cannabis

The passage of statewide laws regulating the consumption of cannabis by adults and/or qualified patients is not associated with increased rates of teen marijuana use, according to a statistical analysis of results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2015 Youth Risk Behavior...

Calaveras County voters should expect to hear a lot about the cannabis industry in the next six months. That's because proponents of rival measures — one to ban and the other to allow commercial marijuana production — on Tuesday both submitted what they say are more than enough signatures to...

Calaveras County voters should expect to hear a lot about the cannabis industry in the next six months. That's because proponents of rival measures — one to ban and the other to allow commercial marijuana production — on Tuesday both submitted what they say are more than enough signatures to...

California researchers are going to have access to the highest-grade medical cannabis for research - far surpassing the federal government's awful supplies - under new rules approved in the California legislature Wednesday. The California State Assembly green-lit more medical pot research in...

California researchers are going to have access to the highest-grade medical cannabis for research - far surpassing the federal government's awful supplies - under new rules approved in the California legislature Wednesday. The California State Assembly green-lit more medical pot research in...

Sacramento, CA – Hundreds of patients, advocates, care providers, industry workers, and other stakeholders from around the State are convening in Sacramento on Monday to meet with their elected officials and urge them to protect patients' rights, defeat taxation measures, and support beneficial...

Sacramento, CA — Hundreds of patients, advocates, care providers, industry workers, and other stakeholders from around the State are convening in Sacramento on Monday to meet with their elected officials and urge them to protect patients' rights, defeat taxation measures, and support beneficial...

Critics are calling "reefer madness" on a new study from Australia claiming smoking pot will give your kids cancer. Cannabis has been shown in cell, animal and limited human trials to prevent, halt or kill cancer, researchers note. Australia is getting world-famous for their reefer-madness...

The word "Mendocino" on a cannabis product label may soon carry as much weight as the word "Napa" does on a bottle of wine. In what is likely the first such endeavor in the country, Mendocino County is being divided into cannabis appellations, or specific regions, for the purpose of protection...

Tomorrow evening, June 14 at 6:30 p.m., at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Michael Sutton will lead a discussion on whether Californians should vote "yes" on an initiative this November that would legalize the cultivation and sale of marijuana. The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of...

A recent national poll has shown support for medical cannabis stands at 89%. The poll was conducted May 24 - 30 by Quinnipiac University, surveying 1,561 registered voters nationwide. This poll closely mirrors the results of a 2014 CNN/ORC national poll, which showed the support level at 88%...

A recent national poll has shown support for medical cannabis stands at 89%. The poll was conducted May 24 - 30 by Quinnipiac University, surveying 1,561 registered voters nationwide. This poll closely mirrors the results of a 2014 CNN/ORC national poll, which showed the support level at 88%...

A newly drafted protection for "micro" weed farmers is making its way through state lawmakers' chambers. The Assembly just passed North Coast Assemblyman Jim Wood's "Cottage Cannabis Farmers Bill" that would add a new medical marijuana cultivator license to the state regulatory framework...

Hibbing, Minnesota - As the second year of medical cannabis in Minnesota begins on July 1, patients for the first time will be able to get certified to be treated with the drug for intractable pain. A month later, certified patients will be able to start receiving medical marijuana from one of...

Gunter, Texas - About 60 miles north of Dallas, amid green fields in the sleepy town of Gunter - population 1,486 - Texas Cannabis CEO Patrick Moran has optioned to buy a former cotton gin, where he plans to grow the Cannabis sativa plant, known more commonly as marijuana. The businessman and...

Is Canada poised to become the next North American destination for cannabis? Canadian leaders could legalize the use of recreational marijuana by as early as next year, according to a Los Angeles Times report. This could pave the way for pot to be sold at pharmacies as well as province-run...

Using Cannabis To Reduce And Replace Opiod Drugs With the wave of legalization sweeping the country we now find ourselves faced with the medical evidence that cannabis is much more valuable than we all suspected. One of the more recent findings has been its ability to help patients reduce their...

Vancouver - Travis Lane has been growing marijuana since high school, when his first pot plant swiftly withered and died in his bedroom closet. By the time he was 20, he had cultivated a small basement grow-operation. Now in his mid-thirties, Lane owns an online dispensary and runs two...

Former Giants star Leonard Marshall swapped Big Blue for leafy green. The former Pro Bowl defensive end will appear as one of the keynote speakers at the three-day Cannabis World Congress and Business Expo - coming to the Javits Center on Wednesday. “I want to educate people about what the...

Toronto - Canadian cannabis producer Tilray is placing its bets on budding demand from markets overseas as it begins shipping medical marijuana products to Croatia. The company will be exporting two varieties of liquid capsules that contain the active medicinal ingredients of marijuana to...