cannabis

The San Francisco supervisors on Tuesday quashed former Oakland Mayor Jean Quan's plans to open a high-end cannabis dispensary in San Francisco's Outer Sunset District. The board's 9-2 vote to withdraw the permit for the Apothecarium cannabis club was the dramatic finale to a raucous appeal...

A Canadian company wants to build the biggest medical cannabis processing plant in the southern hemisphere at Casino, in northern New South Wales. PUF Ventures Inc has announced a strategic partnership with the Richmond Valley Council to construct a 9.3-hectare greenhouse operation. When...

Jesse Peters worries about the phone book. He worries about junk mail, and snack wrappers, and the brown bags his cannabis growers at Canby's Eco Firma Farms use to carry their sandwiches to work. And he's also lost a lot of sleep worrying about where to put his bedroom. Specifically, he...

Consider a typical cannabis farmer, growing an indoor crop. In a protected, controlled environment, they can grow a profitable mix of high-potency, medicinal marijuana and any number of milder strains appealing to a new market. But the venture comes with both a business and social...

There's something special about Oregon's cannabis community. Besides our long history of cultivation and breeding, we've done groundbreaking research and innovation that focuses on understanding cannabis as a plant. Most of our successful dispensaries, farms and industry organizations are led by...

In Colorado, California and other cannabis hotbeds, marijuana "edibles" are big business. That's not the case yet in Florida, a state that technically allows edibles but where regulators have yet to set rules for cannabis candies. In a move to spur the state to allow cannabis candies...

I'm new to these forums and looking to learn about growing. I am a 30 year old female with a green thumb growing my first cannabis plant and she looks good. Except for some curling leaf tips. I believe I did great for my first time.

The federal government hasn't been very cool about this whole marijuana thing for a while now, but have you ever wondered how long these squares have been at war with the plant? Sunday, October 1, marked the eightieth anniversary of House Bill 6385: the Marihuana Tax Act becoming law, allowing...

The Cannabis Control Commission is hearing from stakeholders as well as the public about regulations before creating guidelines and protocol for issuing licenses. The Cannabis Control Commission held the first of eight "listening sessions" at the State House Monday to hear from organizations...

Every time he sees the cannabis cultivation and processing facility in southeastern Massachusetts, Peter Bernard says it makes his "New England blood boil." Bernard, president of the Massachusetts Grower Advocacy Council, told state regulators on Monday that's because the 1 million square...

The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office recently released the latest statistical data on illicit drug seizures made during 2017. Operating primarily on private property using search warrants, the Siskiyou Interagency Marijuana Investigation Team conducted a series of counter-drug operations in...

Just as grape growers keep watch for the moment of peak ripeness, cannabis farmers have for generations monitored the color of the bud's trichomes, an aromatic crystal resin that transforms from clear to milky white, then gold to amber. For many, the signs are there. It's time to bring the...

There's no denying that marijuana is having a major moment. With medical usage legal in 29 states and Washington, DC, and recreational usage legal in eight of those, the prevalence continues to grow. Case in point: Skin-care products are now touting cannabis. Yes, you read that right. Let's...

Jayla Agbonlahor, 6, is the UK's youngest approved user of Class B drugs. She takes cannabis oil to manage her seizures after developing a mystery illness just days after her first birthday. Her life became extremely difficult, as she was unable to walk, talk, eat or drink. But her parents say...

The first medical marijuana seminar in the state took place at the Waterfront Hotel in Morgantown Saturday. The West Virginia Medical Cannabis society hosted the public event to inform people about the medical marijuana industry. The seminar comes after governor Jim Justice signed a medical...

There are currently twenty nine states that have legalized marijuana, or cannabis use in some form, whether it be medically or recreationally. Of these twenty nine, eight states have legalized marijuana for recreational use. In 2016, it was reported that the number of adults who say they...

Following one final round of discussion over wording and logistics, the Willits City Council approved the medical cannabis ordinance at its regular meeting Wednesday by a 4-1 vote, opening the door to various aspects of the industry within allowed zoning in the city. The ordinance is set to...

It's always refreshing to see the cannabis industry treated like any other line of work, and that's exactly how Thornton's Anythink Library treated it during its Anythink Startup Month activities. Dedicated to highlighting local businesses and resources in order to foster career skills, the...

Vaporizing cannabis oil at high heats produces a known carcinogen, according to a new study. This increasingly popular way of using cannabis, called 'dabbing' uses highly concentrated cannabis oil, and its potency has been the subject of controversy. The Portland State University study...

Rapper Snoop Dogg is digging further into the Canadian cannabis ecosystem, investing in a seed-to-sale software provider as the country prepares for the legalization of marijuana by Canada Day next year. Toronto-based Trellis, a cannabis inventory management software provider, said Thursday the...