cannabis

A disinterested pharmaceutical industry and the conundrum of finding a convincing placebo are just two reasons experts say there has been little quality research into medicinal marijuana. A growing number of Canadians are turning to medical cannabis despite questions about its risks and...

Doctors are finding it "near impossible" to subscribe medicinal cannabis to patients. Barry Lambert, Australian businessman and medicinal cannabis advocate, tells Ross Greenwood patients are waiting too long to get their medication. "Doctors trying to subscribe [medical cannabis] just give...

It's been 21 years since Californians made it "legal" to use marijuana for alleviating severe medical symptoms by passing Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act. But it took seven more years for Senate Bill 420, the Medical Marijuana Program Act, to be signed into law, allowing patients...

Legal sales of marijuana begin Monday in the state of California, in cities and counties that opted to allow it after voters approved Prop 64 in Nov. 2016. Of Sacramento's 30 medical marijuana dispensaries, the city says 27 want to sell recreational - or "adult-use" - cannabis as well. Local...

The Golden Gate Bridge's governing authority has banned cannabis ads on transportation property just weeks ahead of California's legalization of recreational sales beginning Jan. 1. That means the agency's ferries criss-crossing the San Francisco Bay, transbay buses traversing the bridge...

At least 30 companies want to get into the legal mass production of cannabis in the Netherlands, according to the mayor of the southern city of Breda, whose council is among two dozen vying to take part in government-backed trials designed to cut criminals out of supplying cannabis-selling...

The Hong Kong Police's Narcotics Bureau busted another "cannabis farm" hidden in a villa in Sai Kung district on Monday, seizing some 500 cannabis products, which weighed about 50 kilograms and were worth some HK$21.5 million. This seizure followed the closure last week of a similar cannabis...

On Dec. 7, the state of California released its "final proposed" regulations to guide aspects of the budding marijuana industry such as issuing licenses to grow, test, distribute, manufacture and sell cannabis. The regulations, for the first time since the drug was legalized by voters in...

The renewed battle over marijuana prohibition in the United States is a fight the federal government appears set to lose, much as it could not sustain the 13-year prohibition against alcohol. Cannabis has been legitimized for medical or recreational use in almost 30 states and the District...

After four of five statewide marijuana legalization ballot initiatives were approved by voters in 2016, no additional states ended cannabis prohibition in 2017 (though New Hampshire did decriminalize possession of the drug and West Virginia allowed its medical use). Now, a number of states...

It has been a milestone year for the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce with Canada's brand-new cannabis industry preparing to launch in 2018. Janet Riopel, the chamber's president and chief executive, spoke to Postmedia about what businesses can expect in the new year. Q. What were the priorities...

An impassive Vallejo City Council voted recently to place a cannabis measure on the November 2018 ballot. Vallejo voters will now decide the fate of an initiative petition brought forth by a collection of the city's medical marijuana dispensaries. After receiving a 10-minute report from...

A growing number of Canadians are turning to medical cannabis despite questions about its risks and effectiveness as a health product. Marijuana's unconventional journey onto the medical market puts it at odds with more mainstream medications, which typically undergo years of costly scrutiny...

With recreational marijuana becoming available for sale on New Year's Day, you may be asking yourself: Do I want to try this stuff? If you have never used cannabis, or if it has been a long time since you have, you need to know that pot isn't just consumed through joints and bongs anymore...

The sauvignon blanc boasts brassy, citrus notes, but with one whiff, it's apparent this is no normal Sonoma County wine. It's infused with THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that provides the high. Move over, pot brownies. The world's largest legal recreational marijuana market...

California's Berkeley Patients Group will be selling recreational cannabis starting at 6 A.M. on January 1st. They'll be kicking off what is sure to be a pivotal year in Cannabis — one way or the other. The industry has been expanding rapidly in sales and geography. North America spending on...

Cannabis entrepreneurs are working to find a place in the Massachusetts market, sometimes treading on legally dubious ground. From a meet-up website that connects pot smokers with home growers to a startup that delivers $55 bottles of fruit juice with a "free gift" of marijuana, some are...

You have babied it for months. From a seed sprouting a tail in a wet paper towel to a 4 foot trichome-laden multi-cola'd green Hydra. You have fed it, groomed it and loved it, but now it is time to chop it down. While you are eager to taste the results, you probably feel more than a twinge of...

Demand for cannabis infused animal products to treat the ailments of beloved family pets is soaring as states across the country legalize marijuana. Several companies, largely on the west coast, are taking advantage of loosening pot laws by focusing on alternative treatment options for pets...

Marijuana consumers are likely to have a flood of options when pot becomes legal next summer and now a not-for-profit group is stepping in to help determine which products to trust. The National Institute for Cannabis Health and Education said its CannabisWise certification will test...