Canadian Cannabis Firm CanniMed In Talks With Suitor Aurora
Canadian cannabis producer CanniMed Therapeutics Inc said it has postponed a shareholder vote on its proposed takeover of Newstrike Resources Ltd to allow it...
Georgia Senators Renew Push To Legalize Marijuana
A group of six Democratic state senators filed legislation this week that would move toward legalizing marijuana in Georgia for medicinal and recreational use.
A...
OR: Audit Takes Regulators To Task For Failing To Monitor Marijuana...
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission lacks "robust" monitoring and enforcement controls to track the state's $480 million marijuana industry, making illegal sales difficult to...
Ohio Auditor Finds Flaw In Medical Marijuana Business License Scoring Process
A "critical flaw" in Ohio's process for grading medical marijuana grow applications could have allowed a state employee to change scores or manipulate other...
TX: Marijuana Legalization, War On Drugs Emerge As Issues In Race...
The U.S. Senate race between Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke is trending into new territory: the war on drugs.
It is a familiar topic for...
Jeff Sessions, Southern Colorado Law Enforcement Discuss Marijuana Enforcement
On Friday, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions met with several law enforcement officials from all over Colorado -- one of the main topics of...
MA: Some In Worcester Envision Gold In Yet-To-Come Retail Marijuana Businesses
It’s not exactly the California Gold Rush of the mid-1850s, but Worcester and other Massachusetts communities are bracing for another gold rush of sorts.
It’s...
CA: Weed-Friendly Lounges Could Be Coming To West Hollywood This Year
West Hollywood wants to become one of California’s first cities to allow ‘cannabis consumption’ lounges. In late November, West Hollywood’s City Council approved regulations...
Canada: Legalizing Weed Will Change Little
In the 1960s, legendary comedian Lenny Bruce made this prediction. “Marijuana will be legal some day, because the many law students who now smoke...
Marylanders Will Have To Wait For Their Legal Weed
Marylanders this election were motivated by a historic governor’s race, but also by another headline-grabbing item on their ballot: legal recreational cannabis. Polls showed...
MA: Marijuana, Drive-Throughs Before Wareham Board
Two articles for the Spring Town Meeting brought a standing-room-only crowd to the Planning Board’s Monday night meeting — drive-through restaurants in town and...
Canada: Cannabis Plant Sets Sights On Saanich
A local entrepreneur who wants to open a plant processing cannabis says Saanich has been “extremely conservative” in its approach towards the pending legalization...
Italy’s ‘Cannabis Light’ Creates Buzz Even If The Pot Won’t
ROME (AP) — It’s been called the Italian “green gold rush.” Mild, barely there marijuana dubbed “cannabis light” has put Italy on the international...
CA: Cali Roots Takes Stage For First Time Since Weed Legalization
California Roots in Monterey is a stoner's paradise, and this year there could be even more people toking up at the reggae music festival.
"Lots...
Israel’s Parliament Unanimously Votes To Progress Cannabis Decriminalization
A bill to decriminalize cannabis use passed was unanimously in its first reading in Israel‘s parliament.
The proposal would mean those caught smoking marijuana would...
Is Marijuana Bad For Your Heart? Science Can’t Say Yet
As marijuana legalization spreads across the U.S., questions about the drug's effects on public health become more relevant. But in at least one area...