Panama advances import-only medical marijuana law
admin After months of public discussion on a law to authorize and regulate medical cannabis in Panama, a draft bill has been advanced by a key parliamentary committee. Members of the…
March 2018
USPS: An Inside Look at the Black Market Marijuana Shipping Business
Cannabis has been under strict federal prohibition in the United States for more than a half-century, yet the government has been able to profit tremendously from it — albeit indirectly…
Nearly Half of New Medical Marijuana Patients in New Mexico List PTSD
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The number of people licensed to use medical marijuana in New Mexico has grown substantially since the state began the program a decade ago. The…
No, a St. Louis IHOP isn’t refusing to serve guests who smell like marijuana
Published: Mar 7, 2018, 1:25 pm • Updated: Mar 7, 2018, 3:10 pm By Lindsey Bartlett, The Cannabist Staff A photo that’s gone viral this week claims to show an…
California orders Weedmaps to stop advertising unlicensed marijuana businesses
The honeymoon is over for Weedmaps and California’s gray-market marijuana businesses. The California Bureau of Cannabis Control sent a cease-and-desist letter last month to Irvine-based Ghost Management Group, the owner…
Smartphones, marijuana and alcohol factoring into increase in pedestrian fatalities
Published: Mar 7, 2018, 1:13 pm • Updated: Mar 7, 2018, 1:13 pm By Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post On Monday, 4-year-old Abigail Blumenstein and 1-year-old Josh Lew were struck…
Puerto Rico medical marijuana market ‘growing exponentially’
One year after legalizing medical cannabis, the number of patients registered in Puerto Rico has surpassed 20,000, signaling that the industry has regained the momentum lost after last year’s devastating…