New Mexico Medical Marijuana Dispensary (15)

Amazon is reaffirming its support for federal marijuana legalization, and it disclosed on Tuesday that its earlier decision to end drug testing for cannabis will also be retroactive, meaning former workers and applicants who were punished for testing positive for THC will have their employment eligibility restored. The companys move to end marijuana drug testing for many positions in June was widely celebrated by reform advocates and industry stakeholders. But at the time, Amazon only talked about ending the policy going forward. In a new blog post, Beth Galetti, Amazons .... View more in new window

When Krispy Kreme arrived in Santa Fe in 2015, about 150 people camped outside the store the night before it opened to make sure they got their freshly made doughnuts. We should expect the same with cannabis once recreational sales begin in April, state officials say. Yes, there could be a shortage at first, they warn. But it will eventually level out and there will be plenty of cannabis for everyone, they say. We believe that there is a possibility that some shops will sell high quantities in the first week of cannabis sales, said Linda Trujillo, superintendent of the s.... View more in new window

Another effort to force the federal government to reevaluate its stance on medical marijuana gets shot down, an expansion of Texass medical marijuana program goes into effect today, and more. National US 9th Circuit Rejects Bid to Make Feds Rethink Stance on Medical Marijuana. The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Monday refused to make the federal government reconsider its decades-old position that marijuana is a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use. The ruling came in a case brought by medical marijuana researcher Dr. Suzanne Sisley and three ve.... View more in new window