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Hundreds of marijuana plants sat flowering under bright lights in a former big rig garage with Nirvana echoing from stereo speakers. "Do the plants prefer grunge music?" Branden Roybal, owner of Alaska Cannabis Cultivators, chuckled. No, the music was for his employees watering and...

Marijuana has been used medicinally for thousands of years, but since about 1900, the plant has been politicized and vilified to the point that current decisions about it are still being impacted by decisions made a century ago. Our contributor Bob Conrad of ThisisReno takes a historic look back...

Orlando trial lawyer John Morgan scored a big win this week as state lawmakers passed a medical marijuana bill, which Gov. Rick Scott plans to sign. Morgan bankrolled two political campaigns to legalize medical pot, finally succeeding in 2016. And though he plans to sue the state over a smoking...

The Southeast Cannabis Conference & Expo has just kicked off in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and will go on until Sunday afternoon. This non-consumption event is aimed at educating, engaging and empowering "the cannabis industry of tomorrow," Executive Operations Director Danielle Sedgwick told...

With violence at "historic levels," and no end in sight, it's time to ask: What's gone wrong in Mexico? Wars are not won by targeting the enemy's generals and leaving their ground forces intact. That's not a military campaign; it's not even a serious strategy. As Tolstoy notes in War and...

In traditional medicine, cannabis has been used for thousands of years a wide array of ailments. One of the first places it has found a niche in modern Western medicine, however, is in treating the side effects of chemotherapy. And there a lot them: hair loss, oral sores, gastrointestinal...

The shelves were empty and cabinets bare as Tai Cheng led the way through the soon-to-open medical marijuana dispensary Tuesday. Cheng, an attorney turned cannabis entrepreneur, is the chief operating officer of Aloha Green, one of three companies that won licenses to grow and sell medical...

Uruguay's envoy to Ottawa says his small South American country has opened up some breathing room for marijuana legalization within international treaties that have outlawed recreational pot for decades. Ambassador Martin Vidal credits his country, the first to legalize recreational cannabis...

Chances are that you'd struggle to find an industry with faster, more consistent growth than the marijuana industry -- and that's a big reason why investors have flocked to marijuana stocks. Legal pot sales are expected to skyrocket over the next five to 10 years. According to cannabis...

Since medical marijuana officially became legal in Florida on Jan. 3 more than 650 patients have visited the Compassionate Cannabis Clinic in Venice to see if the treatment is right for them. Many of the patients are extremely sick, with conditions such as cancer, Parkinson's disease and HIV...

A state constitutional convention could become a pot party if a group of advocates fighting to legalize marijuana in New York get their way. The group Restrict & Regulate in NY State 2019 has formed a political action committee and is planning a public information campaign to convince New...

Hey all, have just joined up in the hope of hearing from someone who has experience using RSO for lung cancer treatment. Adenocarcinoma stage 4 incurable ( doctors said they could only offer palliative chemo which he refused they said it " probably wouldn't help much anyway")he was diagnosed...

In recent years, growth in the marijuana industry has been phenomenal. In fact, you'd struggle to find an industry that could deliver comparable growth over an extended period of time, which is a prime reason why investors have flocked to marijuana stocks. Last year in North America...

State revenue officials are working on the roll-out of the latest medical marijuana program with a tax on the drug – the first of its kind in the state – which could increase the agency's capacity for handling cash. Legislators passed SB333 this spring, adding a number of regulations to the...

Let's talk about marijuana. Specifically, about how and why I came to be one of countless parents who have let their chronically ill children try it. A groundbreaking study last week in the New England Journal of Medicine reported on the health benefits of cannabidiol for children with...

Since medical marijuana officially became legal in Florida on Jan. 3, more than 650 patients have visited the Compassionate Cannabis Clinic in Venice to see if the treatment is right for them. Many of the patients are extremely sick, with conditions such as cancer, Parkinson's disease and...

The NFL’s imbalance of punishment for positive marijuana tests versus other more serious crimes is starting to smell a little funny. Following the denial for reinstatement in the Josh Gordon case, I took it upon myself to look deeper into the well-known troubles within the NFL policies. The...

The Secret Service is relaxing its drug policy for potential hires, as its new director, Randolph Alles, laid out a plan to swell the agency's ranks by more than 3,000 in the coming years. Speaking Thursday to reporters in his first press briefing since his appointment, Alles, 38 days into...

There are several plants that are natural pest repellents and I'm wondering if anyone has ever planted any in the same pot as cannabis. I usually plant marigolds and chives around my tomato plants and it works pretty good. I've never actually planted any in the same pot though so I'm wondering...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture was moving closer Wednesday to issuing the state's first licenses to grow hemp, embarking on an experiment to bring back a crop that's still classified as a controlled substance by the federal government. WSDA's hemp coordinator Emily Febles said...