cannabis

When Attorney General Jeff Sessions convened his Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety in February, it was widely assumed to be the first step toward a crackdown on the state-level legalization of marijuana. Sessions stacked the task force with federal prosecutors and law enforcement...

Medical cannabis users reported better "clinically meaningful" health outcomes than non-users, and epilepsy sufferers in particular reported health improvements after using medical cannabis, according to researchers here. In a survey-based study, users of medical cannabis reported...

One forward-thinking senior living provider is taking an extra step to clear the air around marijuana use by educating its residents about the green, leafy plant–and by permitting its employees to use the drug recreationally. Colorado-based Balfour Senior Living plans to kick off a new...

America's new attorney general, Jeff Sessions, opposes legal marijuana/cannabis, and has even claimed that it is "only slightly less awful than heroin." Before Sessions moves to use federal power to crack down on legalized cannabis, he should consider the story of a teenage girl whose life might...

Our sources south of the border say to keep an eye on the business interests of former Mexican President Vicente Fox, a vocal President Trump critic. "He wants to be the R.J. Reynolds of marijuana," our spy said. And there seems to be some substance to the rumor. In June, Fox was the...

Behold: The small, cheap device that's disrupting the $7 billion legal cannabis business. This tiny combination of plastic, glass, and metal is a disposable cannabis oil cartridge. It costs anywhere from $30 to $70 (depending on the oil inside), is easily carried in your pocket, and produces...

For tourists who happen to be lodging in locations subject to Oregon's Indoor Clean Air Act, there aren't many options for safe places to consume cannabis. "We're all friends, now!" Marco announces to the hotboxed bus, smoke diffused across the air like morning mist. He's visiting Portland...

Illinois' medical-cannabis pilot program has gained thousands of patients in the past year, and retail sales at dispensaries last month were more than double what they were in July 2016. There are now 23,300 patients in the state approved to use medical cannabis, well over double the number...

More than two dozen plants which appear to be cannabis were found growing by an apartment complex in Helsinki's Etelä-Haaga neighborhood. Nobody seems to know how the plants got there, and a researcher says tests are being carried out to see whether the plants contain the psychoactive component...

In the second of our three-part series, we discuss whole plant medicine and share three additional terpenes that are common in cannabis You know that delicious, skunky aroma you get every time you crack open a jar of cannabis? That's thanks to important compounds in the plant called terpenes...

A second cannabis farm with hundreds of plants has been discovered in Redcar . Redcar Town Neighbourhood Police Team raided a business unit on Friday. More than 250 plants were found at the unit on South Gare Court, Tod Point Road. A male escaped through a skylight but was later found...

When Sallie B. lectures her weekend class about marijuana, she likes to make her spiel as accessible as possible. The chef starts by explaining the effects of cannabis-infused butter, and then she demonstrates how to cook with it. "You want to make sure you're making it correctly so that you...

Some parts of Grover Beach may become a lot more green as the city gets closer to opening two cannabis dispensaries. Just getting the ball rolling in the application process took some organizations out of the running however, as each application was $8,100. "We felt it was an appropriate...

Salinas recently issued another cannabis business permit, making it the ninth permit for the city. Harkins Grow Inc. received a cultivation permit for its location at 1156 Harkins St. after appealing to the city's Planning Commission. Harkins was initially denied the permit because of its...

Cannabis is the perfect medicine for athletes," says retired NFL offensive lineman Eben Britton over the phone, stating matter-of-factly what's still, generally, considered taboo. (In the world of modern cannabis advocacy, you're never talking about "weed," "pot," "marijuana," or [insert slang...

The Arcata Planning Commission will consider next week issuing permits to two separate cannabis manufacturing business that want to operate in the city's Medical Marijuana Innovation Zone. Humboldt Harvest Wellness is seeking a Medical Commercial Cannabis Facility Use Permit to operate a...

Depending on where you live in Canada, and with legalization on the horizon, it would be easy to think that storefront medicinal cannabis is already legal. Some cities, like Vancouver and Victoria, have taken measures to license and regulate certain storefronts, (which remain illegal on the...

Today, under current laws in England and Wales, cannabis is almost always officially illegal. The Home Office tells us there are no plans to legalize the drug. When last debated in Parliament in 2015 the government announced "substantial scientific evidence shows cannabis is a harmful drug...

Trent Kitsch may be the only businessperson in Canada who owns both an award-winning winery and a cannabis production license. So it's hardly surprising when, asked to describe his marijuana product line, the DOJA Cannabis Company Limited CEO sounds somewhat like a seasoned sommelier...

Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday morning announced his picks for the Cannabis Advisory Board, the 25-member panel that will examine marijuana regulation, finalizing the first piece of pot bureaucracy. The governor's five picks are: Walpole Chief of Police John Carmichael, Jr.; co-founder of the...