Posts by Shelby Pierce

18 Jun

Featured, International News, Law and Politics, Marijuana News

Marijuana Industry Sees Slow Start in Kodiak Island Borough

• June 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough finalized regulations for the island’s commercial marijuana industry in April, but no...

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18 Jun

Featured, International News, Law and Politics, Marijuana News

Law enforcement officials not happy with marijuana ‘sanctuary state’ proposal

• June 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

More than one California law enforcement official is drawing attention for saying that two bills being considered in the California Leg...

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18 Jun

Featured, International News, Law and Politics, Marijuana News

Investigators Seize 19 Pounds of Marijuana in Orangeburg

• June 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

ORANGEBURG COUNTY, SC (WTAT-TV) — Orangeburg County deputies seized $75,000 worth of marijuana and two men were arrested during a speci...

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18 Jun

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

Plea Deal Reached In Marijuana Case

• June 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

A plea agreement has been reached in the case of a Grand Rapids man accused of selling drugs in the Houghton area. 19 year-old Jon D...

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18 Jun

Featured, International News, Marijuana News, Medical Marijuana

Can marijuana help mitigate America’s opioid crisis?

• June 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Members of the President Donald Trump's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis will hold their first meeting toda...

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18 Jun

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

Medical Marijuana Dispensary Owner Sentenced To Prison

• June 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The owner of a Montana medical marijuana dispensary network has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspi...

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18 Jun

Featured, International News, Marijuana News, Medical Marijuana

First-time marijuana users in college peak in 3 years

• June 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Marijuana is the most highly used illicit drug in the United States. The young adults and teens are even more enticed by marijuana. The...

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18 Jun

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Limited research hobbles knowledge of marijuana’s pros and cons

• June 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

In January, a U.S. advisory committee concluded that the lack of scientific information about marijuana and its chemical cousins, calle...

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18 Jun

Featured, International News, Law and Politics, Marijuana News

Marijuana grow operation found while fighting fire

• June 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

A damaged multiple units at a South Lyon apartment building and exposed an marijuana grow operation in an adjoining apartment early Fri...

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18 Jun

Featured, International News, Law and Politics, Marijuana News

Sessions wants flexibility to prosecute Iowa medical marijuana programs

• June 18, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

DES MOINES | The federal government’s top attorney wants the freedom to prosecute states — such as Iowa — with medical marijuana pr...

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