cannabis

The Department of Health has gotten and approved over 750 applications for medical marijuana registry identification cards that give residents the rights to Arkansas grown, doctor recommended cannabis and cannabis derived items. Cards will be distributed to patients one month before supplies are...

Canndescent drew inspiration from such luxury brands as Tiffany's, Hermes and Apple in designing a line of cannabis products whose elegant packaging wouldn't look out of place on the shelves of Neiman Marcus. But the California cultivator might not be able to emblazon its name or...

Not since alcohol prohibition ended have parents faced a challenge like adapting to the legalization of cannabis, and something many parents are trying to figure out is how to talk to their kids about smoking weed. For some parents (whether they use cannabis themselves or they just want to...

July 1 marked the premiere of legal cannabis for adult use in Nevada. In just four days, over $3 million in sales was generated. The demand was so high that the dispensaries ran out of weed, forcing the Republican governor to endorse emergency measures that would help put more pot on the shelves...

One of my proudest accomplishments in the Pennsylvania Senate was passage of Act 16 of 2016, which brought medical cannabis to Pennsylvania. My goal in this endeavor has been - and continues to be - giving patients and their families one more arrow in their quivers to battle diseases and...

Debby Goldsberry, co-founder of Berkeley Patients Group, wrote Idiot's Guides: Starting and Running a Marijuana Business in a brisk five months, and it hit bookstore shelves in June. The timing couldn't be better, as the adult recreational use of marijuana becomes fully legal in California on...

San Francisco has tapped a veteran City Hall aide to head its new Office of Cannabis and create a permitting process for the industry – just as the Board of Supervisors contemplates a 45-day moratorium on new dispensaries. Nicole Elliott, who previously worked for Mayors Gavin Newsom and Ed...

Think of it as a BYOC Paint Nite–BYOC as in "Bring Your Own Cannabis." Scott Brumwell recently launched Puff & Paint Ltd. with his wife Beatrice. With a background as a paramedic, Brumwell knows a lot of medical cannabis patients. He's also noticed a lack of social groups or organized events...

We ought to listen to moms. They often know more than we do, do more than we know, and we all know more than a few who would give their lives for their families. That's the idea behind Mothers Advocating Medical Marijuana for Autism (MAMMA). Originally founded in Texas, there are now 13...

For anyone curious about working in the world of weed, a new resource makes job-hunting easier. A recruiting agency for legal cannabis firms has launched a website that aims to serve as a one-stop shop for employers and job seekers. The site, Vangsters, allows hopefuls to apply to jobs and...

BudTrader.com announced today that the site has launched the very first, Real Time Price Per Pound Cannabis Commodity Index on its website. This Index is the first of its kind to update cannabis prices daily, in real time, based on the median price of a pound, as posted by the one million plus...

Lisa Olson wasn't born with Multiple Sclerosis. She also didn't grow up thinking cannabis could be used for medicinal purposes. In fact, the Phoenix-area resident didn't think very highly at all of the plant. Until she decided that that pharmaceuticals were doing nothing to help her. "I...

As pastor of the St. John's Lutheran Church in Abbottstown, PA for the last eight years, Shawn Berkebile has always considered it his duty to help "the least, the lost and the helpless." That includes medical marijuana patients. Berkebile — or the "pastor for pot", as he's known these...

Israeli company Panaxia, selected 18 months ago to set up a plant in New Mexico for producing medical cannabis products, has announced the signing of a new contract for setting up four more plants in the same style in other US states. The first plant began production six months ago. The new...

Last month, the Georgia Straight broke the story about an activist-led initiative that was providing residents of the Downtown Eastside with natural alternatives to hard drugs. Yesterday (August 28), Overdose Prevention Society co-founder Sarah Blyth held a press conference at the Downtown...

The Canadian government intends to legalize cannabis by July 1, 2018, making adult recreational marijuana use legal throughout Canada. This change does not mean all cannabis will be legal; only marijuana produced by federally-licensed entities will be. Ottawa's licensing regime will ensure that...

Roger Stone, a longtime Republican strategist and frequent advisor to President Donald Trump, is apologizing for racist and misogynistic remarks he made after cannabis activists and executives threatened to boycott his keynote speech at an industry conference in September. The calls for a...

HERB, a cannabis technology company with the most engaged cannabis community in the world, is pleased to announce it has raised $4.1 million in seed funding. This funding will go towards the launch of its new technology platform, the growth of HERB's video studios, key new hires, and two new...

Consuming cannabis can significantly cut your chances of having a stroke, according to a new study published in the journal, 'Neuropsychopharmacology.' Researchers from the University of Texas at Dallas found that cannabis improves blood and oxygen flow, consequently slashing the risk of...

A British Columbia region's legacy of Vietnam War draft dodgers and illicit cannabis gardens wants a place at the legalized recreational marijuana table. Fears that corporate cannabis producers could accomplish what law enforcement never could – uproot the Kootenay region's famed marijuana...