Portland Maine Aug 20 2018 As a drug enforcement agent, Scott Durst spent three decades trying to put illegal drug dealers in jail, both in Maine and abroad. Now the retired police officer is making a second career for himself as a private security consultant for Maine’s legal cannabis growers, transporting cash between five state-licensed medical […]
OKLAHOMA CITY OK July 2 2018 Federal officials say Oklahoma residents with medical marijuana cards will be prohibited from obtaining gun permits after voters recently approved the medical use of the drug. State residents voted in favor of the marijuana measure Tuesday. The move puts Oklahoma gun owners in a conflict 25 other states are facing […]
Carpinteria CA June 14 2018 Santa Barbara Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the armed robbery of a marijuana cultivation facility in Carpinteria. At approximately 5:30 a.m. on June 9, according to Sheriff’s spokesperson Kelly Hoover, four adult male suspects triggered an alarm on the property and held a responding security guard at gunpoint before fleeing the […]
SPRING VALLEY CA April 18 2018 Two robberies at two different marijuana dispensaries have left security guards injured according to police. A search was underway today for two suspects who fired shots and clubbed a man, acting as a security guard, in the head during a robbery at a Spring Valley marijuana dispensary. The takeover-style heist […]
Canada April 2 2018 Recreational marijuana doesn’t become legal in Canada until the summer, but the lead-up to legalization is already producing unexpected winners. Take, for example, former police officers who once opposed legal pot getting into the cannabis business. Another potential winner you might not expect? Private security companies. A former Conservative MP who […]
San Bernardino CA March 4 2018 San Bernardino police on Thursday shut down a marijuana dispensary suspected of illegally operating on Sierra Way, in the city’s north end. Officers issued nine citations and seized 26 and a half pounds of marijuana, 37 and a half pounds of edibles, 15 pounds of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) oils and waxes, […]
North Las Vegas NV March 3 2018 – North Las Vegas Police investigated shots fired at a marijuana dispensary Thursday afternoon. According to police, just before noon officers were dispatched to Reef Dispensary located at 1366 W. Cheyenne Avenue near the intersection of Cheyenne Avenue and N. MLK Boulevard. Officers said two people got into a […]
LOS ANGELES CA Feb 7 2018 A man is under arrest and in the hospital Tuesday after he was shot by a security guard for attempting to rob a marijuana dispensary in the Arlington Heights area of Los Angeles. The 22-year-old suspect was shot on the sidewalk at around 11 a.m. after things reportedly got physical […]
Washington DC Feb 3 2018 For nearly seven hours on a muggy Saturday last August, hundreds of people paid $10 apiece to enter Uneeda Nichols’ Southeast D.C. home, where 10 vendors had set up inside with flowers, concentrates, ready-to-smoke bongs and more. Nichols says she wasn’t aware her address was circulating on social media, printed on […]
Denver CO Jan 13 2018 Industry reaction has been mixed since Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded Obama-era guidelines on enforcing marijuana laws Jan. 4. Some entrepreneurs express concern and fear, while others carry on with business as usual. But one thing insiders agree on is the move will make it more difficult for cannabis companies to […]