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In its most recent session Wyoming legislators approved the growing of industrial hemp, initially in trial plots under the auspices of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture. Now it's time for the regulatory bureaucracy to allow Wyoming to reap the benefits. The WDA is charged with issuing...

Out with cotton and in with cannabis? California-based Genezen LLC wants to buy or lease the sprawling 1.6 million square-foot warehouse facility operated by Calcot at 10210 Idaho Ave. in South Hanford. The site includes 48 sheet-metal-sided warehouse buildings. Calcot is a cooperative...

Medical cannabis campaigner Vera Twomey has revealed that her daughter Ava is to begin "life-saving" treatment in the Netherlands. Ms Twomey said in May that she was being "forced out of the country" to access treatment for her daughter, who suffers from a severe form of epilepsy called...

For thousands of years the medical benefits of certain herbs, spices and other plants have been explored. Today, about 100 prescription medications (maybe more?) are derived from chemical substances found in certain plants, including therapies for certain neurological disorders, cancers, heart...

A small building nestled off Interstate 70 in Collinsville looks like typical doctor's office, until you get inside and look up close at the colorful artwork on the walls. They're portraits of marijuana plants. At this dispensary, about 12 miles east of the Missouri border, patients and the...

If you're a fan of juice bars, you'll be happy to note that the latest trend this season is concoctions made with CBD, or cannabidiol. The substance, which is one of at least 113 active cannabinoids identified in cannabis, has a molecular structure very similar to THC. However, unlike THC...

After being diagnosed with bowel cancer in December, Patrick Ford, a former welder in Bournemouth, England, has now been told that he only has a few days to live. One of his last requests? To smoke one last bit of marijuana with his friend in his bed in his nursing home, according to Metro...

New Jersey lawmakers' effort to legalize marijuana has failed to convince Gov. Chris Christie to get behind the change, meaning it will be on the state's next governor to decide the issue. Christie ridiculed a hearing last week in the Democrat-led Senate on new legislation making its way...

The Martha's Vineyard Commission has approved what may become the Island's first facility for growing, testing and packaging medical marijuana. Geoff Rose, owner of Patient Centric of Martha's Vineyard, plans to share space in a 7,200-square-foot building on Dr. Fisher Road in West Tisbury...

New Jersey lawmakers' effort to legalize marijuana has failed to convince Gov. Chris Christie to get behind the change, meaning it will be on the state's next governor to decide the issue. Christie ridiculed a hearing last week in the Democrat-led Senate on new legislation making its way...

Medical marijuana is about to sprout in Murray Hill. Etain, one of the five companies licensed by the state Health Department to grow and sell medical marijuana in New York, is planning to relocate one of its dispensaries from Albany to a site on E. 39th St. near Lexington Ave., the Daily News...

The new full service Bronco Truck Stop on South Highway 81 features a drive through, showers as well as many products including cannabidol-infused gummy bears. Cannabidol—or CBD—is a legal health, THC-free supplement that is derived from cannabis, David Buss, who distributes the products...

Statistically, the cannabis industry is experiencing some of the highest growth in the world right now. Legislative efforts across the country have resulted in the passage of medical and recreational laws in 29 states as well as the District of Columbia. And just recently, Canada's Prime...

If Quebec’s biggest chain of convenience stores has its way, customers will eventually be able to buy cannabis along with their chips, beer and cigarettes. Alimentation Couche-Tard has hired a lobbyist to work on ensuring it is involved in the cannabis-distribution system Quebec will eventually...

As the cannabis sector continues to develop, investors have generally been presented with two categories of enterprises in which they can invest. There are the cultivators (and vendors), focused on cultivating cannabis crops and retailing or wholesaling their harvests. Then there are the...

It's been three years since Clark County's first cannabis businesses appeared, and this corner of Southwest Washington has grown into the fifth largest cannabis market in the state, according to sales and excise taxes collected. What started out as a chaotic industry with major supply-side...

Despite ongoing drug violence in Mexico, the country has legalized the use of medical marijuana for medicinal and research use. In April, Mexico's Lower House of Congress overwhelming passed the bill, and on Monday President Enirque Peña Nieto issued a decree confirming the legalization of...

Colorado was one of the first states to legalize recreational marijuana. One company from that state partnered with tekMountain to present it in the Cape Fear. TekMountain is a company that helps create businesses and hosted the event because they see an importance in the conversation...

As Pennsylvania prepares to award its first licenses for the fledgling medical marijuana industry, Lehigh University intends to partner with one of the potential growers in the Lehigh Valley to study the effect of the drug on children with autism. While some parents of autistic children have...

The bill is being sponsored by Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, D-Endwell, Broome County, and Sen. Thomas O'Mara, R-Big Flats, Chemung County, who have pushed hemp as a potential cash crop for Southern Tier. ‎"Industrial hemp has proven its potential, especially in the Southern Tier, and this...