TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has signed into law a bill that would allow profoundly ill people who have been unable to find relief with pharmaceutical medications to avoid prosecution for possessing certain blends of oil extracted from cannabis plants. The protected cannabidiol (CBD) oils must contain no more than 5% THC, […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sales of adult-use cannabis in Maine are on track to begin next March, and the state is looking to learn from mistakes that other states have made in legalizing the drug. The state’s voters chose to legalize marijuana for adults 21 and over in November 2016, but months of delays and […]
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregonians won’t be smoking joints at legal cannabis lounges anytime soon. RELATED STORY A Day in the Life of a Cannabis Lounge The Statesman Journal reports that a bill to legalize cannabis lounges is “100% dead,” according to Sam Chapman, legislative director for the New Revenue Coalition, the group behind Senate Bill 639. […]
This story has been updated. TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A measure to legalize adult-use marijuana in New Jersey fizzled out Wednesday when state Senate President Steve Sweeney said he would instead look to voters next year and will pursue separate bills to expand medical cannabis and wipe clean some criminal records. The Democrat vowed that […]
The nonprofit news outlet Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service provided this article to The Associated Press through a collaboration with Institute for Nonprofit News. MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Ald. Nik Kovac feels Wisconsin is “way behind the curve” when it comes to marijuana laws. The state is one of 17 in which the possession, sale or cultivation […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine released its long-awaited draft rules about its adult-use cannabis program late Monday, revealing a plan that would limit licenses to residents of the state for the first two years. The draft stated Maine would give licenses to grow and sell marijuana only to people who have lived in the Pine Tree State and […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An unlicensed marijuana dispensary sold cannabis sprayed with a dangerous pesticide, the city of Los Angeles said in a lawsuit Wednesday that’s part of a wide-ranging crackdown on illegal pot sales. Marijuana sold at Kush Club 20 contained paclobutrazol, a fungicide frequently used on golf course turf that the U.S. Environmental […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Amid a backdrop of Georgia patients and families who have regularly broken the law to obtain low-potency medical marijuana oil, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday signed legislation that will soon let patients legally buy the drug they’re already allowed to possess. RELATED STORY Atlanta Buyers Club: Inside the CBD Underground in […]
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Year after year, Nebraska’s conservative lawmakers have rejected measures calling for limited and highly regulated medical marijuana. They’re poised to do it again, but their decision this year could have the unintended consequence of ushering in one of the most unrestricted medical marijuana laws in the country. If so, Nebraska will […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Mainstream retailers are leaping into the world of products like skin creams and oils that tout such benefits as reducing anxiety and helping you sleep. The key ingredient? CBD, or cannabidiol, a compound derived from hemp and marijuana that doesn’t cause a high. CVS, Martha Stewart, and Neiman Marcus are selling […]
