Detroit City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting marijuana and vapes ads within 1,000 feet of certain locations where children are likely present.
The City Council narrowly approved a marijuana equity tax aimed at funding a guaranteed income program and treating addiction. The program is funded with $4 million in tax revenue generated from recreational cannabis sales.
Ed “NJ Weedman” Forchion, the longtime marijuana advocate, was seriously injured last weekend when a truck collided with his motorcycle in Trenton. Forchion livestreamed the crash aftermath on Facebook while lying on the ground surrounded by wreckage and while city EMTs treated him.
A longtime drug policy reform advocate says he spoke with a White House staffer at an event last week and was invited to submit a proposal outlining why President Donald Trump should back federal marijuana legalization.
It’s a tricky point for law enforcement. Driving under the influence of marijuana poses a potentially lethal public safety risk. While that’s not true for passengers’ use, it’s difficult for officers to get straight answers as to who was doing what when people have incentives to lie, according to Barnett, the prosecutor.
The long-running process of reclassifying marijuana from the most harmful classification leaves millions of dollars in the balance for cannabis business owners in Maryland.
California officials have announced that they’re awarding $18.4 million in marijuana tax-funded grants to cities and counties across the state to support equity programs and help remove barriers to entry in the cannabis industry.
"I think that discussion needs to happen on its own bill with a lot more time and energy, so we are taking that section out."
The bill would allow people over the age of 21 to have up to 60 grams of marijuana flower with a maximum of 15 grams as a concentrate.
Stockbridge police have arrested four suspects on charges of trafficking marijuana, possession with intent to distribute Percocet, and multiple firearm-related offenses.