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Washington, DC — On Thursday afternoon, speakers from the marijuana industry will address a Capitol Hill audience on the topic of diversity in the cannabis industry. With 25 states and the District of Columbia choosing to end cannabis prohibition in one form or another, the resulting legalized...

The legal cannabis industry in the U.S. may grow to $50 billion in the next decade, expanding to more than eight times its current size, as lawful pot purveyors gain new customers and win over users from the illicit market, according to a new report. Legalizing recreational use in California...

If Dr. Larry Bedard has his way, Marin General Hospital would become the first acute-care medical center in California to allow patients to openly consume medical marijuana in the hospital. Patients wouldn't be allowed to smoke it, since smoking is prohibited. But Bedard, a retired emergency...

The legal-marijuana industry faces many challenges to doing business. Most companies in the space are frozen out of bank, cannot use credit cards for transactions, and cannot get loans, huge headaches for the industry. And marijuana is like any other commodity: when there's a supply glut, the...

Boston - "Nonsense." "Sinister." "Disingenuous." Those were some of the words tossed around this week as a supporter and an opponent of legalizing marijuana in Massachusetts through a November ballot question faced off against each other at a Boston University School of Public Health seminar...

The chairman of the campaign to legalize marijuana seems upset that a Chandler pharmaceutical company has kicked in $500,000 to defeat Proposition 205. J.P. Holyoak, chairman of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, seems to think that INSYS Therapeutics' donation was prompted by...

Anchorage, Alaska - More than 300 licenses spread among a landmass the size of Mexico is causing some organizational problems for an industry without income or central leadership. Common theory in the Alaska cannabis industry says the industry needs more time to get onto the map than its...

California has become the epicenter of cannabis reform as the state moves to legalize marijuana for adults via Prop. 64 on the November 8 ballot. Legalization in California would mean that an additional 39 million people in the US would be living under legalization, more than the number of those...

The California Gold Rush era (1848-55) was about people wanting to make their fortunes by mining precious minerals or finding their "Texas tea" on the ground. Today, there's a new player in the hood. And her name is Mary Jane. That sound you hear isn't just stoners getting high, but rather the...

This very informative event was held on Wednesday August 17, 2016 (5:00 PM) at the SOMO Village Event Center, Rohnert Park, CA. It was produced by sustainablenorthbay.org. First off, let me say that not only was this event enthusiastically attended, and well organized! The valuable information...

More than a year after Colorado became the first state to allow recreational cannabis sales, the marijuana industry is growing and evolving further. Entrants, who often have loads of cash and product on hand are taking cues from the gambling industry, which knows a lot about managing bricks of...

Rural Trinity County is home to 13,500 people in Northern California and marijuana production is rampant there. Along with Humboldt and Mendocino counties, Trinity comprises California's "Emerald Triangle," a region known for its prolific marijuana farming. Hayfork is Trinity County's second...

August began with plenty of promise for the marijuana industry, but those high hopes went up in smoke on Aug. 11, when the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency released its long-awaited decision on whether it would reclassify marijuana. The DEA denies the marijuana industry a victory For months...

Those who dare, win - or so the saying goes. Or, in other words, taking big risks can yield big rewards. That's what makes the world of venture capital so exciting, or, for the rest of us, a trip to the roulette table. Though there's no such thing as a sure thing, sometimes you can see the...

A marijuana industry representative has been chosen to fill the Alaska Marijuana Control Board's vacant seat, according to a Wednesday release from Gov. Bill Walker's office. Nicholas Miller fills the fifth seat on the volunteer board after Walker removed Bruce Schulte from the board on July...

I receive the question all the time: can Bitcoin bring something to the table when it comes to cannabis transactions? While many technologists claim this is a very real possibility, the current answer to this is a very strong 'no.' This might change in coming months and years, but, for now...

The New Brunswick government sees the marijuana industry as a major economic driver in the future, which could create thousands of jobs, according to a senior official. Susan Holt, the provincial government's economic policy adviser, told Information Morning Fredericton on Wednesday that the...

Larry Schaeffer has grown marijuana in Sonoma County for more than a decade. His Cherry Kola Farms outside Penngrove supplies award-winning strains of pungent pot to one of Sonoma County's largest medical cannabis collectives, as well as discerning dispensaries around the state. But after...

How to regulate the business of cannabis as it emerges from underground operation isn't the only issue facing local communities in California. As growing and selling marijuana comes into the open, banking with large sums of cash, marijuana odor mitigation, diversified farming, and even growers...

In November, voters in as many as 12 states will see a marijuana legalization initiative on their ballots. Marijuana is already legal for recreational use in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Washington, D.C. Another 25 states have legalized medical marijuana, including Hawaii. The era...