Why Marijuana Retailers Can’t Use Banks
Recreational marijuana has been legally sold in California since the start of the year. The state treasury estimates that sales in 2018 will reach...
Vermont Becomes Ninth State To Legalize Marijuana, But Getting Pot Might...
Vermont became the ninth U.S. state to legalize recreational marijuana use on Monday after Republican Governor Phil Scott signed a bill legalizing possession of...
Legal Weed (Medical Only) Now Being Sold In Weed, California
“Jimmy Limo” Striegel, a vocal proponent the last few years for selling cannabis in the City of Weed, let it be known this week...
Vermont Makes History By Legalizing Marijuana, But Its Law Comes With...
For the first time, a U.S. state has legalized marijuana with the stroke of a pen, not a vote at the ballot box.
Vermont Gov....
Canada’s Small Financial Firms Get Buzz From Weed Stocks
Investors are betting Canada’s smaller financial firms could see a jump in revenues after they helped fund marijuana companies ahead of the country’s planned...
Keeping Hands Off Weed Lets Startup Thrive In Volatile Pot World
As an assistant district attorney and judge in Santa Cruz, California, Nick Kovacevich’s father put people in prison for possessing marijuana. Forty years later,...
U.S. Attorney Vague On How He’d Deal With Legal Weed In...
In 2013, a memo came down from the U.S. Department of Justice, instructing federal prosecutors not to focus their energies on enforcing federal drug...
How To Attack Greece’s Persistent Unemployment? Grow Some Weed
The Greek economy has been hammered by 10 years of financial crisis, with unemployment topping 20 percent every year since 2012. Now, the government...
Canada’s Weed Stocks Are Out Of Control
Stocks in Canada’s biggest cannabis companies have skyrocketed in the past year – with the three largest rising by more than 200 percent each....
CA: Rock Star Melissa Etheridge Joins Women At Irvine Cannabis Party
Marijuana is going the way of Tupperware. But this isn’t your mother’s Tupperware party.
In fact, everything about the gathering Sunday afternoon, Jan. 21, at...
Canada: The Latest Twist In Aurora Cannabis Inc.’s Pursuit Of CanniMed...
There's been no shortage of drama in the cannabis industry lately. Here's a quick recap for those that haven't been keeping score:
Aurora Cannabis Inc....
WV: Supreme Court Now Seeking Comment On Medical Cannabis Act
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is seeking comments from the public on a proposed rule change involving the state’s Medical Cannabis Act,...
Successful, Sophisticated And Stoned: Changing Perceptions Of Cannabis In The Professional...
The US has always had a turbulent relationship with cannabis. The substance has often been portrayed as a villainous, addictive, mind-altering drug, with harrowing...
France Looks To Soften Laws Against Cannabis Use
France has the toughest laws against smoking cannabis in Europe yet more people consume this drug than in almost any other European country. A...
CT: Three Parties Vie For Two Marijuana Dispensary Spots In Westport
It’s rare to watch the birth of an entire industry from the ground up, but Westport may bear witness to just that in the...
Jeff Sessions’ Hardening Stance On Marijuana Sparks Colorado Ski Town To...
Earlier this month, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded an Obama-era policy that gave states with legalized marijuana sales some protection to operate free...