Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance on Tuesday unveiled a new policy ending almost all prosecution of marijuana possession and smoking. The New York district attorney’s office will no longer prosecute the cases as of Wednesday, except in cases where marijuana is being sold or if an individual involved “poses a significant threat to public safety.” […]
Top Senate Dem Introduces ‘Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act’…
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who leads his party as Senate minority leader, filed a far-reaching marijuana bill on Wednesday. Titled the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act, the bill would remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act. The legislation, which is cosponsored by Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), would […]
You Can Legally Get High in Canada Starting in October…
Marijuana will be legal nationwide in Canada starting Oct. 17 in a move that should take market share away from organized crime and protect the country’s youth, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday. The Senate gave final passage to the bill to legalize cannabis on Tuesday, legislation that will make Canada only the second country […]
YOWZA!: Yep, That’s Over 70 Pounds of Pot Stuffed Into the Back of an SUV in Indiana…
“Somebody’s 4/20 celebration is canceled.” That’s what Indiana State Police Sgt. John Perrine tweeted after officers seized more than 70 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop in Greenfield, Indiana on Monday morning. A trooper pulled over a 2017 Ford Expedition for a traffic violation on I-70 near Greenfield around 11 a.m. The trooper said […]
John Boehner Just Loves Him Some Marijuana…
John Boehner’s got a new gig — and it’s tied to selling marijuana. How nice. Look at this headline from Quartz: “420,000 people were arrested for selling marijuana while John Boehner ran Congress.” That speaks volumes, but can all be summed in a single word just the same: Hypocrite? The man who just a few […]
Did Jeff Sessions Just Increase the Odds Congress Will Make Marijuana Legal?…
When Jeff Sessions announced Thursday morning he had removed the barrier that had held back federal prosecutors from pursuing marijuana cases in states that had made pot legal, he delivered on something he had all but promised when he was nominated as attorney general. Most of the marijuana world saw it coming, but they freaked […]
Huge Marijuana Cannon for Launching Drugs Across Border Seized in Mexico…
Authorities in the Mexican state of Sonora, bordering the US, have captured a van-mounted bazooka-like cannon used to propel packages of drugs across the border. The Mexican Attorney General’s Office Sonora branch seized the ingenuous contraption in a joint operation with military personnel near the town of Agua Prieta, right across the border from Douglas, […]
House Democrat Tattles on Republican Pot Smokers…
A House Democrat on Tuesday ratted out several prominent Republican politicians as former marijuana smokers, and dared Attorney General Jeff Sessions to say any of them weren’t good people. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., referred to a 2016 quote from Sessions in which he implied that people who smoked pot weren’t good people, and then asked […]
Raids on Pot Grow Houses Finding More Chinese Nationals, Mysterious Financing…
Police are arresting large numbers of Chinese nationals in raids on illegal marijuana operations in California, Colorado and other states, raising questions about who is financing these grow houses and recruiting the immigrants to tend them. In one recent indictment obtained by McClatchy, money from a southern China bank account was transferred to California to […]
Nevada Approves Emergency Regulation Aimed at Solving Marijuana Shortage…
Nevada approved an emergency regulation Thursday aimed at solving a marijuana shortage by expanding who is allowed to transport the drug from cultivation facilities to retail dispensaries. The Nevada Tax Commission voted unanimously in favor of the regulation two weeks after the state began allowing the sale of recreational marijuana and supply problems quickly arose […]