marijuana

Every ballot measure involving the decriminalization or legalization of marijuana passed in 2020. Marijuana may now be one of the truly bipartisan issues in the U.S.

The United States Coast Guard pulled into Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with $400 million worth of cocaine and marijuana. The drugs were confiscated in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean.

The ex-chief of staff to a former Massachusetts mayor has pleaded guilty to extortion, bribery and other charges in a federal public corruption case.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed a $45.9 billion state budget on Friday that will not raise broad-based taxes and reflects a more optimistic view of state finances than once feared early in the pandemic. But Baker sent back with amendments a key section of the legislation that would expand access to abortion. Baker, a pro-choice Republican, said he supports many…

Richard DeLisi is a free man after serving 31 years of a 90-year sentence for selling marijuana

Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, rapper and global business mogul, adds a premium cannabis brand, Monogram, to his portfolio.

Potatoes and wild blueberries are two of the agricultural products Maine is most known for. Now, there might be a big green addition to that list. Medical marijuana sales from January to October 2020 alone were roughly $222 million, according to new data from Maine’s Department of Administrative and Financial Services. And The Portland Press Herald obtained data from Maine…

Maine has a new top crop, and it’s not potatoes or blueberries, it’s marijuana.

Boston Business Journal Editor Doug Banks is on the business beat looking at the latest on vaccines, cannabis home delivery policy, Lee Pelton’s selection to lead The Boston Foundation, the high demand for state small business loans and restaurants adjusting for winter.

The House passed the MORE Act, which would decriminalize cannabis and marks the first time that Congress has ever voted on the issue.

The bill, which comes as more states legalize recreational marijuana, aims to curb the damage done to Black Americans by cannabis convictions.

The Democratic-controlled House on Friday approved a bill to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level, reversing what supporters called a failed policy of criminalization of pot use and taking steps to address racial disparities in enforcement of federal drug laws. Opponents, mostly Republicans, called the bill a hollow political gesture and mocked Democrats for bringing it up at…

Massachusetts cannabis regulators have paved the way for the delivery of marijuana products to people’s homes, but dispensaries are threatening to sue.

Police are investigating a series of attacks on marijuana delivery drivers in Portland, Maine, the latest of which took place Tuesday night. Two people held a medical marijuana delivery driver at gunpoint with semi-automatic handguns around 8:30 p.m. at the Wellesley Estates apartments on Forest Ave., according to Portland Police Lt. Robert Martin. When the driver said he did not…

A series of attacks on marijuana delivery drivers in Portland, Maine, is under investigation by police.

The House of Representatives is set to act this week on the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE) which would expunge convictions and conduct sentencing hearings related to federal cannabis offenses. Business Insider’s Jeremy Berke explains the prospects for the legislation and the future of cannabis legalization.

State regulators gave final approval Monday morning to new rules that will reshape Massachusetts’ legal marijuana industry to include home delivery with an initial period of exclusivity for participants in its Social Equity Program and economic empowerment applicants, capping off a rocky and delayed policy-setting process. The suite of new industry rules creates a two-pronged delivery license framework that is...

After serving more than three decades in prison for nonviolent cannabis offenses, a 71-year-old man is hoping to spend Christmas this year with his family, NBC News reports. Richard DeLisi, who was sentenced in 1989 to 90 years in prison for conspiring to traffic more than 100 pounds of cannabis into the U.S. from Jamaica, could be released as early…

Seemingly contradictory findings show why more research into the effects of cannabis on the heart and the rest of the body is needed.

“We believe the rest of the East Coast will follow suit legalize very soon,” GrowGeneration CEO Darren Lampert said in a “Mad Money” interview.