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...

Boston’s first recreational marijuna shop officially opened in Dorchester Monday morning.

The target date for the first legal sales of marijuana in Maine are being pushed back again as the state and municipalities work on issuing licenses. The Portland Press Herald reports state officials had hoped the first marijuana stores could open this spring, but it now looks like June is more realistic. Applicants for licenses need to receive a conditional…

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...

Rhode Island lawmakers are considering a bill to undo a change to how medical marijuana dispensaries are regulated, to address a lawsuit by the governor. The House Judiciary Committee is meeting Tuesday to hear testimony on the legislation. A provision in the state budget approved last year gave lawmakers the right to veto regulations imposed on the industry. Democratic Gov….

Marijuana is a hot topic in America, but what do the presidential candidates think? Ben Gelt, Board Chair of the Cannabis Certification Council , discusses cannabis and the 2020 election.

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.

Rhode Island agencies have proposed a new regulation on the sale of medical cannabis that would require out-of-state patients to present identification from their state as proof of residency. The Providence Journal reports that after state lawmakers allowed medical cannabis dispensaries to sell to out-of-staters, at least 6,500 people who were Rhode Island residents changed their patient card addresses to…

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...

As health officials scrutinize marijuana vaping, it’s increasingly on law enforcement’s radar, too. From New York City to Nebraska farm country to California, authorities have seized at least 510,000 marijuana vape cartridges and arrested more than 120 people in the past two years, according to an Associated Press tally derived from interviews, court records, news accounts and official releases. A…

America’s proudest pothead has decided to hang up his joint. Willie Nelson, the country music luminary whose name is practically synonymous with lighting up, said in a recent interview that he has stopped smoking marijuana due to breathing issues. “I have abused my lungs quite a bit in the past, so breathing is a little more difficult these days...