While New Mexico’s gubernatorial candidates debated the pros and cons of legalization last week, a poll published Sept. 21, 2018, shows how liberal Democrats may cash in on a green wave of support in November. The poll conducted by Research and Polling Inc. found that a majority of New Mexico voters support legislation to legalize [... […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — People caught smoking marijuana in public in Washington, D.C., will now get a citation instead of being taken into custody. News outlets reported that Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Chief Peter Newsham announced the policy change Sept. 21, 2018, going into effect immediately. Metropolitan police already had the option [... […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Health Department has named companies to open medical cannabis dispensaries in the state’s two largest cities. A review panel selected HOFB, or Harvest of Bismarck, to open a facility in that city, and Acreage North Dakota to operate one in Fargo. The companies must meet additional requirements before becoming [... […]

SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Maine (AP) — State health inspectors are investigating a Maine lobster restaurant that tried to mellow out lobsters with marijuana. The Portland Press Herald reported that Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound in Southwest Harbor remains open but has stopped allowing customers to request meat from lobsters sedated with marijuana. Owner Charlotte Gill is a [... […]

It should go without saying that Canadians shouldn’t be banned from entering the United States due to previous marijuana use. It should also go without saying that if someone works in the Canadian cannabis industry, and is not bringing products across the border, they also should not be banned from entering the U.S. Starting Oct. [... […]

Canadian police could be allowed to consume marijuana during off-hours once recreational marijuana is officially legalized in the Great White North; Oklahoma municipalities are preparing for medicinal cannabis by passing zoning laws that will regulate where dispensaries can be located; and at least one Utah sheriff’s office urged residents to vote ‘no’ on the state’s [... […]

When Nancy Crissinger bought a couple of acres of land and a small home adjacent to an obsolete Cold War-era Nike Ajax missile site in Eastlake, Ohio, 15 years ago, she never imagined the abandoned building would one day be transformed into a sophisticated cannabis grow site. But Crissinger has no problem with her new [... […]

Before purchasing your next gram of marijuana extracts, a quick note on Craft Concentrates Panacea High-C Live Resin: These dabs are notorious for their elevated cannabinoid levels – thus the ‘High-C’ nomenclature. Panacea High-C is a strikingly dynamic cure-all for those plagued with minor pain or a sense of tedium, and one that infuses the [... […]

A majority of French physicians now appears to align with public opinion that favors allowing dispensing medical marijuana by prescription. A health professionals’ website conducted an online survey in July and August 2018  that revealed a shift in opinion. The survey in Medicine International Journal of 699 respondents found that 56 percent approved of medical [... […]

A first-of-its-kind event aims to bring new attention to how cannabis may be effective in treating illnesses and diseases that afflict minority communities. The Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) is the first non-profit business association of business owners, advocates, and policy makers with the goal of providing economic, social justice and now health equity for [... […]