In California, Learning How Marijuana Is An Unlikely Divider
My reporting beat at The Times is Northern California, so when I drove into Compton, outside of Los Angeles, it was unfamiliar territory. Jim...
From Wall Street To Weed: How The Financial Crisis Lit Up...
As a senior vice president at Wachovia and then Morgan Stanley during the dark months of the 2008 and 2009 financial crisis, Derek Peterson...
D.C. Politicians Accept Weed From Activists Advocating For Marijuana Legalization
Usually when a politician is caught accepting marijuana, it's a major controversy. But yesterday in Washington D.C., it was no big deal.
Marijuana legalization activists...
“Social Cohesion” Said To Be Marijuana Use Risk Factor
A new Yale study investigated the risk factors that can lead to marijuana use in young men, building on prior research that drew connections...
Canada’s Marijuana Millionaires Surprised By Stock Surge
Terry Booth didn’t expect his life would come full circle, thanks to marijuana.
He sold pot in high school, peddling quarter ounces for $25 to...
Marijuana Industry Needs More Budtenders — Here’s How To Get The...
As more states legalizing marijuana for medicinal and recreational use, it only stands to reason that the cannabis industry that serves these markets is...
Canada: Expect More Injuries After Weed Is Legalized, U Of A...
Albertans can expect to see increased rates of injury — including impaired driving, burns and child poisonings — after recreational cannabis becomes legal, suggests...
Australia: Greens Propose Full Legalization Of Cannabis
The Greens have proposed full legalization of cannabis – including for recreational use – with a new government agency to act as the single...
Former Overstock President Predicts That Cannabis Will Be As Big As...
The legal cannabis industry, currently worth about $8 billion, is predicted to triple in size to $22.6 billion in total annual sales by 2021,...
NV: Medical Marijuana Devotees Say Cannabis Culture, On Display For 4/20,...
Nicholas Baccala, a budtender at Exhale dispensary in Las Vegas, rattled off a number of technical words Friday as he talked to reporters about...
Report Sheds Light On Concerns Regarding Cannabis Industry In California City
The Kern County Grand Jury has produced another report on California City, this time looking at the cannabis industry there.
In 2016, the City Council...
For The Perfect Social-Impact Investment, Look No Further Than Cannabis
For many investors, making a positive social impact is becoming increasingly important. For some, doing good has become as essential as doing well. This...
Canopy Growth Reaches Into Africa With Purchase Of Cannabis Company In...
Canopy Growth in Smiths Falls has extended its reach into Africa with the purchase of a cannabis company in the Kingdom of Lesotho.
Canopy announced...
5 Things You Don’t Know About Canada’s Marijuana Industry
In just five days, marijuana history could be made. On Thursday, June 7, Canada's Senate is set to vote on bill C-45, which is...
Federal Cannabis Bill Would Help California Marijuana Businesses Get Banking
A bipartisan effort in Congress to ease federal restrictions on cannabis, which President Trump said Friday he is inclined to support, would solve a...
Mayors Unite To Press For Federal Marijuana Reform
The Denver and Thornton mayors have joined a new coalition of U.S. city leaders that will lobby Congress and the Trump administration to increase...