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While there are still many marijuana-related ways a person can get sent to the slammer in the United States, smelling as if you reside in an eternal hotbox is not one of them. However, this did not prevent administrators at a Massachusetts high school from calling police earlier this week ...
Two years after the overwhelming majority of Massachusetts voters approved the use of medical cannabis, the state still has a grand total of zero medical dispensaries opened up.
To date, Massachusetts DPH has banked $3,271,500 in application fees from 181 prospective dispensaries, with 100 paying $30,000 to make the final cut. Just 11 dispensaries stand to open their doors at this point.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of September 24, 2014:
While cannabis remains federally illegal, the banks hesitate to serve medical dispensaries despite their treatment as legal businesses by the state.
Nearly two years after Massachusetts voters approved medical marijuana, nine distribution centers are to open next year and now must face the latest obstacle: the banking system.
Although medical marijuana has been legal in Massachusetts for nearly two years, many local colleges are putting out the message to students as the fall semester nears: You still can’t use it on campus, even if a doctor says it’s medicinal.
Law enforcement in many states are making a greater number of marijuana arrests than ever before despite polling data showing that the majority of Americans believe that the adult use of the plant ought to be legal.
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled Wednesday that police officers cannot search vehicles based solely upon the smell of unburnt marijuana...
The Supreme Judicial Court Wednesday said that police officers in Massachusetts can no longer rely on the odor of unburnt marijuana to justify searching a person’s car.
A new school is launching this fall that will teach you everything you've ever wanted to know about pot. The Northeastern Institute of Cannabis, located in Natick, Mass., announced that it will soon start accepting applications and begin offering classes in late August or early September.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of July 2, 2014:
On Tuesday, MPP and allied advocates launched a ballot referendum committee to make marijuana legal, taxed, and regulated for adults in Massachusetts. The committee is called...
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of June 11, 2014:
The Boston Globe is reporting today that the DEA has been visiting Massachusetts doctors involved with yet-to-open medical marijuana dispensaries and giving them an ultimatum: Cut your ties with the dispensary or…
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of May 21, 2014:
With dispensaries in Massachusetts not expected to open until the fall, patients have turned to the Internet, where sites provide a list of suppliers.
The Pastor asked if he would help block dispensaries, and Walsh responded; “Trust me, you will be working with me to make sure they don’t get here.”
