San Francisco planners, with very little public discussion, are moving to ban all new medical marijuana outlets in the city until new policies are in place for recreational use.
The Planning Commission July 20 passed a recommendation for a moratorium of up to two years on new dispensaries...
Registration for exhibitors is now open for the second annual Oregon Cannabis Growers' and Consumers' Fair (OCGCF), which will take place on August 12-13 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds, according to OCGCF producer Mary Lou Burton.
The central feature of the show will be Oregon's cannabis...
Kevin Palmer spins, throws and flips his arrow-shaped sign off of Silverdale Way to advertise Fillabong, a recreational marijuana store a block away from the Kitsap Mall.
"My job is not going to evaporate but I'm pretty sure it's going to have an impact of sorts," Palmer said as he took a...
A cannabis plant in every yard? That could be the slogan for Dana Larsen's Overgrow Canada pot-seed campaign.
The marijuana advocate led a project this year to give away 5 million cannabis seeds this year; last year he and his colleagues gave away 2.5 million.
"We're encouraging people to...
Calgary city staff are recommending that Alberta set up a private retail system for recreational-cannabis sales, similar to its liquor stores, once the drug becomes legal next summer.
Council is set to debate this and other recommendations on cannabis legalization Monday as municipalities...
Every few days, Chad Crandall and Emily Isler take a break from tending to the chickens, pigs and crops and head to the kitchen to cook up their weekly supply of marijuana-infused maple sugar candies. The soft-spoken caregivers sell their sweet little confections, which are made from their...
Hi all. I have recently switched from hemp oil to cannabis oil (withouth thc, hoping it will reduce my pain. Have only been taking in for 5 days but it has taken no affect. In desperation I do have a prescription for morphine that I have never taken and wondered if anyone knows is it safe to...
This past week, neighbors around 100 Church St. received a Planning notice stating that an inquiry was made into whether a Medical Cannabis Dispensary (MCD) can be established in the property.
A Ms. Svetlana Shkolnikov requested a Letter of Determination (LOD) from Planning regarding the...
The company building what it's describing as the world's largest legal marijuana production facility near Edmonton International Airport will start trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange next week.
Aurora Cannabis will trade under the symbol ACB and will get the honor of ringing the bell to...
Tim Blake has been pursued by police, arrested, jailed, ripped off in the fields by thuggish neighbors and hogtied by Hell's Angels.
Naturally, he is one of Mendocino County's most upstanding citizens.
Blake is a longtime cannabis grower and entrepreneur. His Healing Harvest farm produces...
In California's famed Emerald Triangle marijuana growing region, cannabis farmers by the thousands have stepped out of the shadows to apply for permission to do business in state's newly regulated marketplace.
The rush of applicants, totaling nearly 3,000 between Humboldt and Mendocino...
Should U.S. Senator John McCain get an Arizona medical-marijuana card, now that he's been diagnosed with glioblastoma?
He qualifies for the right to possess and use cannabis under Arizona law, and cannabis is well-known for its effectiveness in helping patients cope with chemotherapy.
His...
As U.S. business and government continue to butt heads over medicinal cannabis, some educational institutions are turning to science to help elevate and inform the conversation.
Helping blaze the trail toward cannabis' acceptance in academia is none other than the University of Vermont, which...
With each passing day, we are bombarded by headlines confirming that there is an opioid epidemic in America. These addiction problems are proving pervasive in every age group, ethnic background, and socioeconomic strata.
In fact, the opioid epidemic is being affirmed as the worst epidemic in...
Former police officer and Hamilton Township Deputy Mayor Gary Woods asked that council support letting people know that the consultation period for matters surrounding the legalization of cannabis in Ontario is fast approaching.
Individual members of the public and individual councilors can...
Cannabis dispensaries won't receive their local approvals until the end of the year, after the Davis City Council agreed to extend the timeline for cannabis businesses at their meeting Tuesday night.
Originally working under a rapid schedule to set a local framework for retail cannabis sales...
With recreational marijuana legal in eight U.S. states and legalization only a year away in Canada, a Toronto-based startup has its sights set on dominating the global cannabis media market and becoming the central marketplace for buying weed online. However, the lack of legal clarity around...
San Francisco plans to hire the director of the new Office of Cannabis at cost of more than $200,000 next month after the Board of Supervisors approved its creation Tuesday.
The Office of Cannabis, which will come under City Administrator Naomi Kelly, will decide who receives operating...
The remote California Valley isn't the only region under fire by San Luis Obispo County in its fight against marijuana grows deemed to be non-compliant with a recent county policy.
After hitting five Cal Valley pot growers with lawsuits, the county is now suing Eric Powers–co-owner of...