Westminster police seek 16-year-old boy in shooting during botched pot robbery
Police in Westminster are searching for a 16-year-old boy who allegedly shot a man during a botched marijuana robbery Saturday afternoon. Investigators say the shooting happened about 1:45 p.m. on the 5700 block of 92nd Avenue in the parking lot of the Madison Hill townhomes complex. The 19-year-old victim told police he had arranged to […]
California cities ban pot sales ahead of state marijuana legalization vote
By Paul Elias, The Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — Worried that California might legalize recreational marijuana, the state’s third-largest city by population has voted to ban pot sales ahead of Tuesday’s election. San Jose isn’t alone in scrambling to block the possible effects of Proposition 64, which would legalize pot but also allow local bans […]
Texas cannabis oil businesses face staggering fee increase for licensing
Businesses seeking to operate under Texas’ new limited medical marijuana program may end up having to pay a pretty penny — actually 130 million of them. Texas may impose a $1.3 million licensing fee for businesses under the Texas Compassionate Use Program if proposed rules go into effect, according to a recent Texas Public Radio […]
Workplace marijuana bans weigh into use decisions, Yale study finds
About a quarter of people surveyed in states set about to vote on legalizing recreational marijuana will never imbibe — regardless of how loosely it is regulated — while one in five will consume regardless of what approach states take following legalization. But for the majority in-between, things like cost, government tracking of purchases and workplace […]
In shake-up, Denver’s marijuana policy director will take over Excise and Licenses department
Denver mayor's officeDenver marijuana policy adviser Ashley Kilroy. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock on Monday announced a reshuffling that will merge his groundbreaking marijuana policy shop into the Department of Excise and Licenses, with Ashley Kilroy serving as director of both. The move elevates Kilroy, Hancock’s marijuana policy adviser, to the mayor’s cabinet, succeeding outgoing licensing […]
More pets are getting high as marijuana legalization spreads
By Karin Brulliard, The Washington Post Star, a petite 6-year-old sheltie who competes in dog agility shows, almost missed a contest this month. She had spent the previous night at the vet, totally stoned on pot. Her drug trip was an accident. Star lives in Oregon, where recreational use of marijuana became legal last year. […]
Marijuana ballot drives put medical, recreational users at odds
PORTLAND, Maine — A handful of recreational marijuana legalization drives has the medical pot industry bracing for something it never expected to deal with: competition. Legalization is on the ballot in five states this November, and all five currently allow some form of medical marijuana already. Growers, medical professionals and users of medical marijuana say […]
Question 200 in Pueblo County: Everything you need to know about vote to repeal marijuana law
By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Colorado’s marijuana laws allow for local control — communities and municipalities can opt to allow for retail sales and related industry, or they can elect not to partake. Voters in the city and county of Pueblo on Nov. 8 will weigh whether to repeal legal marijuana ordinances for the sale, […]
Sheriff: 3 marijuana shop employees in Pueblo County sold pot to minor during sting
Three employees at a Pueblo County recreational marijuana shop were issued summonses after authorities say they sold pot to a minor during a sting operation. The county sheriff’s office said the citations were issued Thursday to employees at Strawberry Fields off of Interstate 25 north of the city of Pueblo. The employees’ names were not […]
Willie Nelson: The Outlaw Country legend reflects on his personal cannabis history
By Ricardo Baca, The Cannabist SAN DIEGO — Willie Nelson’s relationship with cannabis is the stuff of legend. Nelson is a legalization activist, a social warrior and now a ganjapreneur via his own Willie’s Reserve pot brand, and he still gets high regularly at age 83. But he’s also not the most discerning of cannabis […]