cannabis

This has been a rather chill week for weed, but a big one for hemp! It's is Hemp History Week, and hemp fans everywhere are celebrating, including Mitch McConnell. But meanwhile, the DEA won't change their drug code to exclude industrial hemp from their definition of marijuana–which hampers...

Dan McSweeney, who served as a U.S. Marine in Kosovo and Iraq, recently recalled a conversation he had with an Army friend, who did tours of duty in Afghanistan. McSweeney said the friend was struggling with stress, "showing me the bag of pills that he's got to take every day, some of them...

Brad Wiltshire doesn't like to complain, but to talk to him is to understand how much pain he is in. Dystonia, the disorder that he was diagnosed with a decade ago, causes muscles in the 56-year-old's face to fight against each other, so his voice is strained and agitated, even when he's not...

We may be in the midst of the "green rush" but 90 percent of the marijuana industry is another color, and that color is white. (And male. And probably straight). Jacob Plowden, founder of the Cannabis Cultural Association and his Aunt Molly Adams, want to change that. They span three...

The Southeast Cannabis Conference & Expo has just kicked off in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and will go on until Sunday afternoon. This non-consumption event is aimed at educating, engaging and empowering "the cannabis industry of tomorrow," Executive Operations Director Danielle Sedgwick told...

On June 8, Gov. Phil Scott signed Senate Bill 16 to expand Vermont's list of qualifying conditions for the state's medical cannabis program. The bill adds Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Parkinson's disease and Crohn's disease to the list of acceptable conditions. SB-16 authorizes one...

The state's top court ruled Friday that the medical cannabis commission can issue final licenses to companies to grow the drug even as legal challenges to the program's rollout continue. The Court of Appeals stopped a case in Baltimore Circuit Court last week in which a company that failed to...

As a chronic pain patient himself, Owens knows the challenges of managing pain, accessing treatment and getting a good night's rest. Owens had a hip replacement and continued back problems, in addition to a heart attack. He saw the dangers of opioid addiction in friends and neighbors, and wanted...

In traditional medicine, cannabis has been used for thousands of years a wide array of ailments. One of the first places it has found a niche in modern Western medicine, however, is in treating the side effects of chemotherapy. And there a lot them: hair loss, oral sores, gastrointestinal...

Hello fellow cannabis enthusiasts!! You guys can call me Stooby, a lot of people do. I'm 32, have been a medicinal cannabis user for a few years. While I have some experience around larger scale grows, I have never really participated actively in growing and harvesting my own cannabis. That...

Dr. Bronner's, the soap company with the eccentric on-bottle messaging, really loves cannabis. It's not just that they're one of the largest U.S. consumers of hemp oil, an ingredient derived from the non-drug version of the plant. The All-One also is a longtime advocate of recreational...

If you've been consuming cannabis and you want to stop for some reason (either permanently or just to take a temporary break) you might be wondering if there are withdrawal symptoms you'll have to contend with. Unfortunately, there isn't a straightforward answer to this question, as everyone...

One of the primary reasons there has not been much talk, as of late, about a crackdown on statewide marijuana legalization is U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is still waiting for a marijuana task force to submit a review of federal marijuana policy. Although there is not much known about...

Industrial rents in already-pricey cities like Los Angeles and Boston are poised to rise further thanks to one burgeoning industry: cannabis. Marijuana startups are snapping up space in those cities as part of a wave of legalization that was set in motion by ballot-box victories last...

Canada's largest marijuana initial public offering is a bust. MedReleaf, Canada's second-largest licensed grower of medical marijuana, plunged by 28% in its trading debut on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Wednesday morning. It was the biggest drop for a Canadian IPO since 2001, Bloomberg said...

Three years after legalizing cannabis, Colorado has the lowest unemployment rate in the country. "While the national unemployment rate dropped to 4.3 percent in May, the lowest since 2001, Colorado's jobless rate is the nation's lowest at 2.3 percent," CNBC reported Monday. According to...

The marijuana revolution continues to spread... this time in France. According to reports, Minister of the Interior Gérard Collomb revealed the country's plans to decriminalize possession of cannabis last week. Instead of prosecution and imprisonment, marijuana users would be slapped with a...

A few years ago, I received a call from a family member who wanted to know where they could get medical cannabis for a friend suffering from severe chronic pain and Alzheimer's disease. At the same time, a close friend of mine was facing a thousand dollar a month bill she couldn't afford to...

Nicky Haynes has almost forgotten the pain she used to be in. She has been taking Sativex, a drug derived from cannabis, for about five years and says it has hugely improved her life. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1994, and her condition progressively worsened to the point where...

The marijuana industry is growing like a weed, and investors have certainly taken notice. Far more marijuana stocks than not have seen their valuations double, or perhaps run even higher, over the trailing 12-month period. Why are marijuana stocks in such high demand? Look no further than...