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The mother of the child that Mississippi's Harper Grace's Law is named after has started a GoFundMe account to raise $6,000 to move the family to Colorado so her daughter will be able to freely get cannabis oil to treat her rare form of epilepsy. "This move is all I know to do at this point,"...

Witnessing the incredible output of Colombian drug makers is a highlight of the Netflix series Narcos. It boggles the mind trying to fathom how much cocaine Pablo Escobar and rival crews carried across American borders. And when it comes to drugs America has long provided a captive and willing...

Longtime Trump adviser and staunch conservative Roger Stone has a new mission: legalizing marijuana nationwide. Stone announced on Friday at the Cannabis World Congress and Business Expo in New York the formation of the bipartisan United States Cannabis Coalition, an advocacy group with the...

Marijuana has become increasingly popular, as many states across the U.S. have legalized the drug for medical and/or recreational purposes, and more are considering doing so. Meanwhile, some investors have sought to cash in on the trend, but until now, they've had only a limited number of...

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox put domestic cannabis industry leaders on notice Tuesday at a marijuana business conference in Oakland that his nation and Canada intend to take the lead in the booming market for medical and recreational pot exports. Fox told attendees at the National...

One of the most notorious dirty tricksters in American politics has a new cause: Convincing Donald Trump to legalize marijuana. Roger Stone, a longtime Trump friend and ally who's a prominent figure in the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, has formed the...

Senior officials from the United States and Mexico are hosting their Central American neighbors on Thursday to plan ways to build a legal and economic wall against the drug trade. Their two-day Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America will look at ways of rebuilding...

One month ago, the award-winning journalist Javier Valdez was pulled from his car and killed in broad daylight near his office in Culiacán, in Sinaloa state in Mexico. Valdez is the sixth journalist to be assassinated in Mexico this year, and his killing has sparked outcry and sent new...

On the Tuesday after Memorial Day, Dr. Barry Gordon stayed busy seeing patients who qualified or might qualify to use medical marijuana under Florida’s new program. A former ER doctor from Ohio, he and his wife, Patricia, and their business partner, Patrick DeLuca, opened the Compassionate...

The cannabis industry is booming, and the cannabis tech sector is no exception. There's the "Tinder for Tokers," the "Uber for Weed" and the "Amazon of Cannabis." As Sheena Shiravi, head of public relations for cannabis delivery app Eaze, says, "Cannabis is a brand-new industry, and every single...

Hi All, I have not smoked since college days and worked a job that had drug testing, but now that I am retired and Massachusetts has legalize recreational marijuana, I've decided it's time to relax and grow my own. It has been a cold spring, but has finally warmed up and I have 5 plants in...

When the governor of Vermont vetoed a marijuana legalization bill this week, he said he was especially worried about stoned driving. He wants to hear more about an "impairment testing mechanism" to detect it. The problem is that no such mechanism exists. There is no Breathalyzer for pot...

People who aren't elected officials could help decide who gets medical marijuana licenses for commercial establishments in the city. For nearly two hours Monday night, City Council members discussed whether a commission should be added to any proposed ordinance they vote on. The...

It has become so difficult for the U.S. Secret Service to find recruits that have never before experimented with marijuana that the agency's new director, Randolph Alles, has thrown his hands in air on the issue, announcing last week that he has relaxed the drug policy for potential new hires...

Which U.S. marijuana grower has the biggest market cap? While there are Canadian medical marijuana suppliers that are larger, Medical Marijuana, Inc. appears to be the largest U.S. marijuana stock right now (excluding biotechs that are developing cannabinoid drugs). But Medical Marijuana...

The war on drugs or at least the cannabis industry is heating up and certain to create even more nervousness among cannabis investors. While the Department of Justice has its hands tied with regards to being funded to pursue cannabis law breakers, other parties are cracking down. In April...

Some Democrats in the state Legislature on Monday called on New York to legalize recreational marijuana, saying the drug should be taxed and regulated. They reintroduced the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act that would create a legal market for marijuana, urging that the decriminalization...

Today, more than six months after the deadline to apply, the Humboldt County Planning Department has received fewer than 200 completed cannabis cultivation permit applications from the entire county. That means that more than 2,000 permit applications remain far from complete. The Planning...

Massachusetts lawmakers, toiling behind closed doors, could vote as soon as Thursday on an overhaul of the voter-passed marijuana legalization law. The state House of Representatives has scheduled a formal session for June 15, and one of the bills expected to be on the docket is a pot law...

Smell that? It's the scent of money. Now that recreational pot has been legalized in Massachusetts, entrepreneurs are on the brink of a billion-dollar green rush–that is, if bureaucratic fumbling and political infighting don't ruin the high. On a warm day in February, Kris Krane wants to show...