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For 20 years, California has been allowing the legal sale of medical marijuana in an unregulated environment and that will change in January 2018. State and local officials are now facing the challenge of bringing in line all of the players that have operated without any rules or consequences of...

Some people involved in Canada's unregulated cannabis industry say, unless something changes quickly, the supply of available pot come legalization next July, will be inadequate, and the black market will continue to thrive. In British Columbia, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth announced...

Recreational marijuana users may be looking forward to Jan. 1, the day the drug becomes legal in California, but for Los Angeles-based cannabis businesses that date is nothing to celebrate. That's because the LA City Council's latest draft of cannabis regulations requires current marijuana...

Cannabis is evolving past the stoner age at a rapid pace, but are new marketing plans, products and events paving the way for this evolution, or is cannabis further away from being the next big thing than we think? Marijuana Business Daily quotes University of Northern Arizona sociologist, James...

In his temporary budget-dealing with Democrats, President Trump has agreed to continue a ban on using federal funds to interfere in states' legal cannabis practices, but as 2018 nears, a government stance is largely still up in the air. Earlier this month, the president and congressional...

Los Angeles lawmakers tentatively backed a sweeping set of proposed regulations for businesses that grow, sell, process and distribute marijuana Monday, the next step toward giving cannabis the stamp of local legitimacy. But industry groups said that recent changes to the proposed rules would...

Stanislaus County supervisors could approve what officials are calling a conservative strategy for permitting marijuana dispensaries and other commercial cannabis activities. The Board of Supervisors will consider a proposal Tuesday for allowing no more than seven retail dispensaries in the...

Los Angeles lawmakers are laying the groundwork for what is widely expected to be one of the hottest markets for marijuana in the country, one that could bring more than $50 million in taxes to city coffers next year. The city is drafting rules to allow greenhouses that grow cannabis...

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Peru has announced that it is drafting legislation to set up a wide-reaching medical cannabis program. The Congressional Committee on National Defense in Peru has agreed to the new bill, which will include a framework for medical cannabis. While officials there are not interested in...

An accused confectioner of illicit treats was arrested Thursday following a multi-week investigation by the Macomb/McDonough County Drug Unit. In a statement from Macomb Police Chief Curt Barker, agents with the drug unit conducted a search warrant at 408 W. Adams St. in Macomb. Officers had...

A man who grew cannabis in a bungalow which he had bought in Rhyl made £150,000 out of the illegal enterprise, a judge has decided. Defendant Timothy Bradley, 51, had previously claimed that another had grown the cannabis and that he came under duress to water the plants occasionally. But...

When CNBC asked venture capitalist Kevin O'Leary why he wants to invest in the marijuana market, he replied that selling the substance, which has recently been legalized in eight US states, is like "getting an opportunity to get into alcohol after Prohibition just ended." With green in their...

The Kern County Planning Commission is scheduled to meet on Thursday and the agenda could include one of the toughest debates facing county leaders this year. Cannabis - Marijuana - Pot Should the county ban or regulate the cultivation, processing and distribution of the stuff in...

Health Canada is planning to launch a new awareness campaign aimed at warning minors and young adults about the risks of using cannabis in the lead up to the drug becoming legal. A public tender indicates Ottawa is looking for a contractor with creative talent to host a series of events...

Even as industries from 3D printing to cloud computing and biotechnology are growing rapidly, it's marijuana that's recently been the go-to asset for aggressive investors. According to cannabis research firm ArcView, the legal-weed industry grew by 34% in North America last year to $6.9 billion...

Clint Younge was tormented by bullies as a boy in elementary school in Stoney Creek, Ontario, long before he discovered the power of cannabis. His classmates made fun of his nervous tics, a side effect of the high-dose pharmaceuticals he was being prescribed for ADHD. "Kids didn't know back...

Karson Humiston started a student travel company while she was still an undergraduate at St. Lawrence University in upstate New York. But before she graduated, she'd already decided to do something bigger. Humiston took stock of her growing professional network—mainly comprised of fellow...

Dr. Mehmet Oz isn't satisfied with opioid medication options doctors have for pain relief, and he's petitioning the National Institutes of Health to look into another option: medical marijuana. Oz, a cardiovascular surgeon and host of "The Dr. Oz Show," started a petition on Change.org last...

Durban - Coastal fields that once produced more sugar than they do now could be planted with hemp for export products that could bring the rand back to a healthier exchange value. Krithi Thaver, founder of the lobby group Canna Culture SA, this week addressed cannabis growers organizing...