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Tribal members weigh economic and cultural implications of cannabis

Tribal members weigh economic and cultural implications of cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 1, 2017

As indigenous tribes in Washington legalize cannabis for both social and medicinal use, Native Americans praise the economic benefits but question the cultural impact. After state voters legalized...

Home cultivators leave behind properties with mold, other damage

Home cultivators leave behind properties with mold, other damage

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 31, 2017

As the legal cannabis industry booms in Colorado, residential cultivators around the state are leaving behind large amounts of mold and extensive property damage. Denver detective Brian Matos estimates...

Violent crime decreased after Washington legalized cannabis

Violent crime decreased after Washington legalized cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 30, 2017

An upcoming report from the Department of Justice is expected to link cannabis with violent crime, although statistics from Washington state claimed the opposite. Since voters approved Initiative 502,...

The Senate Appropriations Committee approves amendment, defying AG Sessions request

The Senate Appropriations Committee approves amendment, defying AG Sessions request

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 28, 2017

The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved an amendment to protect medical cannabis programs from federal interference, despite a request from Attorney General Jeff Sessions not to do so. The...

CNB Exclusive Interview: Tribal member predicts outcome for legal cannabis on indigenous lands

CNB Exclusive Interview: Tribal member predicts outcome for legal cannabis on indigenous lands

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 28, 2017

Cannabis News Box sat down with Mark Anthony Rolo, a member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa tribe in north Wisconsin, to discuss what legal cannabis would mean for his tribe and the Native...

Maine Dept. of Labor says employees can't be fired for testing positive for cannabis

Maine Dept. of Labor says employees can’t be fired for testing positive for cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 27, 2017

The Maine Department of Labor said the majority of businesses won’t be able to fire employees who test positive for cannabis unless employers can prove impairment on the job. Backers of the measure...

Cyprus parliament gives green light for medical cannabis

Cyprus parliament gives green light for medical cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 26, 2017

Cyprus, an island nation near Greece, has legalized cannabis for medical use. The island nation’s cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill allowing the cultivation and sale of medical cannabis in the Republic....

Retired Jets player sues AG Sessions to decriminalize cannabis

Retired Jets player sues AG Sessions to decriminalize cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 25, 2017

Former Jets player Marvin Washington is suing Attorney General Jeff Sessions to decriminalize cannabis. Washington is one of the five plaintiffs including one veteran with PTSD, two children with seizure...

Meet the world's first cannabis sports car

Meet the world’s first cannabis sports car

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 25, 2017

A sports car made entirely out of woven hemp made its debut when TV presenter Jay Leno got behind the wheel. Retired Dell company manager Bruce Dietzen invested $200,000 into Renew Sports Cars as a...

VIDEO: North Dakota farmers hope to grow medical cannabis

VIDEO: North Dakota farmers hope to grow medical cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 24, 2017

Source: WDAZ One North Dakota family explores the growth of hemp, while more farmers in the state are becoming open to cultivating medical cannabis.

Gallup Poll claims 40 percent of Americans have tried cannabis

Gallup Poll claims 40 percent of Americans have tried cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 23, 2017

A Gallup poll released Tuesday found 45 percent of Americans said they have tried cannabis at least once. Stemming from the 1969 poll that showed four percent of adults had tried cannabis, Gallup claimed...

AG Sessions revokes directive preventing unlawful civil property seizures

AG Sessions revokes directive preventing unlawful civil property seizures

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 23, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions revoked a directive on Wednesday which prevented local law enforcement from circumventing state restrictions on seizing property of individuals suspected of a crime. The...

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