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The Indiana Hemp Industries Association wants to make industrial hemp a billion-dollar industry over the next two years, but its greatest obstacle may be overcoming stigma. The association announced its legislative priorities for 2018 at the statehouse Monday. Executive Director of the...

The Michigan appeals court again has reversed a decision and reinstated charges against a man who was accused of running illegal medical marijuana dispensaries in the state's Thumb region. The court says James Amsdill knew the legality of marijuana sales was unclear and was also aware that...

While many expect sales of marijuana for recreational use to take off in January when California will allow existing dispensaries to sell to adults, growth should be gradual next year before accelerating over the next three years, according to investors and advisors. The main opportunity next...

Jewish food maven Joan Nathan has some serious chutzpah. In a recent cooking demo for Vice's "Bong Appétit" series, Nathan, who's considered the Julia Child of Jewish cuisine, infuses classic matzo balls with a trippy twist: weed. "It's supposed to be lighthearted," the "King Solomon's...

A nurse, a pharmacist, a former casino employee, and a few dozen other people hoping to cash in on Maryland's medical cannabis industry gathered in mid-October at a day spa in the state. They were there as prospective dispensary employees to be trained by an advocacy group, Americans for Safe...

As the cannabis industry transitions out of the grey market, there's rapidly-growing competition among entrepreneurs to create trusted brands that offer unique experiences. Rock Star Chefz, a cannabis cuisine company founded by Millie Fernandez, is no exception. Fernandez (aka Chef Milz) whips...

The annals of humankind will surely reflect kindly on globe-shattering advances hatched right here in California, including UCLA's proto-internet, The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, the iPhone and, of course, putting french fries in your burrito. You can now add marijuana powder to that list...

After legalization, should the mere odor of marijuana be enough to kick a kid out of school? In October, not long after she dropped her son off at Mary Walker High School, Sheila Goforth got a call. It was the school. Her son was being kicked out, she was told, because he reeked of marijuana...

Marijuana media is a high-growth US industry: A majority interest in High Times sold earlier this year for $70 million, and other cannabis publications have sprung up across the country, including The Cannabist, LadyBud, and Marijuana Business. And the quality of cannabis coverage has improved...

Raw hemp brownies, anyone? That product could turn up on your local café menu from mid-November following a change in hemp food legislation. In April this year, state and federal ministers decided to allow low-tetrahydrocannabinol hemp seeds to be sold as food. And entrepreneurs are eyeing...

Proponents of legalizing recreational marijuana in New Jersey say Phil Murphy's win Tuesday night will pave the way for pot legislation. NJ.com reports Democrat Phil Murphy defeated Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno to succeed term-limited Gov. Chris Christie. Murphy is a strong supporter of...

The Jewish rapport with weed is long and varied, implicit yet ingrained. President Richard Nixon, father of the Drug War, was one of the first to explicitly call it out: "You know, it's a funny thing, every one of the bastards that are out for legalizing marijuana is Jewish," said Nixon...

80% of Tennesseans think marijuana, in some form, should be legal. That's according to a May 2017 poll by Vanderbilt University. Will 2018 be the year lawmakers approve medical cannabis? FOX13 discovered the winds of change are blowing on Capitol Hill. Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell...

After nearly a decade of fighting for liberalized marijuana laws, David Overholt is hoping to cash in. As Michigan appears ready to expand the medical marijuana industry and, possibly, legalize recreational marijuana use, Overholt has put his 82-acre farm on the market for $2 million. That's...

Two years after Texas legalized medical marijuana for patients with severe, otherwise untreatable epilepsy, patients are finally close to benefiting from the law. Earlier in the week, Austin dispensary Compassionate Cultivation received the final licensing it needed to begin growing cannabis...

The modern-day prospectors in Canada's new cannabis market are working hard and cutting deals as the final eight months tick down to the day when recreational marijuana is fully legalized. Like the gold miners who trekked to the Yukon 120 years ago, today's fortune hunters are forging into...

Senator Harold Jones was in town Thursday, talking with News 12 about changing marijuana possession laws and punishment. Jones says these changes work in the city's favor by not backlogging the criminal system with non-violent drug offenders. While he's not pushing for legalizing...

Two men are behind bars after the Troup County Sheriff's Office says they were caught trafficking more than 150 pounds of high-grade marijuana. A press release from Sgt. Stewart Smith says Thursday night around 8:45 p.m., a deputy noticed a white tractor trailer passed a weigh station without...

Keep your eyes out for a Dodge Sprinter van around Boulder. What looks like a nondescript cargo van is actually a cutting-edge marijuana research lab. It's nicknamed the Mystery Machine or the CannaVan, and researchers are using the mobile lab to drive around federal drug laws. That's...

Congresswoman Dina Titus voted for the marijuana legalization measure on Nevada's ballot a year ago. Since then, she has been fighting on Capitol Hill to get the federal government to respect the decision she and a majority of her constituents made to end prohibition. The Las Vegas Democrat has...