Legal Issues

Washington Senate Approves Cannabis Expungement Bill

Washington Senate Approves Cannabis Expungement Bill Mar 15th | Patrick Beggan The Washington state Senate has successfully passed legislation that, if signed into law, would vacate tens of thousands of prior Read More

Yakima County prepares to shut down marijuana businesses in unincorporated areas

Yakima County prepares to shut down marijuana businesses in unincorporated areas Phil Ferolito | Mar 4, 2019 Yakima County is taking legal action to shut down more than 20 banned Read More

OLCC Commissioners Adopt Rules For Regulating Industrial Hemp Entering Oregon Regulated Marijuana System

OLCC Commissioners Adopt Rules For Regulating Industrial Hemp Entering Oregon Regulated Marijuana System February 22, 2019 | MJ News Network At its monthly meeting on February 21, 2019 the Commissioners Read More

Idaho State Police make largest marijuana bust in agency’s history

Idaho State Police make largest marijuana bust in agency’s history January 29, 2019 | Associated Press Idaho State Police officials say troopers made the biggest marijuana bust in the agency’s Read More

Owners of Colorado marijuana retailer Sweet Leaf sentenced to prison in landmark case

Owners of Colorado marijuana retailer Sweet Leaf sentenced to prison in landmark case January 25, 2019 | Marijuana Business Daily staff The three owners of the shuttered Sweet Leaf dispensary Read More

Gov. Jay Inslee offers pardons for thousands with misdemeanor pot convictions

Gov. Jay Inslee offers pardons for thousands with misdemeanor pot convictions January 4, 2019 | Jim Brunner and Asia Fields Gov. Jay Inslee will offer pardons to thousands of Read More

Six alleged illegal retail pot shops busted in Colorado Springs; $1.375M seized, police say

Six alleged illegal retail pot shops busted in Colorado Springs; $1.375M seized, police say Dec 11, 2018 | Kieran Nicholson Business was booming at several Colorado Springs marijuana shops, despite Read More

Marijuana on your criminal record? Denver will help clear it, mayor says.

Marijuana on your criminal record? Denver will help clear it, mayor says. Dec 4, 2018 | Andrew Kenney Colorado may be the mecca of legal marijuana, but the state’s old Read More

Following Seattle: Denver officials want to erase low-level marijuana offenses

Following Seattle: Denver officials want to erase low-level marijuana offenses KATHLEEN FOODY | December 5th 2018 Denver officials are planning to clear thousands of marijuana convictions prosecuted before its use Read More

Thurston County task force seizes plants, 300 pounds of processed pot

Thurston County task force seizes plants, 300 pounds of processed pot KIRO 7 News Staff | Dec 4, 2018 Authorities seized hundreds of marijuana plants as well as hundreds of Read More