cannabis

San Francisco will not have a regulatory framework in place by January 1st, when recreational marijuana becomes legal. There is a heated debate over marijuana in San Francisco and the majority of the supervisors say they need more time in order to get this right. After weeks of...

Palm Beach County's first medical marijuana dispensary opened Tuesday, and Steve Buchholz of Lake Worth was among the first customers. Buchholz, 57, said he suffers from chronic knee pain stemming from a high school football injury 40 years ago. "Every step I take every day is painful,"...

Famously pro-cannabis San Francisco, where the 4/20 marijuana holiday is celebrated with a group smoke-out on Hippie Hill, is having a surprisingly difficult time establishing regulations for the broad legal pot market coming to California in January. Writing local rules in the weed-friendly...

Under the new regulations Polish pharmacies will be allowed to manufacture medicines taken from imported cannabis plants. Pharmacists in Poland have been given the go-ahead to make and distribute pharmaceutical products using cannabis after the Polish government made the drug legal for...

Guests at Daniel Zuhlke's South Lake Tahoe AirBnB are greeted by a table adorned with flowers, vegan snacks, a crowler of local craft beer – and a bong filled with Tahoe-grown cannabis. Touted as "Tahoe's 1st Vegan Bed, Bud, Brew and Breakfast," Zuhlke's vacation home rental – a one-room...

As more voices join in towards the proper legalization of cannabis, Johnathan Cilia, co-founder of pre-legalization NGO ReLeaf, speaks to some of the main local exponents. During a recent event, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat recently said that Malta's drug laws had "failed" to do their job...

This Friday,the organizations Live Life Alive and Grassroots Guam will be holding a wave in support of medical cannabis at 5pm the ITC intersection. According to a release from the organizations, the wave is meant to show continuing support for the medicinal cannabis program in light of the...

In 25 years of growing organic veggies, I've never met a plant quite like cannabis. It responds to pruning the same way basil or broccoli does – by sending out multiple shoots that eventually flower. It thrives in nutrient-rich soil with the right amounts of light and water. And it's susceptible...

A nurse, a pharmacist, a former casino employee, and a few dozen other people hoping to cash in on Maryland's medical cannabis industry gathered in mid-October at a day spa in the state. They were there as prospective dispensary employees to be trained by an advocacy group, Americans for Safe...

Please join us in welcoming our new sponsor Cannabis Irrigation Supply to our mission of spreading Cannabis awareness to the world. 420 Magazine began life 24 years ago in an endeavor to end prohibition by creating a forum where appreciation and awareness of the Cannabis plant could flourish...

San Diego County's only licensed commercial marijuana grower plans to at least double production, largely to help meet demand when stores begin selling recreational cannabis in early January. Outco of El Cajon says that it is on pace to produce about 1,000 pounds of marijuana this year, and...

Mason Walker is CEO of East Fork Cultivars, an Oregon craft cannabis farm. He recently sat down with Civilized to talk about his work, the future of the cannabis industry, and what he would tell Attorney General Jeff "good people don't smoke marijuana" Sessions if he had the chance. What...

Cannabis or Marijuana is a huge industry. In the US today, it is split between the legal and not so legal market for the sale and consumption of Cannabis. While the illegal Marijuana industry topped an estimated $46 billion in sales in the US during 2016 the legal sector generated just $6.7...

Seven bin bags packed full of cannabis were discovered lying at the side of the road by council workers. The surprising haul was found in North Yorkshire early on Sunday morning, the BBC reported. Local Harrogate police officer, PC Amanda Hanusch-Moore, tweeted a picture of the drug stash...

The purpose of the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act is to allow the beneficial use of medical cannabis by the state. This is not being followed or fulfilled, because the state is not accepting recommendations made by the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board. The advisory board consists of eight...

Live Life Alive and Grassroots Guam are displeased with what they believe is a lack of political will being displayed by government officials to fully get behind the Joaquin "KC" Concepcion II Compassionate Cannabis Use Act of 2013. The two organizations have been pushing island leaders to...

You'll have to pardon the apropos pun, but the marijuana industry is truly budding. Marijuana Business Daily's newest annual report, "Marijuana Business Factbook 2017," predicts annual legal weed growth in the U.S. of 30% in 2017, another 45% in 2018, and an aggregate of 300% between 2016 and...

It is obvious throughout this book that K knows his cannabis and that he really loves to grow. Just in case you haven't figured it out, the author's name is K. He has always identified himself by this simple one letter moniker over the years to avoid police attention. His real name is revealed...

When CAP Beauty launched a new dietary supplement in August, the retailer didn't send beauty magazine editors any promotional cupcakes or cookies. Instead, they sent pot brownies. The desserts–non-psychoactive, they didn't get anyone high–were made with CAP's The Daily Hit, an oil-based...

Initial findings from state-funded research into the medical qualities of marijuana could be presented to lawmakers as early as the legislative session at the start of next year, according to the organization charged with carrying out the study. "Hopefully there will be some preliminary data...