cannabis

Anyone who doubted the soundness of the advice offered by Mr Delano Seiveright to marijuana growers in Jamaica, to look beyond mere farming of ganja, should avail themselves of some of the latest developments in the cannabis industry in the United States. Just two days ago, a release published...

With four years of legal cannabis under our belts here in Colorado, we've seen some fortunes created by bringing an enormous black market online as a wholly new and regulated industry. For those that are considering the opportunity created by Election Day legalization in their home state, we can...

New York-based Cowen & Co. has built a reputation over its 99-year existence as a solid, reputable investment bank. You know, mergers & acquisitions, equity financing, debt strategies and the like. So what is this staid institution doing in the marijuana business? Like all smart investment...

In a dank, disheveled office on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon, Richard Vinal is marveling at the handpan steel drum he has just unboxed, shipped here to Hillsboro from Asheville, North Carolina. "I know the guy who makes these," he crows. "I got a sweet deal." He strums it lightly around the...

Cancer patients in advanced stages will finally get a chance to relieve their pain, following confirmation from the Health Ministry that medical cannabis will be given to those who applied and got approved for the hash oil. Health Minister George Pamboridis told the media that the cannabis oil...

Houston – Marijuana is currently on the list of substances banned by the NFL but several former players are hoping to change that. A cannabis convention was held Wednesday night at the Revention Music Center in Houston ahead of Super Bowl LI and Jim McMahon, former NFL quarterback and...

Atlanta - The controversial fight to expand Georgia's medical marijuana law got off the ground at the state capitol Wednesday. The goal for supporters is to allow more patients to use a low THC cannabis oil. 11Alive News was the only local station inside the first hearing for the expanded bill...

As West Virginia lawmakers, doctors, pharmacists and law enforcement officers have said time and time again, there is no silver bullet in solving the opioid epidemic. But in the state with the highest rate of overdose deaths in the nation, officials have often said they want to use every...

San Diego California's city council unanimously voted to allow adult-use cannabis sales at the cities current 15 medical dispensaries once the voter-backed program is fully implemented, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Officials also indicated they would consider regulations later this year...

Following the legalization of marijuana in nearby Massachusetts, Rhode Island lawmakers have proposed the Cannabis Regulation, Control and Taxation Act – a bill legalizing recreational cannabis use for those age 21 and over. Though this will be the third year that a bill like this has been...

On Friday, the PLP will table the 'Decriminalisation of Cannabis Bill 2017′ which proposes measures including decriminalizing the possession of cannabis under the statutory minimum of 7 grams, Shadow Attorney-General Michael Scott said today. Mr Scott said, "The Bill consists of 5 clauses...

Advocates and lawmakers are skeptical that much more will be done in the state legislature this year to expand access to cannabis oil to treat medical conditions like seizure disorders. "It's only a guess, but probably not," Rep. Emory Dunahoo, R-Gillsville, said. "I hope to see (it) done...

Just over a year ago, Jesse Meighan attended a fundraising event for her boyfriend's cannabis media company. "Unfortunately, as most cannabis events and as most fundraising events are, it was a sausage party," she says. "So I found the one woman in the room to chat up, and it was Jane." By...

Marin supervisors on Tuesday banned nonmedical cannabis business activities in unincorporated Marin. The supervisors voted 4-0 to take the action, with Supervisor Kate Sears absent. The vote came on the same day that an advisory panel began a series of three public meetings to review 10...

A study by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory revealed that legal indoor marijuana-growing operations are highly energy intensive, and are responsible for an alarming percentage of the nation's total energy use. In California, the top-producing state, indoor cultivation uses about 3% of...

In Colorado it's now common to see several cannabis medical or recreational retailers within a relatively small radius. What most people don't see, however, are fields of cannabis plants growing in rows like the commercial production of other crops like corn or wheat. Some Coloradans choose...

Update: Tomorrow, February 3, a memorial service will be held in Boulder for Laura Kriho, an important and passionate cannabis activist who died earlier this week; see our previous coverage below. Information about the gathering is included in a lovely and heartfelt remembrance shared by...

Atlanta - Could medical cannabis fix Georgia's opioid crisis? One University of Georgia professor thinks so. He shared data to support that at a Georgia House of Representatives work session in Atlanta on Wednesday for HB 65. That's the bill that would expand the current medical cannabis law...

Florence, Italy – It's every stoner's nightmare: marijuana plants as far as the eye can see and not a spliff in sight. "No, I have never tried it and I don't have any intention of trying it either," says Antonio Medica, the colonel in charge of the Italian military's cannabis laboratory in...

Advocacy for cannabis at the national level is more important now than ever before, said Aaron Smith, executive director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, as he opened NCIA's Seed to Sale Show on January 31. NCIA ensures that cannabis-industry professionals have a voice and a...