The city of Denver granted its first license on Monday to a business that will allow marijuana use on its premises. The Coffee Joint plans to charge patrons a $5 entry fee and permit them to consume their own cannabis in edible or vapor form.Denver voters approved a measure to create a social-use pilot program in 2016. Interested businesses…
Vermont became the ninth state in the country to legalize recreational marijuana on Sunday, June 1, 2018. Vermont was the first state to legalize it through its state legislature… The law will allow adults to possess up to one ounce of marijuana. After early successes for the cannabis industry in western states, including Colorado, the…
A bill that would amend federal law to give states the autonomy to set their own marijuana policies gained a tenth cosponsor… The bill, nicknamed the STATES Act, was introduced by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) in June. The senators have made clear they wanted to demonstrate bipartisan support for the legislation,…
“I think philanthropy is what responsible businesses do. It’s not a choice so much as the next logical step,” Cullen said. Tim Cullen ran into an unexpected obstacle recently when he decided it was time his cannabis business should start donating money to nonprofit organizations … “I have been shocked at how few places will…
A bill passed by Mexico’s Senate and Lower House of Congress late last year and earlier this year seeks to change… and reclassif[y] THC as “therapeutic”. “The ruling eliminates the prohibition and criminalization of acts related to the medicinal use of marijuana and its scientific research, and those relating to the production and distribution…
“Legalization changes everything,” Laycock said. “Religious use may not violate state law in some of these states. And if it does, legalizing recreational use but not religious use clearly discriminates against religion.” As more states ease access to marijuana, churches that offer pot as a sacrament are proliferating, competing with medical marijuana dispensaries and pot…
“People consume cannabis on the holidays and they always have,” Smith said. “Now they are doing so through a regulated system.” Legalization means pot lovers can legally do something they’ve always done, which is give away marijuana to people they love, said Aaron Smith, executive director of the National Cannabis Industry Association. Original Article (NP…
“Contrary to popular wisdom, we found an immediate increase in crime around dispensaries ordered to close relative to those allowed to remain open,” said Jacobson. “We can conclude from our research that retail businesses are effective in lowering crime, even when the retail business is a medical marijuana dispensary.” In the study, titled, “Going to…
“We have bars where you can drink alcohol, and marijuana is legal, so there should be a place where people can use it appropriately.” City Attorney Pete Holmes has been looking for a way to allow pot lounges since legal pot first went on sale in 2014, Deputy City Attorney John Schochet told The Stranger. “We…
U.K. company GW Pharmaceuticals Plc, provided “substantial evidence” of the drug’s [Epidiolex] effectiveness, FDA staff said. The medication [is now FDA approved to] treat seizures associated with two rare forms of epilepsy that typically affect children. …the medication appears to have an increased risk of liver injury. … GW Pharmaceuticals is really part of a conglomeration of international…
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