Israeli Police to Charge Small Illegal Cultivators with Minor ‘Personal Use’
According to a leaked internal memo outlined by Haaretz, police in Israel are set to begin treating small quantity cannabis… Read More
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Law Enforcement
In states that have legalized cannabis for medical or recreational use, law enforcement agencies must figure out how to coexist with an industry they have historically seen as criminal. There are many police officers who are also medical marijuana patients, but there are also branches of law enforcement that continue to raid dispensaries in legal cannabis markets.
Colorado Woman Acquitted by Jury of Cannabis Charges for 2013 Home Grow
A 60-year-old Colorado woman has been acquitted at trial of possession of cannabis with intent to distribute, possession of more… Read More
Massachusetts Bill Would Allow Some Cannabis Convictions to be Expunged
A criminal justice reform bill making its way through the Massachusetts legislature would allow individuals convicted of cannabis possession to… Read More
Michigan Police to Use Controversial Oral Swab for Roadside Cannabis Tests
State and local police in five Michigan counties are rolling out a controversial oral swab drug testing identification technology this week… Read More
Virginia Crime Commission Studies Decriminalization, Senate Majority Leader Plans Legislation
Virginia Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment, a Republican, is planning to introduce a measure to decriminalize cannabis possession in the… Read More
By Prohibiting MMJ Access, Lawmakers Complicit in Opioid Epidemic
The opioid overdoses death toll is staggering – reaching 64,070 in 2016 – and at least one estimate suggests opioids… Read More
Michigan Gov. Appoints 7 to MMJ Advisory Panel
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has appointed seven members to the state’s Marihuana Advisory Panel, including representatives for law enforcement, physicians,… Read More
Former AG Holder: Sessions’ ‘Obsession’ with Cannabis Puts DoJ in ‘Strange Place’
During remarks at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, former Attorney General Eric Holder called the 2013 Cole Memo, which… Read More
DEA Destroyed 5M Plants, Arrested 5,657 People in 2016 Cannabis Eradication Efforts
According to the Drug Enforcement Agency’s 2016 Final Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program report, the agency destroyed nearly 5 million outdoor-cultivated… Read More
Indiana Excise Police Continued CBD Enforcement Actions After Announcing Policy Change
Indiana excise police – the state Alcohol and Tobacco Commission law enforcement arm – has at least twice cited stores… Read More
Michigan Localities Taking Steps to Reign in & License MMJ Industry
Michigan’s legislative changes to the state’s medical cannabis program are starting to shape the state’s industry as law enforcement officials… Read More
Bexar County, Texas Announces ‘Cite and Release’ Program for Cannabis Possession, Other Crimes
Following plans in Harris County and Dallas, Texas to decriminalize cannabis possession up to 4 ounces, officials in Bexar County… Read More
Atlanta City Council Unanimously Approves Cannabis Law Reforms
Atlanta, Georgia’s City Council has unanimously passed legislation which reduces the penalties for possession of 1 ounce of cannabis to… Read More
Atlanta, Georgia City Council Considering Cannabis Possession Law Reform
Under an Atlanta, Georgia City Council proposal, penalties for possessing 1 ounce of cannabis or less would be reduced to… Read More
Uncomfortable with Trump, Acting DEA Chief Chuck Rosenberg Announces Resignation
The acting head of the Drug Enforcement Agency Chuck Rosenberg announced his intent to resign yesterday, citing concerns that President… Read More
Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules Field Sobriety Tests Not Valid to Test Cannabis Impairment
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that field tests currently used to test for alcohol impairment cannot be used… Read More
Man Charged with Kidnapping Budtender Admits to Killing in Jailhouse Interview
In a KHQ interview from jail, Donavon Culps, who was arrested on Thursday for the kidnapping of Cheney, Washington budtender… Read More
Suspected Budtender Kidnapper Arrested; Victim Still Missing
A man suspected of shooting at and kidnapping budtender Cameron Smith from his Cheney, Washington workplace was arrested yesterday in… Read More
Budtender Reportedly Kidnapped from Dispensary Parking Lot in Washington
Cameron Smith, a 46-year-old budtender who works at the Lucid Cannabis store in Cheney, Washington, was abducted from his place… Read More
Lawsuit Claims Feds Using IRS as Investigation Arm of DEA, DoJ in Colorado
Lawyers for Silt, Colorado’s Rifle Remedies are claiming in a lawsuit that the Internal Revenue Service is using audits to… Read More
Nebraska Attorney General: CBD Sales Illegal
The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office and Nebraska State Patrol has sent a letter to county attorneys and law enforcement advising… Read More
Maine Border Patrol Will Confiscate Cannabis in Accordance with Federal Law
Maine’s top Border Patrol official said that the agency would continue seizing cannabis products despite the forthcoming voter-approved adult-use legalization… Read More
NYC Cannabis Arrests on the Decline, Still Disproportionally Target Minorities
According to data from the Legal Aid Society, New York City’s primary public defender organization, cannabis arrests in the five… Read More
Michigan MMJ Licensing Board May Shutter Dispensaries Starting Sept. 15
At the second meeting of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Licensing Board, Chairman Donald Bailey suggested that all dispensaries currently operating… Read More