Cannabis in Arizona: Over 1,500 applications filed for social equity pot licenses valued at over $10M

The Department of Health Services is reviewing the applications filed by the Dec. 21 deadline and has said a random selection process to award the social equity licenses will be conducted next spring.

More than 900 pounds of marijuana seized outside North Carolina casino

Police said they found a U-Haul truck filled with marijuana that has a street value of nearly $3 million at a North Carolina casino.

Medical marijuana user hospitalized after turning to synthetic 'spice' due to cost

A bad batch of synthetic marijuana, also known as ‘spice,’ is making its way around Hillsborough County. Two people have died after using the drug and another 40 have been hospitalized, as of Tuesday.

UArizona offering cannabis courses related to business, law and medicine

The University of Arizona is joining forces with marijuana education company Green Flower to offer three non-credit classes about the industry.

Oakland cannabis business hit twice in back-to-back burglaries

An Oakland marijuana delivery service is the latest in the Bay Area's cannabis industry to be hit by a gang of thieves. They struck Presto Canna in the city's Fruitvale neighborhood, not once, but twice this week, in back to back days.

Mint Dispensary offering 'Danksgiving' dishes at its cafe location

Cannabis kitchen Mint Cafe in the east Valley is busy serving up Thanksgiving dishes infused with THC. They're calling the meal "Danksgiving."

South Dakota Supreme Court rules against marijuana legalization

The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that nullified a voter-passed amendment to the state constitution that would have legalized recreational marijuana use.

Deadline nears for Arizona marijuana business applicants

The deadline to get free state-mandated training to run a marijuana dispensary or similar cannabis business in Arizona as part of a social equity ownership program is fast approaching.

Not everyone in Arizona is getting pardoned for past marijuana offenses following Prop 207

The legalization of recreational marijuana through Proposition 207 in 2020 opened a lot of doors for people with past low-level marijuana convictions, but some are still having trouble getting their records expunged.

Arizona selects residency areas to qualify for 'social equity' pot licenses

The 87 zip codes identified as a residency requirement to apply for those licenses are scattered across the state, including some in Phoenix and Tucson and others in the smaller border communities of Nogales, Douglas and San Luis.

$10M cash, 500K marijuana plants seized in Bay Area's largest-ever bust

Alameda County Sheriff's Office detectives say they've recovered upwards of $10 million in cash, 100,000 marijuana plants, and 6 tons of processed marijuana valued at $40 million in the largest-ever marijuana bust in the history of the Bay Area.

Judge: California county can’t ban water delivery to Hmong pot farmers

A federal judge has ruled Northern California county officials can’t stop trucks from delivering water to Hmong farmers who are illegally growing marijuana, saying the practice raises “serious questions” about racial discrimination and leaves the growers without a source of water for drinking, bathing and growing food.

Medical cannabis use expanded to Texas PTSD, cancer patients

Thousands of Texas veterans suffering often life-threatening post-traumatic stress disorder can now legally access medical cannabis to ease the symptoms.