SEATTLE (AP) — Lines were growing in the pre-dawn hours Monday outside shops set to become the first in Washington state to sell recreational marijuana legally. Deb Green, a 65-year-old retiree, waited all night outside Cannabis City, the only licensed shop in Seattle. The owner wasn’t planning to open his doors until noon Tuesday. Greene […]
DENVER (AP) — Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed legislation to try to establish the world’s first financial system for the largely cash-only marijuana industry. The bill signed Friday morning seeks to form a network of uninsured cooperatives designed to give pot businesses a way to access basic banking services. Banks that fear violating federal law […]
SEATTLE (AP) — A woman who goes by the “Weed Fairy” distributed free nuggets of marijuana to people in Seattle over Memorial Day weekend, taping the free pot on fliers around a city neighborhood. The woman, 23-year-old Yeni Sleidi, says she does it to amuse people and to give them a break from everyday stress. […]
How does a 19 year old with a clean rap sheet get sentenced to 99 years in prison? Make a batch of pot brownies and you could be in the same boat. What is usually considered a misdemeanor in Texas, it was the amount of has oil used in the baked goods that warrants a […]
DENVER (AP) — Whoopi Goldberg says she’s in love with her marijuana-vaporizing pen. In her new column for The Denver Post’s Cannabist website, the Oscar-winning entertainer writes that her “vape pen” relieves the devastating glaucoma headaches she suffers without overwhelming her with a marijuana high. Goldberg’s debut column appeared Thursday. She writes that marijuana eases […]
LUFKIN, Texas (AP) — Police in East Texas have arrested a woman after she called them to complain about the quality of the marijuana she had purchased from a dealer. Lufkin police Sgt. David Casper said Monday that an officer went to the home of 37-year-old Evelyn Hamilton to hear her complaint that the dealer […]
DENVER (AP) — A Wyoming college student visiting Denver on spring break jumped to his death after eating a marijuana cookie that his friend legally purchased in one of Colorado’s recreational pot shops, authorities said Wednesday. An autopsy report lists marijuana intoxication as a “significant contributing factor” in the death of 19-year-old Levy Thamba Pongi, […]
DENVER (AP) — When Tim Cullen was opening his first marijuana business four years ago, the high school biology teacher turned pot entrepreneur struggled to get resumes and references from job applicants. “Everyone’s experience was on the black market,” Cullen said. Now, he said, “it’s come out of the closet.” Out of the closet, down […]
Minnesota state representative made a racist comment about street crime increasing if NBA teams were to fold. His defense was the NBA is the only sports organization where testing positive for marijuana isn’t a substance abuse violation. Listen to the audio player to hear “The Russ Parr Morning Show” discuss how NBA testing works and […]
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Owners of the commercial establishments selling marijuana across Colorado say that they’ve already generated a combined total of roughly $5 million in sales since it became…
If you began thinking about packing up and moving to Colorado,you may want to familiarize yourself with the latest possible change in purchasing your medical…
