marijuana

Maine marijuana regulators have created new rules about sample collections that are expected to make the state’s testing system less burdensome. Maine approved adult use marijuana in 2016 and has been in the process of crafting rules and regulations about sales since. The coronavirus pandemic has slowed the rollout in recent months. The Maine Office of Marijuana Policy said the…

Customers are lining up at recreational marijuana shops in Massachusetts after retailers were given the green light to open curbside services Monday. NETA’s Brookline store opened Tuesday for medical and adult-use marijuana sales, but people can’t go into the store. They are offering curbside pick up only for now in line with the guidance outlined in Phase 1 of...

Recreational marijuana shops in Massachusetts reopened Monday to curbside services and they’re already seeing an influx of business.

Marijuana retailers were given the green light to open across Massachusetts Monday.

The owner of High Times is going to start selling marijuana after championing its use in the pages of its magazine for nearly half a century.

The unofficial holiday saluting all things cannabis arrives at a challenging time for the nation’s legal marijuana industry.

Coronavirus is bringing new protocol to Massachusetts’ marijuana dispensaries, with some even suspending recreational sales.

Boston’s first recreational pot shop, Pure Oasis, opened its doors for the first time Monday, becoming the state’s first minority-owned marijuana business. The shop opened at 11 a.m. The move came after co-owners Kobie Evans and Kevin Hart received final license approval from the Massachusetts Control Commission last month. The shop, located at 430 Blue Hill Ave., was expecting...

The first legal recreational marijuana shop in Boston opens today.

The New Hampshire House has again voted to legalize recreational marijuana, this time without trying to establish a regulated commercial market for it. The bill sent to the Senate on Thursday would allow adults to possess up to 3/4 of an ounce of marijuana and to grow up to six plants. Last year, the House passed a broader bill that…

While roses are always popular, there is a market for a different kind of flower this Valentine’s Day. The chef at Cultivate in Leicester is coming up with some unique cannabis-inspired creations.

A minivan pulled over after it sped off a Massachusetts highway Wednesday was weighed down with more than 300 pounds of marijuana, state police said.

Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has entered the cannabis industry, making history as the first historically black college or university to join the legal marijuana business, NBC News reported.

It was the first heist since cannabis was made available for medical patients four years ago. But was the $200,000 burglary of a Chicago MOCA dispensary an inside job? Ask Chicago Police, and they’ll tell you without hesitation that the January 6th burglary of the MOCA dispensary in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood had all the hallmarks of a classic...

In the first year that recreational marijuana was legal in Vermont, the number of drivers arrested by state police for impaired driving who had THC in their systems more than doubled, according to state police data requested by The Associated Press. While some police believe the increase in 2018 shows more people are using cannabis and driving since legalization, other…

A substitute teacher is out of a job after school officials say the instructor was allegedly caught smoking marijuana in a Massachusetts classroom. Students quickly reported the “unfortunate and unprecedented experience” on Monday, North Attleborough High School Principal Peter Haviland said in a statement. “It was their quick decisions to report the concerns which allowed our school to immediately intervene…

Major League Baseball will start testing for opioids and cocaine. But only players who do not cooperate with their treatment plans will be subject to discipline. Marijuana will be removed from the list of drugs of abuse and will be treated the same as alcohol as part of changes to the joint drug agreement between MLB and the players’ association....

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association agreed to begin testing for opioids, cocaine, fentanyl and synthetic THC. They will also remove marijuana from the list of drugs of abuse.

Willie Nelson may have given up smoking, but he hasn’t stopped using marijuana. While in San Antonio last week for two performances, the 86-year-old country music legend told KSAT TV that in an effort to take better care of himself, he no longer smokes. The longtime marijuana advocate says he “started smoking cedar bark, went from that to cigarettes to...