cannabis

Atlanta – Georgia Senators are working to slash the potency of medical cannabis oil while slightly expanding access. The bill passed the full Senate Thursday with a vote of 41-12 after lengthy debate and the rejection of three amendments proposed during discussion. The proposal will reduce...

The Central Coast has become the home of cannabis oil supply in Australia as moves to get the drug legalised in NSW gather force. The Express Advocate can today reveal one of the nation's biggest underground supply networks is operating in the region as thousands of sick and dying people turn...

Zoning Boards across Pennsylvania are passing a flurry of local regulations in an effort to roll out the green carpet for medical cannabis companies. But these hometown exercises are less about getting warehouses water connections and more about public relations campaigns by businesses to win...

Kingston, Jamaica – The Cannabis Licensing Authority has announced that it issued conditional approval for three applicants — two for small cultivators under one acre, and a third for a small processing facility — in early January 2017. A release from the CLA on Tuesday disclosed that the...

Calling cannabis "weed" isn't popular with many enthusiasts of the flower, but it's also something many can relate to. Weed, pot, grass–medicine? There's a revolution in America right now. The pot leaf has been let out of the bag, and it's not going back in. Currently recreational marijuana...

San Juan — The House of Representatives approved Monday to investigate the legality behind the Health Department's ruling that regulates the industry of medicinal cannabis, established via executive order by then-Gov. Alejandro García Padilla. New Progressive Party (NPP) Rep. María Milagros...

African American Californians are looking forward to having a stake in the state's medicinal and the adult recreational-use cannabis industry as dispensary owners are being locked out of the big cannabis business machine once it revs up in 2018. As a devoted member of the Minority Cannabis...

Few New Yorkers were more grateful than I was when Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature passed the law to allow access for those New Yorkers who could benefit from medical marijuana. As a registered nurse specializing in oncology, I've spent my career helping patients and their families through...

Vancouver – Garfield Mahood has spent 30 years fighting for the Canadian government to require plain packaging for cigarettes. So, the long-time non-smokers' rights activist says he doesn't have much faith in the government's ability to regulate and restrict the marketing of marijuana...

Marin residents voted by a 72 percent majority to legalize medical cannabis in 1996 and last November voted by an 89 percent majority to legalize recreational cannabis, but county residents are demonstrating little enthusiasm for having a dispensary located near them. Preparing for a public...

As Humboldt County and other counties throughout California begin taxing marijuana farmers and businesses, the question before both local and state regulators is what role the federal banking restrictions and marijuana prohibition will play in their ability to collect those taxes. Banks are...

More than 100 friends of Dennis Peron's came to San Francisco City Hall Tuesday afternoon to thank the ailing gay activist credited with founding the medical marijuana movement. Peron, 70, who is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer, was honored by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors at a...

Indianapolis - An Indiana measure that would allow some epileptic people to be treated with oil derived from cannabis plants has cleared the state Senate. Indiana is among the last states to forbid even the issue of marijuana extracts that are low in THC and high in cannabidiol, or CBD, the...

The DEA has removed from its website information deemed inaccurate about marijuana following months of public pressure. Americans for Safe Access, a national nonprofit dedicated to making cannabis legal, filed a legal request with the Justice Department last year in hopes of forcing the DEA to...

On Nov. 8, 56% of voters approved California's Proposition 64, which legalized the use of recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older. Though the new law was expected to come into full force on Jan. 1, 2018, there may be some delays. State lawmakers are reportedly worried that the...

In 2012, the L.A. cannabis industry needed friends. The Obama administration had not yet signaled a truce with state legal businesses, so federal agents raided dispensaries and dozens more received letters that they were violating federal law. Hundreds of unregulated shops had popped up in the...

Men's Wearhouse founder George Zimmer is pursuing a secret passion: marijuana. In an interview with Business Insider, Zimmer said he's been smoking marijuana since the 1960s. Sometimes his smoking was to cope with hard times, including a battle with alcoholism and his termination from Men's...

Ireland is set to legalise the use of cannabis for treating specific medical conditions, after a report commissioned by the government said the drug could be given to some patients with certain illnesses. The Irish health minister, Simon Harris, said he would support the use of medical...

Honolulu - The 2nd Annual Hawaii Cannabis Expo kicked off at the Blaisdell Center on Friday. The three-day event aims to educate the public on potential benefits offered by the cannabis plant, while providing attendees with information on how to safely access it in Hawaii as a registered...

The regulatory and taxing system that will be needed to govern California’s newly legalized marijuana industry may not be in place by a key deadline next year, imperiling the state’s rush to oversee a booming $7 billion cannabis economy. Multiple state agencies, including the Bureau of Medical...