Article by Dillon Kato, Missoulian At a court hearing in Missoula on Friday, a federal agent admitted he had no idea how much marijuana a pair of Bozeman medical marijuana providers were allowed to have when agents raided their store and home last spring. Another agent testified that the only patients using the maximum allowed were doing so illegally. Federal ...

Article by Neal Pollack, The Cannabist On a recent Wednesday morning at an auxiliary building of the Texas State Capitol, two conference rooms filled in with people who were very excited to advocate for marijuana. The crowd on hand for Marijuana Lobby Day included patients, doctors, lawyers and dozens of random marijuana-loving citizens from all over Texas. Much of the ...

Article by Associated Press via Coloradoan The western Colorado town of Parachute is getting a drive-through marijuana shop, believed to be the first in the state. The Parachute Board of Trustees approved a business license for Tumbleweed Express last week, the Glenwood Springs Post Independent reported Saturday. “As far as I can tell, we are not aware of this business ...

Article by Steph Sherer, The Hill Recently the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) quietly removed a report from its website, suggesting that it is finally giving up the false theories that cannabis is a “gateway drug,” or that it causes permanent brain damage or psychosis. These myths have been at the heart of positions held by marijuana prohibitionists and often served ...

Article by TG Branfalt, Ganjapreneur The official in charge of Nevada’s medical cannabis program told the state Senate Finance Committee that the same products should be sold in both the medical and recreational cannabis markets in the state, with only different taxes applied at the point-of-sale, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Joe Pollock, the deputy administrator of the Division of ...

Article by TG Branfalt, Ganjapreneur Georgia’s Senate has passed legislation that would add autism to the medical cannabis qualifying conditions list in the state, but also drops the allowable maximum THC levels in cannabis oil from 5 percent to 3 percent, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitutionreport. Advocates have warned that the measure, sponsored by Republican state Sen. Ben Watson, would ...

Article by TG Branfalt, Ganjapreneur Lansing, Michigan’s City Council has set new rules for medical cannabis home-growing which require patients to register with the city if they continuously or intermittently use more than 3,500 kilowatt hours of electricity, the Lansing State Journal reports. It’s unclear whether those who register would need to pay a fee, but failure to register with ...

Article by TG Branfalt, Ganjapreneur Legal cannabis customers in Oregon can now order deliveries from recreational dispensaries under a plan adopted by the state Liquor Control Commission, WwKYCreports. The agency has approved 117 retailer delivery permits across the state, including 13 in Portland. The regulations allow licensed dispensaries to deliver only within the city they are licensed in, requiring the ...

Article by Emma Fierberg and Josh Barro, Business Insider Mark Kleiman, professor of Public Policy at NYU/ Marron explains how the Trump administration could have a negative impact on the growing industry of legal marijuana. Josh Barro: With the new administration coming in, there’s some question over what the justice department will do. The Federal government has, so far, taken a ...

Article by Mary Beth Quirk, Consumerist Now that marijuana is legal in some form or another — whether for recreational or medicinal use — in 28 states, a bipartisan group of four lawmakers have joined forces to create the first Congressional Cannabis Caucus, aimed at reconciling federal regulations banning marijuana with states’ laws. In a Thursday press conference, Representatives Dana ...