Cannabis News

The former location of Wilmington Buds on Avalon Boulevard in Los Angeles. Photo: Martin do Nascimento/ News21

Unlicensed Marijuana Stores Grow Like Weeds in LA

Brittan Jenkins, Martin do Nascimento and Tom Blanton ~ Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative via NBCNews.com ~
 
Passed by California voters nearly two decades ago, but absent statewide regulation, the legalization of medical marijuana has spawned a vast network of illegal dispensaries and wide disparities over how businesses are monitored across the state - if they are at all.
An exterior schematic of Euphoria Wellness in Las Vegas. Image L.E. Baskow via Las Vegas Sun.

First marijuana dispensary in Las Vegas area opening Monday

 
Fifteen years after medical marijuana was legalized in Nevada, Clark County’s first retail dispensary plans to open to the public Monday.
John McKay, CSU associate professor of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, and Ph.D. student Brian Campbell research industrial hemp. Image: Colorado State University

The future of hemp is being cultivated at U.S. academic institutions

Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~
 
Researchers are taking advantage of new federal measures that allow universities to conduct research on industrial hemp.
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UGA researcher's maps show where pot's expensive and where it's not

Lee Shearer ~ OnlineAthens.com ~

A University of Georgia graduate student used crowdsourcing to take a look at marijuana prices across the country.
Todd Mitchem is CEO of an app-based social network for cannabis enthusiasts, High There! He says legal recreational marijuana has changed the pot conversation for him and other parents. Image: AP via Christian Science Monitor.

How is a pro-pot state like Colorado keeping teens away from marijuana?

 
Colorado's initial efforts to deter teens from taking up marijuana drew criticism for recycling Drug War-era scare tactics. Public health officials seek to strike a different tone with the 'What's next" campaign.
Brad Ervin (left) and Melete Finch, co-owners of Hippie Butter, and Steve Rash, chief executive of North American Cannabis Holdings. Image:  Ben Torres/Special Contributor

Cannabis-based smoothies coming to metro Dallas, Texas

Kristen TaketaDallas Morning News ~

FRISCO — Ah, the energizing power of a smoothie packed with blueberries, bananas, yogurt and ... cannabis?

Interior of the Euflora dispensary in downtown Denver. Image: WeedWorthy.com

Pot Risk vs. Profit: Bankers Cautious of Marijuana Dispensaries

Clarissa Cooper and Michael Bodley ~ Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative via NBCNews.com ~
 
DENVER — Every month, Jamie Perino hires a security detail to come to her three recreational marijuana dispensaries. They stop by, collect thousands of dollars in cash and head out to deliver the money to the state, county and city.
Pipes & Lighters board game

Get ready for a night at home, playing Pipes & Lighters

Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy ~
 
A Silicon Valley veteran wants to become the next Milton Bradley with his cannabis trivia board game.
Heather Shuker comforts her daughter Hannah, 12, after a series of seizures. Photo: Lex Talamo, News21

Feds limit research on marijuana for medical use

Jayson Chesler and Alexa Ard, News21 ~ via USAToday.com ~
 
Research on marijuana’s potential for medicinal use has been hampered for years by federal restrictions, even though nearly half of the states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana in some form.
Two race participants celebrate their finish at the Saturday 4.2-mile race. Image: 420 Games via MarketWatch

Marijuana marathon races look to break stoner stigma

Kathleen Burke ~ MarketWatch.com ~
 
Marijuana users on the west coast are running, or walking, away from the popular image of the Jeff Spicoli-like pot smoker.

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