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In LA, Legal Cannabis Stores Call for Crackdown on Illegal Pop-Ups
Dennis Romero - Published on February 12, 2018Read moreUnlicensed operators are killing LA’s licensed stores. It’s time for enforcement, say some, and there may be action from City Hall tomorrow.
New Mexico Leaders Want to Give Opioid Patients MMJ Access
Sara Brittany Somerset - Published on February 12, 2018Read moreOpioid use disorder (OUD) kills 500 residents every year. But New Mexico’s health secretary refuses to add it as a medical cannabis qualifying condition.
Jeff Sessions Is Steamed Over Senator’s Cannabis Blockade
Ben Adlin - Published on February 12, 2018Read more“It’s just getting to be frustrating!” the attorney general said in a speech to the National Sheriffs Association.
DAs Making it Easier to Clear California Cannabis Convictions
Peter Hecht - Published on February 12, 2018Read moreSan Francisco’s DA is proactively expunging cannabis convictions, but other counties are waiting for people to come forward before acting.
Proposals for Denver’s First Cannabis Clubs Take Shape
The Associated Press - Published on February 12, 2018Read more“I have visited the facility, I’ve had numerous conversations with the owners and we’re really pleased to have them in the community.”
Cannabis to Be Legal in Vermont—but Not on Lake Champlain
The Associated Press - Published on February 12, 2018Read moreThose who have marijuana on board their boats could face federal charges.
The Roll-Up #20: Jim Carroll Is Our Drug Czar. That’s Weird.
Leafly Podcasts - Published on February 10, 2018Read moreBruce, Ben, and Dave discuss the new drug czar, Bernard Noble’s parole, Don Cheadle’s hack, and postal worker “Chuck. The Sniffer.”
Jim Carroll Tapped as Trump’s Drug Czar
Bruce Barcott - Published on February 9, 2018Read moreNo, not the ‘Basketball Diaries’ Jim Carroll. This one is a Republican lawyer. And nobody knows much about him.
Fox News: Support for Cannabis Legalization at Record High
Ben Adlin - Published on February 9, 2018Read moreIf there’s one cable channel that’s shown it can influence the White House policy agenda, it’s Fox News.
‘Trading a Constitutional Right for Pain Relief’: The Week in Cannabis Quotes
Dave Schmader - Published on February 9, 2018Read moreFrom entrepreneurial Girl Scouts to enlightened gun lovers, here are the week’s notable cannabis quotables.