Posts by Shelby Pierce

10 Jun

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

Preston County Man Arrested After Growing 48 Marijuana Plants

• June 10, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

The Preston County Sheriff's Department uncovered a marijuana grow operation after following up on a tip from local residents. Thoma...

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10 Jun

Featured, International News, Marijuana News, Medical Marijuana

DEA chief reiterates ‘marijuana is not medicine’

• June 10, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA), acting chief Chuck Rosenberg has repeated his earlier stance that marijuana is not a medicine....

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10 Jun

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

Colorado marijuana market funds busts of illegal growers

• June 10, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

DENVER (AP) - The first recreational pot market in the U.S. notched another marijuana first Thursday when Colorado started using mariju...

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10 Jun

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

New map shows where LA would allow marijuana dispensaries

• June 10, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

The city planning department is taking its first stab at dictating where marijuana dispensaries will be allowed to open when it becomes...

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10 Jun

Featured, International News, Law and Politics, Marijuana News

Two New Laws Take Aim At Black Market Marijuana In Colorado

• June 10, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Colorado is ramping up efforts to try and prevent marijuana from being diverted to the black market. Gov. John Hickenlooper signed two ...

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10 Jun

Featured, International News, Marijuana News, Medical Marijuana

Couple helps people grow marijuana with products from Hadley shop

• June 10, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

HADLEY -- Gary Capone and Nicole Stetzer were looking to buy a small garden shop when they learned that the Here We Grow hydroponic sho...

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10 Jun

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

House and Senate snuff out smokable marijuana

• June 10, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

House Republicans Thursday morning defeated an amendment pushed by Democrats 37 – 71 that would have allowed it. Then in the afternoon,...

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10 Jun

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

Los Angeles releases draft marijuana business regulations

• June 10, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles moved Thursday to bring order to its emerging legal marijuana industry, proposing rules for how and wher...

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10 Jun

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

L.A. proposes new regulations on how and where marijuana shops can operate

• June 10, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Los Angeles unveiled a new set of proposed regulations Thursday on how and where marijuana businesses can operate within city limits, t...

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10 Jun

Featured, International News, Marijuana News, Medical Marijuana

Stirring the Pot: Potential Drug Interactions With Marijuana

• June 10, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the primary psychoactive cannabinoid found in marijuana. Cannabidiol (CBD) is also found in high concentr...

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