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Advocates of medical marijuana filed a petition for delay in Montana Supreme Court implementation of a ruling last month according to which, no more than three patients will be legally entitled to keep marijuana for medical purpose and will forcefully close down state's large dispensaries. The...

Argentina has a growing almost-legal marijuana industry. Entrepreneurs are producing profits from a budding sector: marijuana gardening. Grow shops in Buenos Aires are flourishing by selling everything but the plant's seeds. Buenos Aires' cannabis industry is a little odd in that the business...

I spent a short time working in the marijuana industry in Washington state. At a small medical marijuana access point in the suburbs of Seattle, I learned how the industry thrived in a gray market, and saw first-hand how full-scale legalization was debated back and forth among the people...

Cannabis advocates are hoping lawmakers can set separate rules about indoor and outdoor grows, as the industry is rapidly expanding following recreational legalization. Some growers hope legislation won't hinder our region's ability to capitalize on this new emerging industry. "We have an...

A measure on track for the November statewide ballot would open the doors of the Massachusetts marketplace to legal use of recreational marijuana. But a small section in the proposed ballot measure promoted by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol would also regulate the...

Israel's fast-growing cannabis industry has high hopes for a new market – exports of medical marijuana to America. The country is already a leading supplier of pharmaceuticals to the U.S. Now its government, scientists and companies are working together to turn the once illicit drug into a...

The Australian government has realised it is liable to make huge capital investment in legalised medical cannabis, thereby promoting an increase in its price. After several efforts made by medical practitioners, cancer patients and their well wishers, medical cannabis has been legalised...

Queensland has ideal conditions for a commercial cannabis industry for use in medicine, according to a state government paper set to be released on Tuesday. The paper, an overview of medicinal cannabis, was obtained by Fairfax Media ahead of its publication, which was expected to be online...

Hemp has been branded an outlaw for decades because it looks like its mind-altering botanical cousin, marijuana. But before steamships, free trade, synthetic fibers and reefer madness, this useful plant was Kentucky's biggest cash crop. Kentucky grew most of America's hemp throughout the...

Medical marijuana use has been legalized in 23 states and the District of Columbia, prompting some pro-pot voices to predict their battle is almost done. Nearly half a dozen more states may vote on the issue in 2016, making legalized cannabis nearly coast-to-coast a real possibility But...

Dear 420 Magazine, I want to realize my dream in becoming a grower and developing my own strains. Because I smoked recreational since I was 15 and I have been self-medicating for about 4 years now with illegal purchased Cannabis and visits to the coffeeshops in The Netherlands. So I...

Assembly members in Anchorage have passed a bundle of rules that will shape the business landscape for the state's largest commercial cannabis market in the months ahead. Assembly member Bill Evans says the body is walking a line between trying to not replicate past excesses by the alcohol...

Another investor-backed plan to legalize marijuana in Ohio is in the works. This time, the business owners are focusing on medical marijuana. The proposed constitutional amendment -- separate from a medical marijuana push by the advocacy group Marijuana Policy Project -- would be written by...

Marijuana is legalized in 23 states, including Washington, D.C., proving the industry is growing – both socially and economically. In 2013, the marijuana industry was mainly medical and worth about $1.8 billion, CNN reported. Two years later in 2015, the industry has been estimated at $5.4...

As financial institutions look to provide banking services to marijuana businesses, Wall Street investors are beginning to view the industry as the next Silicon Valley, despite enhanced compliance scrutiny from regulators. "Banking is a real issue, so being a public company, we have to put...

A speaker at the Cannabis Collaborative Conference said the fast-growing industry has an entrepreneurial model to emulate in the organic food movement. "As big as natural food industry has grown, this new cannabis industry stands to make it small by comparison," said Tom Burns, who oversaw...

It was 2012, and Douglas Leighton wanted to pour some money into marijuana. Leighton, the co-founder of a Boston-based hedge fund called Dutchess Capital, had done his homework. He saw public opinion shifting in favor of cannabis. Laws had already begun to follow, including the legalization of...

The beer industry is keeping close tabs on the growth of legalized marijuana in the US, and for good reason: The cannabis industry is gunning to displace alcohol as a safer and healthier alternative. Beer already competes with wine and liquor for what some analysts cutely refer to as "share...

Nearly a month into the new year, the U.S. cannabis industry's pesticide problem is not going away: Testing and regulations are growing stricter than ever in new markets such as Oregon. Neutra Corp. (OTCQB: NTRR) is working to solve the problem for good by delivering newer, better solutions for...

There is an ugly trend that exists in society today, and it is affecting all of us. Revenue from natural resources, industry, agriculture, and more, is increasingly being leveraged away from the average Canadian and into the bank accounts of the wealthiest among us. Our legislators must now...