Ireland: Medical Cannabis – Is It High Time For A Change?
In 1839, Limerick-born physicist William O'Shaughnessy was credited as the first expert to introduce cannabis to Western medicine after researching its benefits in Calcutta....
NJ: Vote Delayed On Jersey City Marijuana Plan
Mayor Steve Fulop's plan to bar recreational marijuana sales citywide before coming up with pot-friendly zones lives for another day, with the City Council...
Trump Administration Targets Recreational Pot, Placing Thousands Of Marijuana Businesses In...
Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions ended an Obama-era federal policy that provided legal shelter for marijuana sales in California and five other states that have...
ME: Retail Marijuana Ban Headed To Kennebunk Voters
An ordinance to ban all retail marijuana sales and operations in town will go to Kennebunk voters in June following approval from both the...
Into The Weeds Of The Cannabis Debate In Particularly Pot-Unfriendly Kansas
Kansas sits in a shrinking pool of states with the strictest marijuana and hemp laws, surrounded by a wave of decriminalization and legalization that’s...
NV: Lyon County’s First Marijuana Dispensary Opens
Lyon County’s first marijuana dispensary opened Saturday in Yerington despite the city's frustration at its location.
The Yerington Paiute Tribe’s Pesha’ Numma Dispensary features an...
How Legal Marijuana Could Change California’s Economy
Across the United States, there's a seemingly unstoppable movement gaining ground.
The legalization of cannabis for adult use - first passed in the states of...
UK: Newport MP Paul Flynn’s Cannabis Bill Put On Hold Following...
A Bill calling for cannabis to be legalized for medicinal use championed by a Newport MP has been put on the back burner.
A Private...
CO: Juror Challenges Cause Mistrial In Cannabis Church’s Fight With Denver
Public cannabis-consumption citations from the City of Denver carry a maximum penalty of a $300 fine and rarely result in a longstanding legal battle,...
CO: Big Wages Paid By Marijuana Industry Eating Into Restaurant Hiring...
We’ve got a food crisis in Colorado, and it has nothing to do with crop yield, farm-to-table or availability of ingredients.
Local restaurants are having...
CO: Exercise And Cannabis Combine At Wheat Ridge Gym
It’s called Break the Stigma Fitness. Owner Janessa Lea calls it the first cannabis-friendly fitness facility in the world.
Opened in July, it’s the owner's...
PA: Treasurers Seek Clarity On Federal Marijuana Policies
Four state treasurers, including Pennsylvania's Joe Torsella, are trying to figure out where the federal government stands on legal marijuana.
They've written a letter to...
Cheech & Chong Can’t Stand Marijuana-Hater Jeff Sessions: ‘I Can’t Sleep...
The duo Cheech & Chong—comprised of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong—were among the first comics to attain rock star status due to their embrace...
Cannabis Gets The iPhone Treatment
The pot brownie remains a popular plot device in movies. A charming but naive protagonist doesn't know the gooey treat is laced with marijuana,...
Majorities Say Drinking Alcohol, Smoking Marijuana ‘Morally Acceptable’
Majorities of Americans in a new poll said they believe it is morally permissible to drink alcohol and smoke marijuana.
Seventy-eight percent of American surveyed...
CO: Hickenlooper Vetoes Three Cannabis Bills In Two Days
Governor John Hickenlooper has vetoed three cannabis-related bills in a span of two days, extending his count on Tuesday, June 5, when he rejected...