More marijuana links in Utah traffic fatalities, but impairment a sticking point
Analysts say the uptick in marijuana-related crashes in Utah may be tied to legalization in nearby states.
View ArticleHe's ready to put everything on the table for Utah’s medical marijuana bill
Utah medical marijuana proponents have found a new legislative sponsor as they try to make pot legal for people with certain medical conditions.
View Article'It's amazing': Man walks free from 55-year pot prison sentence
After serving 12 years in prison, Weldon Angelos is a free man and is making up lost time with his teenage children.
View ArticleFeds investigating Utah gubernatorial candidate's wife for pot possession
Federal prosecutors say they are investigating a Utah gubernatorial candidate's wife for alleged possession of marijuana.
View ArticlePolice: Pot brownies brought to school leave 3 kids sick in Utah
Police say they're investigating after a sixth-grade student brought to a Utah school pot brownies that sent three kids to the hospital.
View ArticleUpdate: Utah gubernatorial candidate's wife still faces drug charges after...
A prosecutor said Wednesday that he intends to file misdemeanor drug charges against the wife of the Democratic candidate for governor after federal investigators found about 2 pounds of marijuana at...
View ArticleUtah gov hopeful pushes for expanded medical marijuana in wake of wife's...
Hours after his wife pleaded guilty to misdemeanor pot-possession charges connected with two pounds of the drug found at their house, Utah's Democratic candidate for governor pushed Tuesday for the...
View ArticleMormon brothers among residents pushing for Utah medical marijuana
Twin brothers, both devout Mormons, are among a growing legion of residents embracing Utah medical marijuana as a way to treat a host of ailments.
View ArticleFashion and film entwine beautifully at Sundance premiere of Grateful Dead...
Alice + Olivia CEO Stacey Bendet taps into husband's work as producer for 'Long Strange Trip' documentary with her dancing bears ensemble at Sundance.
View ArticleUtah medical marijuana legislation unlikely to move forward this year
Utah lawmakers have scaled back their plans for medical marijuana legislation, opting to focus on research this year rather than making policy decisions.
View ArticleUtah bill allowing universities to study medical marijuana moves forward
A Utah proposal that would allow universities to study medical marijuana has cleared its first committee meeting.
View ArticleWhen documenting the Grateful Dead's odyssey, it's easy to get lost in their...
(UPDATE: Get details on the May 2017 scheduled screenings.) Director Amir Bar-Lev's talks about his 15-year journey to create the Grateful Dead documentary 'Long Strange Trip' and how cannabis culture...
View ArticleUtah Republican convention refuses to endorse medical marijuana
The Utah Republican Party will not endorse the use of medical marijuana following a lopsided convention vote.
View ArticleUtah told scientists to study medical marijuana before they would legalize...
Utah gave state colleges and others a green light to study the medical impacts of the marijuana, but scientists must navigate layers of bureaucracy.
View ArticleUtah patients file medical marijuana ballot initiative to bypass Legislature
SALT LAKE CITY -- Activists who say they are tired of waiting for Utah's conservative Legislature to pass a broad medical marijuana law launched an effort Monday to ask voters next year to pass the...
View ArticleStudent entrepreneur turns worm poop into marijuana fertilizer -- and money
“There is a seemingly insatiable need. None of the (marijuana) companies said they could keep up with current orders. There’s this huge need to go green,” says Joseph Walker.
View ArticleUtah moves forward with bills allowing marijuana use by terminally ill,...
Two Utah measures that would allow terminally ill people to use certain forms of marijuana and farmers to grow it for research purposes passed their first legislative hurdle Wednesday.
View ArticleUtah gov signs bill legalizing medical marijuana for research, terminally ill
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed a measure that allows medical marijuana to be grown in the state and sets up state-run dispensary for cannabis to be handed out for research purposes or use by people...
View ArticleUtah's new medical marijuana laws won't stop ballot initiative that would...
Utah medical marijuana advocates already have 117,000 verified signatures for the ballot initiative – more than the 113,000 needed by the April 15 deadline. The post Utah's new medical marijuana laws...
View ArticleUtah governor to oppose medical marijuana ballot initiative
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said that he believe the proposal has major flaws and lacks safeguards for the growing and distribution of marijuana that “would potentially open the door to recreational use.”...
View ArticleUtah Medical Association: medical marijuana campaign "not about medicine"
The group says supporters have used the images of suffering patients to disguise their true aim of opening another market for their products. The post Utah Medical Association: medical marijuana...
View ArticleNew Colorado border-town marijuana dispensary concerns Utah officials
Utah officials are wary after the first marijuana shop opened in the tiny town of Dinosaur, Colorado, just a few miles from the state line. The post New Colorado border-town marijuana dispensary...
View ArticleMormon church opposes medical marijuana initiative in Utah
The Mormon church came out against a medical marijuana ballot initiative in Utah on Tuesday as opposition mounts against the proposal that would allow people with certain medical conditions access to...
View ArticleMedical marijuana push spreads to Utah, Oklahoma
The push for legalized marijuana has moved into Utah and Oklahoma, two of the most conservative states in the country, further underscoring how quickly feelings about marijuana are changing in the...
View ArticleRecreational Marijuana sales may be coming to Nevada-Utah line
The legal sale of recreational marijuana on the Nevada-Utah line may not be banned after all. The post Recreational Marijuana sales may be coming to Nevada-Utah line appeared first on The Cannabist.
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