cannabis

Laulima Pahoa is hosting its inaugural All Things Cannabis Hemp Festival from noon-6 p.m. today at Uncle Robert's Awa Bar in Kalapana. The event will feature a day of free, family-friendly cannabis education. Speakers alternating with songwriters will keep the knowledge light and flowing, and...

Exactly two years ago, the Straight informed our readers that Watermelon would run for mayor in 2023. She may not have known it then, but the self-proclaimed weed diva, whose local fame stems from selling cannabis-infused cookies and watermelon on Wreck Beach for 22 years, might be getting...

Both the Ministry of Health and the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) yesterday denied any approval was given for sale of cannabis oil medication from the Cayman Islands. The denial was triggered by reports in the Cayman news media that Jamaica's Government-owned Hope Institute was close to...

Investigators this morning remain at the scene of a fire which sent cannabis smoke drifting across Wavertree. Police and fire crews were sent to a terraced house in Wimbledon Street just after 6pm last night to reports of flames shooting through the roof. There was also a strong smell of...

The cannabis industry is rapidly expanding. Public opinion has never been higher. A recent Quinnipiac University poll found that 93% of Americans support the legal use of medical cannabis when prescribed by a doctor. With analysts projecting $20 billion of annual sales by 2021, excitement from...

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

Last month, Canada's Center for Addiction and Mental Health issued some interesting guidelines that address your question. Canada has been moving toward legalization, the authors argue, and that should be done in a deliberate way–with a clear plan to regulate the industry and safely inform the...

With four months left until full legalization, the apparatus to regulate commercial cannabis sales in California is being built on the fly. Up to 82 people must be hired. Software must be written to accept applications of thousands of entrepreneurs hoping to legally sell marijuana...

Americans are consuming more and more cannabis. If the Substance Abuse Research Center (CeSAR) found that 35% of Americans reported using cannabis in 2014, the figures increased in 2017 to 48% according to Gallup. If so far cannabis was widely used for recreational purposes, Americans are also...

Cannabis could lower a person's risk of having a stroke, new research claims. Medical strains of the drug are prescribed across more than half of the United States to treat chronic pain, anxiety and epilepsy. It is controversial; as more states legalize the drug, scores of medical...

What if someone decides to develop a retail marijuana shop in Boothbay Harbor? A vote in November could make it possible. This is the first article of a two-part series. The Boothbay Register spoke with five companies from across the U.S., about the business and safety aspects a company...

Jacinda Ardern says no one should be jailed for smoking cannabis. Speaking to supporters in a Facebook Live video on Thursday, the Labor leader also said people shouldn't be criminalized for using the popular drug, "young people in particular". "I don't think anyone should be serving a...

Sonoma County's rules for how and where cannabis businesses can operate were codified earlier this year, but the book on local marijuana regulations is far from finished. Helping the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors adjust its local rules is the main job of a 20-person citizen advisory...

An active and prominent supporter of the campaign to legalize recreational-use cannabis in California will head up the Los Angeles agency tasked with regulating the local marijuana industry. Cat Packer, a nominee of Mayor Eric Garcetti, was confirmed on a City Council vote of 13-0 Wednesday...

A group of 22 West Virginia business and government leaders has returned from a fact-finding mission to Colorado to learn best practices from Colorado leaders involved in that state's medical cannabis industry. West Virginia approved legalization of medical cannabis, with implementation...

State Health Secretary Lynn Gallagher, testifying Tuesday in a lawsuit against her and her agency, rejected the idea that limits placed on state-licensed marijuana growers ensure that New Mexico will never have an adequate supply for its increasing number of medical cannabis patients. The...

Israel may soon start exporting medical cannabis to countries where it is legal for medicinal use, following the recommendation of a government committee approved earlier this week by the ministries of health and finance. The committee recommended allowing the export of cannabis smoking...

More than $800,000 worth of cannabis has been seized from a rental property in Brisbane's south-west. A tip-off from the public led police to search of a Heathwood address on Tuesday afternoon where they discovered an "active and sophisticated" cannabis hydroponic house with more than 170...

A mountain of red tape for legal medicinal cannabis is forcing the families of seriously ill patients back into the black market, according to doctors and advocates. Sydney GP Brad McKay said he had tried at length to prescribe the medicine for his patients but had been blocked at every turn...

A cannabis cultivation with a potential street value of £63,000 was discovered in Angus today. Police said they found 30 adult plants along with 50 plants at various stages of growth at an address in the village of Inverkeilor. It is the second significant drugs recovery that officers from...