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This could very well go down as the best year for the marijuana industry on record. It's tough to top 1996, the first year medical marijuana was approved in a state (California), or 2012, when Colorado and Washington simultaneously became the first states to legalize the sale of recreational...

Los Angeles - California Treasurer John Chiang has formed a group to study banking issues he says could hamper implementation of the voter-approved ballot measure that legalizes recreational use of marijuana in the state. Chiang plans to discuss the Cannabis Banking Working Group in a...

Ever since the nomination of hardcore pot prohibitionist Senator Jeff Sessions for the position of United States Attorney General, numerous members of the cannabis community have expressed increasing concern that the incoming Donald Trump administration might crack down on state-legal marijuana...

Mike Crawford regularly rides his bike, goes hiking, lifts weights, even spends some time on the wrestling mat. That might not seem a big deal, even for a 45-year-old, except for the debilitating back injury the Marblehead resident suffered in the late 1990s. Crawford, then head wrestling coach...

Boston - Massachusetts' top elections official says procedural issues could slightly delay the state's new marijuana law. The voter-approved measure which legalizes recreational marijuana is scheduled to take effect on Dec. 15. But Secretary of State William Galvin says the Governor's Council...

The continuing collapse of global agricultural commodity prices is a disaster for Cambodia's farmers. But Cambodia could minimize the damage - and create a profitable new industry - by facilitating the legal export of a traditional Cambodian cash crop: cannabis sativa, also known as marijuana...

Canada's push to legalize marijuana could be a "game changer" for the recreational pot industry with the potential to reach $6 billion in sales by 2021. The federal government is planning to legalize recreational marijuana in Canada by 2017 with sales likely to commence in 2018. A vast...

Marijuana has been nearly unstoppable this year. Heading into Election Day, residents in nine states were set to vote on marijuana initiatives or amendments within their states. Five states had been looking to legalize recreational marijuana, whereas residents in four states were voting on...

Augusta - City officials plan to consider a temporary ban on recreational marijuana businesses to give themselves time to plan for the potential impacts of a recently approved statewide ballot question. While the new state law does give municipalities the right to restrict or even permanently...

AS senior MP's call for Theresa May to legalise cannabis in order to make more money for the Treasury kitty, how likely is it that the drug will be made legal in the UK? The marijuana trade in Britain is currently work £6.8bn a year and could be quite a money maker, as well as helping people...

Hey everybody. New to the community, have been following a lot of threads these last few months and have finally decided to put my plans into action! I've decided on a small 32"x32"x63" tentI from Giantex (5.33 square feet), and to purchase LEDs from MarsHydro. The only question I have is if I...

A few of our country's most notable Founding Fathers - think George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams - grew the cannabis plant, hemp, as a multipurpose crop, while colonists from that time could pay their taxes with the plant. Betsy Ross sewed her American flag from hemp. "How...

Nashville, TN - Under a new Nashville ordinance, some people may dodge hefty fines or even jail time for possessing small amounts of marijuana. But others could lose their housing, even if an offense never shows up on their criminal record. A spokeswoman said the Metro Development and Housing...

Sacramento is one step closer to legalizing the manufacture of pot cookies, brownies and other goods after a proposal cleared a key City Council committee Tuesday. Under the proposal, marijuana manufacturing facilities would only exist in enclosed buildings in commercial zones and could not...

Honolulu - When Hawaii lawmakers crafted the state's medical marijuana dispensaries law last year, they used federal policy as a guide. The Cole Memorandum makes states responsible to enforce laws that regulate the cannabis industry. "We have prohibitions against sale to minors," said Rep...

Honolulu - When Hawaii lawmakers crafted the state's medical marijuana dispensaries law last year, they used federal policy as a guide. The Cole Memorandum makes states responsible to enforce laws that regulate the cannabis industry. "We have prohibitions against sale to minors," said Rep...

Arizona didn't wake up on Monday morning to a change in the vote-count - Prop 205's still failing miserably. Its chances of passing as officials count the remaining votes this week are about the same as Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk dabbing a hit of shatter on the evening news. Unless...

Orlando, Fl. - Amendment Two has passed, but opponents say the battle isn't over. They're asking lawmakers to put limitations in place and they have concerns about some people using medical marijuana at work. Dr. Jessica Spencer, with Vote No on 2, said people in certain professions...

The chairman of the campaign to legalize marijuana in Arizona is acknowledging the issue could be decided by fewer than 4,000 votes. The acknowledgment by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol's J.P. Holyoak comes as the campaign received an infusion of $750,000 for Proposition 205...

Californians are expected to pass a ballot measure on Election Day legalising recreational marijuana and the prospect has cities and counties seeing dollar signs. Proposition 64 would impose state taxes on the cultivation and sale of marijuana but it also allows local jurisdictions to add taxes...