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Following last November’s ballot question approval, it’s already legal to possess marijuana in the Bay State, with retail sales set to begin next summer. With students back in school, the Townsman spoke with local education and law enforcement officials to find out how they plan to address...

While candidate Donald Trump promised to protect medical marijuana on the campaign trail, President Trump's Justice Department wants to be more aggressive against state-legal marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Attorney General Jeff Sessions personally asked Congress for...

Progressive Conservatives say the government of Brian Gallant is rushing preparations for the legalization of marijuana, and even the summer-long consultations with the public were inadequate. The party released its response Thursday to the recent cannabis report by a select legislature...

While candidate Donald Trump promised to protect medical marijuana on the campaign trail, President Trump's Justice Department wants to be more aggressive against state-legal marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Attorney General Jeff Sessions personally asked Congress for funds...

The shingle went up just a few weeks ago: a three-attorney Downtown firm, Cannabis Legal Solutions, LLC, has formed the first local practice specializing in medical marijuana law – but it likely won't be the last. With Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program preparing for launch next year...

The New York Times reported last week that American banks are putting pressure on their Uruguayan counterparts to close the accounts of anyone registering incomes from the commerce of cannabis in the country. Even though recreational cannabis use is legal in Uruguay, and the industry is being...

Most people have strong feelings about marijuana's distinctive dank odor. Suspicious landlords sniff for it. High-school hot-boxers roll down all the windows of their cars and drive around for hours trying to get rid of it. Mainstream candle and soap companies seek to recreate it for high-end...

Black-market marijuana has been very good for Michael. For 22 years, he has grown and sold the stuff in and around Montreal. An illegal activity punishable by up to life in prison, selling the pungent bounty that he cultivates in his basement has nonetheless given Michael the sheen of...

One of the long running controversies in America is whether marijuana should be legalized. A new bill introduced by New Jersey Democratic Senator Cory Booker proposes to legalize marijuana on the federal level, with states being urged to follow suit with several incentives for doing so. To date...

Earlier this month, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced the Marijuana Justice Act. To some, this bill may look like another liberal attempt to push for widespread legalization of marijuana across the country. But for those of us who work in this industry and understand the complexities and...

Well before Oregon legalized marijuana, its verdant, wet forests made it an ideal place for growing the drug, which often ended up being funneled out of the state for big money. Now, officials suspect pot grown legally in Oregon and other states is also being smuggled out, and the trafficking is...

As cannabis brands around the country grapple with legal woes in advertising their products, one company has found a way to reach millions—while they're already high. Wikileaf, a price-comparison app for the legal cannabis market, is running an in-flight ad on Virgin America's domestic routes...

Minnesota residents suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder can start buying medical marijuana. Tuesday brought the latest expansion of the state's medical marijuana program that launched in July 2015. Patients suffering chronic pain that couldn't be treated with other means were...

I grew a few plants when I was young. I never had the courage to let them mature and flower. Retired to Southern California were it is legal to grow, yes! I met a new friend who gives me free high quality pot for free. I helped him harvest two plants from his yard. My wife does not smoke. I...

A trio of local attorneys announced Friday a specialty legal practice to serve clients in Pennsylvania's emerging medical marijuana industry. Pittsburgh attorney Patrick Nightingale, executive director of the Pennsylvania Medical Cannabis Society, formed Cannabis Legal Solutions along with...

Will cannabis be legalized in the UK? Currently anyone found possessing cannabis can be sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison, an unlimited fine or both punishments under UK legislation. Supplying or producing the class B drug can land people in prison for a maximum of 14 years an...

Nearly a half a century of America's "War on Drugs" has produced the largest prison population in the world, devastated minority communities and contributed to an opioid epidemic that claims more than 20,000 lives a year. Two decades of progressive marijuana legalization at the state level has...

An independent Swiss cigarette maker has this month launched what it calls the first hemp cigarette in the world — and from July 24th they will be on sale in major Swiss supermarket Coop. Heimat, based in the canton of St Gallen, has been producing tobacco cigarettes since last year. But now...

Sin City's latest vice is fast turning into a crowd favorite statewide. Legal recreational marijuana sales in Nevada generated $3 million in sales revenue and roughly $500,000 in tax revenue in their first four days, according to the Nevada Dispensary Association. That puts the state on track...

Hey everyone, I have been sort of lurking around for a little bit - I'm like the kid on the fringes of the group who wants to join the fun but is too chicken to try it. I'm an over-30 woman living in Houston with my wife and our two young kids. I've only smoked a few times in my life, but I...