... Read more
California couple get probation in Christmas cannabis presents case
CaliforniaUncategorized September 26, 2018
YORK, Neb. (AP) — A California couple who said the marijuana they were hauling through Nebraska was intended for Christmas gifts have been given probation and conditional jail time. York County District Court records say 71-year-old Barbara and 80-year-old Patrick Jiron were sentenced Monday to three years’ probation. They’ll... Read more
Restaurant finds itself in hot water for marijuana-lobster stunt
Uncategorized September 24, 2018
SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Maine (AP) — State health inspectors are investigating a Maine lobster restaurant that tried to mellow out lobsters with marijuana. The Portland Press Herald reports Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound in Southwest Harbor remains open but has stopped allowing customers to request meat from lobsters sedated with marijuana.... Read more
This man will spend life in prison for a marijuana conviction unless Donald Trump or the Supreme Court helps him
Uncategorized September 10, 2018
Barbara Tillis isn’t sure when she’ll get to see her son, Corvain Cooper, again. Every few months for the past four years, Tillis, has driven five hours with her husband, daughter and Cooper’s oldest daughter, making the trip from Rialto to the federal prison in Atwater, near Merced. They’d spend the... Read more
Banking giant closes candidate’s account after she expresses support for medical marijuana
FloridaMedical MarijuanaUncategorized August 21, 2018
A Florida politician who has run a pro-medical marijuana campaign said Wells Fargo & Co. closed her account over her ties to the industry, adding that the incident was an example of the challenges legal cannabis businesses face from the U.S. financial system. Nikki Fried, a Democrat running for... Read more
