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Light, bright and airy are not the first things that may come to mind when one imagines the inside of a cannabis shop — especially for those who have never stepped beyond a cannabis shop door. And yet inside Serra, a medical and recreational dispensary in west Eugene, it’s as if one is entering...

When the co-owners of Happy Harvesting Co., Eleanor Sauerborn and Jessica Thornhill, needed general liability and workers compensation insurance for their Bend-based bud-trimming business, they found it through Oregon Cannabis Insurance, a Medford-based company with offices in Portland and Bend...

Nevada started selling cannabis for adult use just a couple of weeks ago and dispensaries are already running low on (or even out of) product. Almost every major media outlet in the U.S. has reported on this event, explaining the shortage is caused by distribution problems and inefficiencies...

With less than six months until recreational marijuana becomes fully legal in California, Aaron Silverman and Terrance Alan are getting a head start on their plans to transform the Castro's iconic Cafe Flore into San Francisco's first cannabis cafe, having recently introduced the city's first...

The Dáil was briefly suspended this afternoon this afternoon amid complaints about the handling of a bill proposing the legalization of medicinal cannabis. Yesterday, it was revealed that the Oireachtas Health Committee had recommended that the bill should not proceed to committee stage...

Campaigner Vera Twomey has called the rejection of the Bill to legalize cannabis for medicinal use by the Oireachtas Health Committee "a betrayal" of her daughter, Ava (9). Ava, who has epilepsy, and her family are in the Netherlands to have her condition treated with medicinal cannabis...

Women have moved into the marijuana industry in impressive numbers, making up a large segment of both customers of the product and the entrepreneurs producing it. One study showed that women make up 36 percent of the executives in the marijuana industry, with the numbers especially high in...

Medical cannabis could be legalized in Jersey and Guernsey due to the findings of a report rejected in the UK. The islands' governments are reviewing laws around the drug, citing a report commissioned and "ignored" by a UK parliamentary committee. Report author Professor Mike Barnes said...

The birthplace of the Black Panther Party in 1966, today's Oakland is home to another disruptive movement: cannabis. Some call Oakland the cannabis capital of California. Can it sustain that designation against Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco? And, is it a designation the population...

What's the most money you've ever spent on weed? Until last week, mine was a $79 one-gram gram of Sitka Gold flower rolled in 2 grams of hash—an indulgence for a visiting friend's first legal pot experience. But I am decidedly part of the 99 percent, which means I'm not the target market for...

Want your morning coffee to come with a little extra buzz? Brewbudz just might do the trick. A company called Cannabiniers on Wednesday launched the Brewbudz, which is "the world's first cannabis infused coffee, tea and cocoa pods." The pods are compatible with all Keurig and Keurig 2.0...

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For many years, Mitch Meyers was a heavy-hitter in the intensely competitive world of marketing and product branding. If you were living in St. Louis three decades ago and didn't know Meyers, you at least knew her work. After a stint at 7UP, she worked for Anheuser-Busch during its glory days...

The island state of Tasmania is considered a good place to grow medicinal cannabis. The fertile earth of Australia's southernmost location is expected to play a big part in meeting the growing demand for the product as more states and territories allow its use. Tasmania is edging closer to...

Pharmacy students are getting a new kind of education in Illinois. Students now have the opportunity to learn about the medical cannabis industry through a new clinical rotation at PDI Medical, a medical cannabis dispensary in Buffalo Grove, IL. Joseph Friedman, RPh, Chief Operating...

On July 25th, a group of 100 Philadelphia healthcare professionals will become some of the first in the state to learn about the benefits and applications of medical marijuana since Pennsylvania handed out its first industry permits last month. Startup accelerator Greenhouse Ventures...

The focus Tuesday night was on the patients at a medical cannabis symposium hosted by the Arkansas Cannabis Industry Association. "Our goal as an association is to connect patients, who are suffering with medical cannabis that will help their ailments," says Storm Nolan, ACIA President...

Growers want to grow, and residents want to open their windows. In its ongoing discussions about how to regulate the cannabis industry, Santa Barbara County Supervisors and staff convened on July 11 to receive public input and set priorities. Starting July 12, the county opened the 30-day...

Members of the county's marijuana community advisory group on Tuesday delved into issues of permitting and enforcing cannabis grow regulations, questioning if the county should require permits for small, indoor grows and prohibit nonviolent drug offenders from gaining permits. The community...

The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food is considering a new rule that would allow some farmers to grow limited varieties of cannabis for research purposes. The rule, given initial approval Tuesday by the state's Agricultural Advisory Board, would allow anyone with a permit to grow...