cannabis

With few exceptions, marijuana stocks have been practically unstoppable over the past year. Just two of the dozen largest marijuana stocks by market cap are lower over the trailing 12 months, and a majority have witnessed their market caps double in value, if not vault even higher. Three major...

An increasing number of Native American tribes are looking to the marijuana business to break the poverty on reservations, but they are treading quietly over uncertainties in federal policy, which could shift under President Donald Trump. Cannabis is big business in states that have...

Frustrated Australian patients could still be several years away from their GPs prescribing medicinal cannabis, the Australian Medical Association's (AMA) vice president has warned. Since publishing a range of stories on medicinal cannabis, many readers have contacted nine.com.au complaining...

A woman suffering pain from an injury arising from a medical condition had relied on cannabis to treat it, Gisborne District Court was told. Forli Hollis, 53, who has nine previous convictions for cannabis offending, acknowledged she had to abide by a legally-acceptable treatment regime...

About me, and why I'm here. I am here to learn and get inspired, to try to get a life without pills, and it's a pleasure to get plants to grow, no matter what kind it is. So I've been using painkillers, (tramadol and other stuff) for the last 6 years due to multiple back injuries, nerve...

Patients suffering from Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis report that cannabis effectively mitigates many of their symptoms, according to survey data published in the journal Complementary Therapies in Medicine. Five hundred and ninety-five subjects responded to an online...

In a soon-to-be published article in the *Journal of the American Medical Directors Association,* University of New Mexico researchers, in collaboration with Industrial Rehabilitation Clinics of Albuquerque, followed patients who enrolled voluntarily in the New Mexico state medical cannabis...

Adults in California can smoke weed everyday now if they choose, but in Placer County it can still be tough for even medical patients to access the drug. Following an update from its newly created Medical Cannabis Policy Workgroup on Aug. 15, the Placer County Board of Supervisors directed...

Hamilton police were kept busy overnight, with 22 arrests made and a significant amount of cannabis found. Senior Sergeant Phil Ruddell said the number of arrests was high and happened periodically. "Drunkenness and fighting was the order of Saturday night," Ruddell said. Police were also on...

An industry has reached the mainstream when my 70-something-year-old conservative mother asks me, "Shouldn't we be investing in this? It looks like it is going to be big." And that's the way many people are feeling about the cannabis industry, which has extended beyond the delight of potheads...

If a cannabis plant grows in the forest and no one's there to tend to it, will it eventually bear beautiful, tasty buds? You might have your doubts, but Vancouver cannabis enthusiasts who have had the privilege of ingesting a little Wild Seaweed know that the answer is a resounding 'yes'...

Napa's largest law firm, Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty, has made a name for itself serving the legal needs of the wine industry. Now it plans to do the same with another controlled substance — cannabis. Earlier this month, DP&F announced the official launch of its cannabis practice group...

Last year Victoria made history when it became the first state to legalize medicinal cannabis. Now the first commercially produced cannabis plants are being harvested and Sky News was given an exclusive look inside the Melbourne factory. Peter Crock, CEO Cann Group says they are the first to...

Sixty percent of National voters want personal possession of cannabis decriminalized or made legal, a poll released just weeks before the election reveals. Support is even higher among supporters of other parties – with Labor and New Zealand First voters equally in favour of cannabis law...

A devoted son was excused jail after being described as "security man and janitor" at a cannabis farm which could have produced a £98,000 crop. Nathan Russell moved into a house in Vernon Avenue but left when friends said they would pay his rent at a smaller property and hand him £500...

In October, backers of recreational marijuana legalization were ramping up their campaign ahead of the November election. They turned to a potent demographic in California politics: minorities, who compose a nearly two-thirds majority of the state's population. The pitch by Lt. Gov. Gavin...

I truly am an old hippie; think Woodstock era. I have been using the weed since 1965 when I was 15 years old. There may be a few methods to ingest cannabis I have not tried, but if so, I truly don't know what they are. Unfortunately, I also smoked cigarettes for 45 years. Several years ago, I...

The Justice Department is harshing our mellow by putting a major damper on cannabis research projects, but at least a new "green bank" has opened in Florida to help medical marijuana businesses. States Brace for Stoners and the Eclipse Planning on traveling to the path of totality to...

Growing up in a Colonial home in Downingtown, Alessandro Cesario cultivated an interest in the family garden, trying to become "in tune" with plants and insects, and by the time he was 16, he knew he wanted to work with plants in his career. Specifically, one plant: cannabis. So he spent four...

Placer County will explore a change to its cannabis regulations that could allow for a scientific research facility to study the medical efficacy of cannabis. Direction to county staff to determine what changes to the rules might be necessary to allow such a facility was provided by the...