Denver, Colorado’s Patterson Inn, which has an allegedly haunted past, plans to apply for a marijuana hospitality license.
Previously he reported for Marijuana.com and MassRoots, and handled media relations and campaigns for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and Students for Sensible Drug Policy.
Workers at PharmaCann’s Arlington Heights, Illinois Verilife dispensary are seeking to hold an election to unionize with the Teamsters Local 777.
National Institute on Drug Abuse Director Nora Volkow admitted in a new interview that advocates were “right” that teen marijuana use wouldn’t go up under legalization despite her prior fears. She also spoke about harm reduction, the need to end drug criminalization, the therapeutic potential of psychedelics and the ways in which federal law impedes cannabis research.
The company also disclosed in a separate case that it fired or refused to hire nearly 200 people in New Jersey over marijuana between the approval of a legalization referendum and when it changed its cannabis employment policy.
The Alabama Democratic Party tweeted, “The enthusiasm around recreational cannabis legalization– and the criminal justice, economic, and health reforms that come along with it– is high.