cannabis

Organa Brands can't be faulted for ambition: its goal is to be America's biggest and best cannabis company. The maker of vaping products and edibles posted top line sales of approximately $100 million in 2016 and says it sells a product every nine seconds. Its busy lab creates over 1 million...

I just finished visiting a couple of the 420 magazine site cannabis seed sponsors. I won't mention names so as not to embarrass anyone. But $32.37 for a single Pineapple Chunk seed? They are in the UK and are charging $5.40 tax. TAX and I'm in the US. So I'm already up to $37.77 and didn't...

As of July 1, Minnesota patients with post-traumatic stress disorder can register to receive medical cannabis through the state's medical cannabis program. Last December, the Minnesota Department of Health announced plans to add PTSD to the program's list of qualifying conditions. Patients...

Zimbabwe is considering legalizing the production of cannabis for medical purposes to lure investors keen to grow the drug, a cabinet minister says. Investment Promotion Minister Obert Mpofu says a Canadian firm has applied to the government for a permit to produce the drug, known locally as...

As marijuana gains some measure of mainstream acceptance as a medical and recreational drug, its industry is becoming more commercialized. And many users, especially in communities of color, want to reclaim its counter-culture significance. The group Women.Weed.Wifi. has started a movement to...

While most people associate marijuana with smoking for recreational use, with increasing numbers of states that have legalized it for medicinal use, the buzz word is safety for laboratory instrumentation companies. One such company, among the vast array of exhibitors gathered at the 4th...

Most Americans know someone who is suffering from addiction in one form or another – alcoholism is perhaps the most pervasive of these chemical afflictions. Furthermore, the use of alcohol has become an integral part of almost all ritualized social activities across Western culture. While...

It's a growing industry in the state. The medical cannabis program has been in place for years but recently the number of cannabis patients in New Mexico has surged. This weekend, an expo is bringing together all aspects of the industry. "New Mexico is really expanding," Gina Lucero said...

When journalists asked Bill English last week if he had any plans to legalize cannabis, the answer would have surprised no one. The Prime Minister replied: "In New Zealand we have always taken the view that some of these drugs cause so much harm that they should be illegal." English's stance...

Police Scotland issued nearly 6,000 warnings for cannabis possession as an alternative to prosecution in the first year of a controversial new scheme. Figures obtained by Scotland on Sunday show officers handed out a total of 5,827 Recorded Police Warnings (RPWs) in 2016/17, equivalent to...

Calexico may soon have a thriving cannabis business, according to city officials. Council member Bill Hodge told KSWT on Friday, "The cannabis option is no longer an option in Calexico. It is becoming a reality. We are moving at an appropriate but brisk pace to achieve our goals in...

Even though cannabis has been a major part of our cultural heritage for thousands of years, recent portrayals of typical "stoners" have led many marijuana consumers to wonder how to avoid stoner culture in this negative light. Lazy, forgetful, clumsy, and dim-witted are all characteristics given...

Marine Corps veteran Ed Erdos tried medical marijuana to ease his pain, and found that it also eased his mind. He enrolled with the Health Department's Office of Medical Cannabis last year in search of relief from the pain and muscle spasms caused by injuries he suffered in a helicopter...

One in five American adults can now legally eat, drink, smoke or vape cannabis however they please. For the fledgling companies fighting for customer attention, the game of differentiating their products through branding is on. And nothing conveys these emerging marijuana brands so clearly as...

Hundreds of Georgians have signed up for a card that says they can legally possess medical marijuana in Georgia since Gov. Nathan Deal signed a bill expanding the state's now two-year-old program. That brought the total number of patients on the state's registry up to 2,162 as of the end of...

U.S. pesticide regulators have denied the registration of four pesticides for cannabis cultivation in California, stating that "cultivation of cannabis is generally unlawful," and further dividing the rift between the federal and state on marijuana use. The U.S. Environmental Protection...

As of July 1, Minnesota patients with post-traumatic stress disorder can register to receive medical cannabis through the state's medical cannabis program. Last December, the Minnesota Department of Health announced plans to add PTSD to the program's list of qualifying conditions. Patients...

There is growing concern about an increase in cannabis choices hitting the market. New regulations are less than a year away, but in the meantime customers are already have more access to products than ever before. Chris Enns of the Farm Assist Cannabis Resource Centre says curiosity for...

South Canterbury is a place of cool temperatures and conservative values. It produces sheep, tourism dollars and hydroelectric power. Why not cannabis? In March, Sir Richard Branson suggested New Zealand could use some of the land currently trodden by dairy cows to cultivate cannabis and...

An 11-year-old boy with severe epilepsy has become the poster child for a "miraculous" medical marijuana product after his family claim it saved his life. Billy Caldwell began taking cannabis oil for his seizures after seeing a childhood epilepsy expert in California, where medical marijuana...