PA: Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto Supports Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
In a May 11 Twitter post, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said he supports Pennsylvania legalizing recreational marijuana. Peduto tweeted that he backs the drive...
SC: Former U.S. Attorney Calls For Referendum On Medical Marijuana
Former U.S. attorney for South Carolina Bill Nettles is calling for a public referendum on medical marijuana.
Nettles, a Barack Obama appointee who served as...
New York Should Move Carefully On Legalization Of Marijuana
In 2000, when a Pew Research Center poll found 30 percent of Americans supported the recreational use of marijuana, broad legalization of the drug...
Jeff Sessions Says Prosecutors Won’t Pursue “Small Marijuana Cases”
Federal prosecutors won't take on small-time marijuana cases, despite the Justice Department's decision to lift an Obama-era policy that discouraged U.S. authorities from cracking...
ME: Brunswick Business Sees Opportunity In CBD Oil
In a small kitchen on the grounds of Scatter Good Farm on East Coxon Road, three entrepreneurs have created a product line with the...
WA: Vape Shop Owner Busted For Selling Marijuana From Back Room,...
State Liquor and Cannabis Board agents arrested a Lakewood vape shop owner who clandestinely sold marijuana from his South Tacoma Way storefront, an agency...
Colorado Offering MMJ Research Grants For Autism, Opioid Prevention, More
Clinical trials that study medical marijuana are few and far between because of the plant's federally illegal status. Colorado has been the rare exception...
Ben Cohen Has Made “Pretty Good Pot” His Business
As the co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, Ben Cohen knows what appeals to consumers' taste buds. Now he has turned his business sense to...
Medical Pot For Animals? One California Lawmaker Wants To Open The...
Californians have been able to use marijuana as medicine for two decades, and soon their sick pets may also be able to take advantage...
CA: Booming Cannabis Delivery Businesses Running Afoul Of Law
Nearly two months after California legalized cannabis sales, the black market for marijuana continues to flourish as communities and law enforcement struggle to crack...
Canada: Cops Suspended After Allegedly Eating Pot, Calling For Backup
Two police officers in Toronto, Canada, have been suspended after allegedly eating marijuana edibles on duty and suffering so badly from its effects that...
You Can Now Study Medicinal Weed In New Zealand
As of next month students will be able to learn how to cultivate, extract and produce medicinal-grade cannabis products.
One of New Zealand’s leading universities...
The 5 Biggest Marijuana Acquisitions Of All Time
There's virtually no industry growing at a more breakneck pace at the momentum than legal marijuana. According to ArcView, one of the world's leading...
These Cannabis Industry Innovators Are Growing A Billion Dollar Industry
The legal cannabis industry generated nearly $7 billion in revenue in 2016, a figure that is expected to more than double by 2020. Some...
Legal Weed Could Be A Godsend For American Indian Tribes
Twenty-nine dollars and 85 cents. That’s the amount of money on the property tax bill received by Russell and Helen Bryan, a modest sum...
DEA – More Research Suppliers
A regulatory change initiated during the Obama administration appears set to be put into practice, allowing more than one supplier of cannabis research products.Some...