Justice Department Announces it Will Stop Using Private Prisons
Thu / Aug 18th
The Justice Department has announced that it plans to end its use of private prisons. In a memo released Thursday… Read More
In states that have legalized cannabis for medical or recreational use, law enforcement agencies must coexist with an industry they have historically policed. There are also branches of law enforcement that continue to raid dispensaries in legal cannabis markets. Read more about law enforcement and cannabis here:
Thu / Aug 18th
The Justice Department has announced that it plans to end its use of private prisons. In a memo released Thursday… Read More
Thu / Aug 18th
One of the two consultants charged for their role in a Native American tribe plan to open a marijuana resort… Read More
Wed / Aug 17th
A federal appeals court has ruled that the U.S. Department of Justice cannot spend money to prosecute federal medical marijuana… Read More
Thu / Aug 11th OPINION
By now, you’ve probably seen the news: the Drug Enforcement Administration has decided to keep cannabis — despite countless reports… Read More
Thu / Aug 11th
A California dispensary shuttered following a raid by the Costa Mesa Police has filed a lawsuit against the department alleging… Read More
Wed / Aug 10th
It appears that all of the recent hopes surrounding a possible re-scheduling or de-scheduling of cannabis by the DEA have… Read More
Mon / Aug 8th
Two suspects are in custody following an attempted armed robbery at a North Seattle dispensary late Sunday night, Komo News… Read More
Fri / Aug 5th PODCAST
Kenny Morrison is the founder and CEO of VCC Brands (formerly known as the Venice Cookie Company), a California-based cannabis edibles producer.… Read More
Thu / Aug 4th
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has charged two Monarch America consultants with drug crimes, stemming from their involvement with… Read More
Thu / Aug 4th
President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 214 federal inmates on Wednesday — almost all were incarcerated for nonviolent drug… Read More
Tue / Aug 2nd
Following reports that the DEA would decide on whether or not to reschedule marijuana by Aug. 1, there now appears… Read More
Wed / Jul 27th
Washington’s Thurston County Narcotics Task Force raided Olympia’s Sonshine Organics Network on Monday, making no arrests but seizing dried cannabis,… Read More
Thu / Jun 30th
A nine-person task force will advise the Canadian government on marijuana legalization, according to a CBC report. The task force… Read More
Fri / Jun 24th
Civil liberty advocates celebrated a major victory on Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional for law enforcement… Read More
Tue / Jun 21st
If you follow cannabis news with any regularity, you likely noticed the controversial headline, “U.S. Gov’t Will Legalize Marijuana on August 1,”… Read More
Thu / Jun 16th
Several prominent medical cannabis companies in California, including concentrate manufacturer Absolute Xtracts and CBD-rich products producer Care By Design, were… Read More
Mon / Jun 6th
Marijuana possession arrests in New York City are up sharply in the first three months of 2016 – more than… Read More
Mon / May 23rd
New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton continues to rally against marijuana legalization; attributing “most of the [drug] violence” seen… Read More
Fri / May 6th
Federal law enforcement officers executed search warrants on three HydroWorld dispensaries in Lansing, Michigan on Wednesday, confiscating plants, personal belongings,… Read More
Mon / Apr 25th
The California-based non-profit Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies has been awarded a $2.156 million grant to test the effectiveness of… Read More
Thu / Apr 14th
In a dramatic and hard-fought win for the cannabis normalization movement, the federal government has formally acknowledged cannabis pioneer Lynnette Shaw’s right… Read More
Wed / Apr 6th
The Drug Enforcement Administration announced in a letter to senators that it will consider changing cannabis from its Schedule I classification under the… Read More
Fri / Mar 25th OPINION
Though THC — the cannabinoid most commonly associated with cannabis and which is largely responsible for the plant’s psychoactive effects… Read More
Mon / Mar 21st
The Supreme Court of the United States voted 6-2 on Monday to dismiss a lawsuit that was filed against Colorado by two… Read More
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