In states that have legalized cannabis for medical or recreational use, law enforcement agencies must coexist with an industry they have historically policed. There are also branches of law enforcement that continue to raid dispensaries in legal cannabis markets. Read more about law enforcement and cannabis here:
Tue / Feb 7th
Two former Vireo Health officials face felony charges over allegations that they illegally transported medical cannabis oils from their Minnesota… Read More
Fri / Feb 3rd
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as Attorney General in a straight partly-line… Read More
Fri / Jan 27th
Sky High, the Santa Ana, California dispensary that gained national attention after video footage of a 2015 raid showed officers… Read More
Tue / Jan 24th
Organized crime groups and gangs in Canada are more likely to produce and traffic drugs such as crystal methamphetamine and… Read More
Fri / Jan 6th
The Australian woman raided by law enforcement for manufacturing medicinal cannabis oil, which she provided for free to terminally ill… Read More
Wed / Jan 4th
An Australian medical cannabis oil producer, who gives away her products to sick and terminally ill people for free, has… Read More
Tue / Jan 3rd
A Canadian dispensary owner arrested and charged with possession and drug trafficking during raids in Halifax, Nova Scotia last week… Read More
Wed / Dec 28th
A District of Kansas federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by a Garden City mother and activist who lost… Read More
Wed / Dec 21st
The DEA says that the rule change, published last week which changed the agency’s code for cannabis extracts, will make… Read More
Mon / Dec 19th
Long time Canadian cannabis activist Marc Emery and his wife Jodie have been arrested in dispensary raids in Montreal, just… Read More
Wed / Dec 14th
A new rule published by the DEA today led many in the cannabis industry to assume the worst – that… Read More
Tue / Dec 13th
Fees raised via Michigan’s medical cannabis patients are being used to fund cannabis industry enforcement efforts in Detroit, according to… Read More
Fri / Dec 9th
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin will consider pardoning Vermont convictions of cannabis possession up to one ounce, which has been decriminalized… Read More
Fri / Dec 9th
In their latest Threat Assessment, an annual survey of U.S. law enforcement agencies, the DEA claims that the “abundance of… Read More
Thu / Dec 1st
When voters in California passed Proposition 64 they not only created a legal and regulated cannabis market, but also paved… Read More
Mon / Nov 28th
About 2,000 people jailed in California for marijuana crimes are likely to be freed under Proposition 64, with thousands and… Read More
Mon / Nov 21st
A New Hampshire Democratic state Representative called the adult-use cannabis legalization in Maine and Massachusetts — two of New Hampshire’s border… Read More
Fri / Nov 18th
In a move that is certain to set off alarm bells throughout the cannabis community, President-Elect Donald Trump has tabbed… Read More
Wed / Nov 16th
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is demanding a crackdown on the state’s so-called gray market, calling it a “clear and present… Read More
Mon / Nov 14th
Law enforcement officials in Michigan are using funds dedicated to medical cannabis enforcement for Tasers, vests, guns, vehicles, and overtime —… Read More
Wed / Nov 2nd
A Kearny Mesa, California dispensary owner is seeking the return of assets seized during a February raid after neither he… Read More
Thu / Oct 27th
Seven congressional Democrats along with one Republican have written a letter to U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro requesting the Government… Read More
Tue / Oct 25th
The Texas Department of Public Safety is considering raising fees for licensed dispensaries and growers from $6,000 to $1.3 million,… Read More
Fri / Oct 21st
According to documents obtained by Vice through a Freedom of Information Act request, the Food and Drug Administration refuses to… Read More
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