cannabis

Just a little more than a month later and the nerve got hit again. Last time I started a thread on when you started consuming cannabis. This month it's back to this discussion of how government authorities believe we need to protect our children from this drug - you know the one that doesnt have...

Allentown's first licensed medical marijuana dispensary features a partnership between a fifth-generation Lehigh Valley native and a big-time medical cannabis company that has helped secure more than 50 licenses in states across the country. Mission Partners LLC, a subsidiary of Phoenix-based...

Mike Kline isn't the type to seek the spotlight, but it seems the light found Mike. "It's incredibly exciting, but I haven't slept in two nights. Our phone never stops ringing. The voicemail where I was told has an unlimited capacity...doesn't," Kline said. He's the chief operating...

Police in the French city of Lyon were left red faced after destroying a 400 square meter art installation that they mistook for an illegal cannabis plantation. The wanton destruction took place on June 26th when officers were patrolling along the Cours de Charlemagne in the center of the...

On July 1, it became legal for any adult to buy marijuana in Las Vegas. An eighth ounce (3.5 grams) of top-grade buds costs just $25. Philadelphia is getting a few medical cannabis dispensaries some time next year, but there won't be any cheap weed for sale. Pennsylvania has only legalized...

As canna-business strategist Elise McRoberts walked across an animal skin rug and into the living room of a Pacific Heights home for the recent San Francisco launch of Beboe, an upscale cannabis brand from Los Angeles, she assumed she would see the usual faces on the marijuana circuit – growers...

Tens of thousands of people use cannabis in Fresno every day. Hundreds of people work in the cannabis industry, though few will admit it publicly – and for good reason. Cannabis business is booming in Fresno and Fresno County, even though cultivation and retail sales are banned by local...

As ever more of the world warms up for cannabis legalization, life on the sidelines can at least offer a good view of the game--and this week, news broke of a diverse group of players entering the field. One is the nation of Greece, which announced late last month it would officially be...

More than 71 percent of Florida voters in November agreed marijuana should be used to treat serious illnesses — the highest margin of support among the nine states considering various levels of cannabis legalization last year. Given that kind of public backing, a group trying to legalize...

I came to New Zealand late 2006 after being born and raised in the Netherlands. For as long as I can remember cannabis has been tolerated. Despite popular belief it is not legal in the Netherlands — it is decriminalized for personal use and can be consumed in coffee shops. If one does not...

Around a bouquet of fresh flowers and flickering candles, a bowl of fruit and a salt crystal light, a group of women gather in a circle once a month to smoke weed and shoot the shit. These cannabis women's circles, happening everywhere from Venice to Hollywood, are one of the many projects put...

Every day, Kelly Patchett takes a tub of green cannabis-infused coconut butter down from her pantry. Sometimes she rubs it directly onto her aching skin. Other times she blends the butter into mashed potatoes, makes cannabis chocolates, or bath melts with essential oils and Epsom salts. When...

At first glance, the monthly meeting of the Rossmoor Medical Marijuana Education and Support Club looks like many of the 200 other clubs within this community of 10,000, most 55 or older. The club is Rossmoor's second-largest, as measured by its 600 email followers, behind only the Democrats...

According to Mr. Jay Evensen ("Voters aren't qualified to make marijuana decisions," June 28), Utahns are not able to judge whether medical cannabis should be made legal in Utah. He's wrong, and I am evidence as to why. I suffer from advanced degenerative disc disease. The bones in my...

It's hard to make sense of cannabis regulation. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) continues to categorize marijuana as a Schedule I drug. That means the government believes it has "no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse," putting it in the same league as LSD and heroin...

What happens to the economy, the criminal gangs, the growers and the dealers when an illicit drug is legalized? Whatever form it takes, legalization is likely to mean the use, production, sale and supply of cannabis is allowed with restrictions. As with tobacco or alcohol, age and point of sale...

We're all heard of it - cannabis, pot, marijuana, Mary Jane - but what do you really know about it? 1. It's been around for thousands of years. Cannabis, in its digestible form, was discovered in tombs in the Turpan District of Xinjiang, China, in the early 2000s and carbon-dated to 2500BP (or...

Organa Brands is setting itself up to be the best and biggest nation-wide cannabis company. This multi-brand company posts top line sales of over $100 million and sells a product every nine seconds. Their busy lab creates over 1 million grams of concentrated cannabis oil a year and they buy tons...

Rancho Cordova is exploring the potential positives and pitfalls of what a regulated commercial cannabis industry could mean for the city – but don't expect city officials to welcome marijuana-related businesses just yet. Last week, city staff held an information-only workshop with the Rancho...

Dairy, wine ... hemp? If the currently restrictive laws on the cultivation of cannabis were loosened, it could change the agricultural landscape of New Zealand. "I think it will be up there with dairy and other agricultural commodities," says Richard Barge about low-THC industrial hemp. "It...