cannabis

Silverthorne, Colorado — The pot tourism industry is booming in Colorado. Just about half the visitors to our state last summer admitted legal weed influenced their vacation plans, according to a survey conducted by the Colorado Tourism Office. Many visitors to Colorado are looking for a more...

The best advice I ever got about investing was simple ... Invest in what you know. I don't care how many advanced algorithms or how much technical analysis you can access through the porn-filled hard drives of the Wall Street elite, investing in a company without a detailed knowledge of...

Dr. Sue Sisley is not a military veteran, but she wears or carries a dog tag at all times. Stamped with the number “22,” it is a constant reminder of how American vets commit suicide each day - most suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder - according to federal estimates. “Even though we...

Dr. Sue Sisley is not a military veteran, but she wears or carries a dog tag at all times. Stamped with the number "22," it is a constant reminder of how American vets commit suicide each day - most suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder - according to federal estimates. "Even though...

Hemp has been banned in the USA for over 75 years but thanks to the efforts of cannabis reform activists, it is making a huge comeback. Despite being banned, a hemp industry does exist in the US, through the importing of hemp from other countries but also through hemp cultivation. In the UK...

Little Rock, Arakansas - Secretary of the State Mark Martin has confirmed the Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act will be on the 2016 ballot. The initiative will allow Arkansas doctors to recommend medical cannabis for sick and dying patients. Martin confirmed that Arkansans for Compassionate...

Though cannabis remains illegal as far as the U.S. federal government is concerned, laws regulating the drug on state and municipal levels have been rapidly evolving over the past several years. Dozens of states have legalized cannabis for limited (typically medicinal) use cases. A few have...

Around 10,000 years ago prehistoric humans began using cannabis, a new research study has found, and not just in one small corner of the globe. The psychoactive plant, which has a multitude of other uses in addition, seems to have come into use in both Eastern Europe and Japan sometime...

Cannabis cultivation in Sweden has increased exponentially in recent years, to the degree that some parts of the country are now becoming self-sufficient, according to a report from radio station P1. While in the past, Sweden imported the majority of the cannabis sold in the country from...

Want to take your weed-snob knowledge to the next level? Under president Max Montrose and CEO Jim Nathanson, the Trichome Institute offers a series of cannabis courses, culminating with the "weed sommelier," or interpening, class. In his interpening - technically "interpreting terpenes" -...

You can see the moment, around the table, when the fumes drifting off the rib-eyes reach a new nose. Invariably, it causes the smeller-in-question to whip their dilated pupils toward the open test kitchen and the harsh light of the bobbing blowtorches, charring a spread of identical steaks at...

What do the coffee business and the cannabis business have in common? As it turns out, it's more than people might expect. The CannaCloud vaporizer is billed as the "Keurig of Cannabis" - it's a device that heats marijuana to a specific temperature without burning the plant - because it really...

Let's start you off with a fun fact: the rate of obesity and diabetes among weed smokers is dramatically reduced, compared to non-marijuana users. Now, for cannabis' effect on human body's metabolism: Anyone who's ever tried weed - or knows anyone who's smoked weed - knows about the...

Pot is going the way of sneakers and snowboards. As cannabis fights for a foothold in the U.S. economy, innovative weed growers are taking cues from a variety of industries - footwear, musical instruments, skis and snowboards, for example - and working with superstar musicians to develop...

Salisbury, Maryland Cannamed Pharmaceuticals based in Wicomico County describes their mission as "being a model cultivation resource for Maryland's licensed processors and dispensaries" for medical marijuana. The company has committed $20 million from their net revenue, to go towards what they...

Salisbury, Maryland Cannamed Pharmaceuticals based in Wicomico County describes their mission as "being a model cultivation resource for Maryland's licensed processors and dispensaries" for medical marijuana. The company has committed $20 million from their net revenue, to go towards what they...

Eric Crawford could not stand to show support Friday at a rally for the legalization of medical marijuana, saying he is bound to a wheelchair because of a medical condition of his spine. Crawford said he suffers from a spinal disease, an eye condition so bad that doctors predict he will become...

Eric Crawford could not stand to show support Friday at a rally for the legalization of medical marijuana, saying he is bound to a wheelchair because of a medical condition of his spine. Crawford said he suffers from a spinal disease, an eye condition so bad that doctors predict he will become...

Florida is on the brink of a new industry. Six Florida nurseries have invested millions, betting that commercial cannabis is about to take off. This fall, voters will decide if Florida will join 25 other states that have legalized medical marijuana. Full strength cannabis is legal only as...

Florida is on the brink of a new industry. Six Florida nurseries have invested millions, betting that commercial cannabis is about to take off. This fall, voters will decide if Florida will join 25 other states that have legalized medical marijuana. Full strength cannabis is legal only as...