Cannabis News & Information
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.
Tue / Aug 29th
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
Tue / Aug 22nd
According to data from the Legal Aid Society, New York City’s primary public defender organization, cannabis arrests in the five… Read More
Tue / Aug 22nd
At the second meeting of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Licensing Board, Chairman Donald Bailey suggested that all dispensaries currently operating… Read More
Mon / Aug 21st
A lawsuit over a vehicle search after a traffic stop based on the alleged odor of cannabis is headed to… Read More
Thu / Aug 17th
The co-founder of D.C. Marijuana Justice, Adam Eidinger, had possession charges that were levied against him following his arrest during… Read More
Tue / Aug 15th
Indiana State Excise Police will no longer confiscate CBD products so long as they fall under the federal definition of… Read More
Fri / Aug 11th
A U.S. District Court has blocked federal prosecution of two Humboldt County, California growers charged with conspiracy to manufacture and… Read More
Wed / Aug 9th
The attorney for an Arizona registered medical cannabis patient charged with possession after officers discovered less than a half gram… Read More
Mon / Aug 7th
A committee assembled by the Maine Department of Public Safety has determined that the state does not need to create… Read More
Mon / Aug 7th
The owner of New Horizons, an El Paso, Colorado medical cannabis dispensary, is suing the county commissioners after the board… Read More
Fri / Aug 4th
The U.S. Attorney’s office has indicted three would-be Michigan medical cannabis dispensary owners, accusing them of attempting to bribe officials… Read More
Thu / Aug 3rd
Last week, advocates and cannabis industry operators were expecting an explosive report from the Department of Justice Task Force on… Read More
Thu / Aug 3rd
A Minnesota judge has denied the motion to throw out charges against two former Vireo Health officers accused of illegally… Read More
Fri / Jul 28th
The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the Rohrbacher-Blumenauer amendment, which protects state-approved medical cannabis programs from federal interference, as part… Read More
Thu / Jul 27th
Legalization in Washington has not led to an increase in violent crime, no matter what Attorney General Jeff Sessions would… Read More
Thu / Jul 27th
Entrepreneurs in Las Vegas hoping to launch a tour bus company which would allow guests to consume cannabis have hit… Read More
Tue / Jul 25th
Former New York Jets defensive end Marvin Washington is one of five plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit against the Department… Read More
Tue / Jul 25th
According to Statistics Canada figures, the number of police-reported cannabis offenses is down for the fifth consecutive year, falling about… Read More
Fri / Jul 21st
Officials from the Department of Justice, the White House Office of National Drug Policy and the DEA held a secret… Read More
Fri / Jul 21st
Activists in Wichita, Kansas collecting petition signatures to reduce cannabis possession penalties were thwarted by police at City Hall who… Read More
Tue / Jul 18th
The Denver Police Department used undercover officers to infiltrate the International Church of Cannabis’ inaugural 4/20 event, leading to public… Read More
Mon / Jul 17th
The Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled that an alert by a police K-9 trained to smell cannabis and other… Read More
Tue / Jul 11th
In 2015 voters in Washington D.C. approved a ballot initiative to legalize cannabis in the nation’s capital; however that didn’t… Read More
Wed / Jun 14th
Members of the Green Party in Racine, Wisconsin have launched a petition campaign for direct legislation to reduce cannabis possession… Read More