marijuana

Growing marijuana takes a lot of energy, which comes into conflict with state efforts to reduce greenhouse gases. Now, some places are helping the pot industry to become more energy efficient. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Growing marijuana can require a lot of electricity. That's become an obstacle in...

A group of marijuana activists are calling for a boycott of a major cannabis exposition because its keynote speaker next month will be Roger Stone, a longtime President Donald Trump adviser, infamous political trickster and longtime drug-decriminalization advocate. Stone recently won praise...

Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death for Americans under 50, killing an estimated 59,000 people last year across the United States. It’s the worst public health crisis in a generation, and the government is scrambling to find a way to get millions of citizens off heroin and...

If an aging loved one in your life complains about not being able to sleep well, that older person is not alone. According to a 2005 National Sleep Foundation poll, 39 percent of older people were likely to say they wake up a lot during the night. My mother in law, Alice, now 95 is one of them...

The state Board of Physicians last week recommended adding two debilitating conditions to Connecticut's growing medical marijuana program, and also re-categorizing two others. The board Friday unanimously voted to add "intractable headache syndromes" and "neuropathic facial pain" to the list...

Brewers like to describe super-hoppy IPAs the way that they might talk about marijuana: "dank," "resinous," "sticky." It makes sense, after all: Both cannabis (pot) and Humulus lupulus (hops) are members of the Cannabaceae family of flowering plants, and both rely on compounds called terpenes to...

The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Association has named Dr. Regina Thurman (photo below) of Fayetteville as chairman of the board of directors for the association, the leading trade group for the state's medical marijuana industry. Dr. Thurman is medical director for Optimal Pain and Wellness in...

A proposal to close all medical marijuana dispensaries operating in Michigan until the state starts officially licensing them drew outrage today from people who depend on the drug to treat a variety of ailments. Donald Bailey, a retired Michigan State Police trooper and member of the Michigan...

Despite Mayor Bill de Blasio's repeated promises to end arrests for low-level marijuana possession, the NYPD is on track to arrest tens of thousands of pot-smoking New Yorkers this year, with enforcement once again overwhelmingly centered on minority communities. New data from the Legal Aid...

To date, 28 states and D.C have legalized medical marijuana (MMJ). In 1996, only one state supported MMJ legalization. What changed the minds of the public to pass the use of cannabis for medical use in these states even though it is still a federal felony to do so? What changed in our society...

Lawyers going into the marijuana business face potential arrest, disbarment, and even imprisonment. But they’re gambling that the smoke will clear, and the federal government will eventually legalize cannabis. Many of Philadelphia’s biggest firms — Duane Morris, Fox Rothschild, and Cozen...

Any private U.S. bank that is insured by the federal government is forbidden by law from knowingly handling money from cannabis businesses. That leaves people in the rapidly growing industry with few options when it comes to dealing with business basics like payroll, taxes, and finances...

Marijuana advocates are used to misinformation being spread by the anti-cannabis crowd. They lie and say that weed is addicting, that it's a gateway drug, that it has no medical benefits, etc. But recently a handful of politicians are making up a new claim about marijuana: that it's killing...

Van Buren County deputies arrested a 17 year old for driving under the influence of drugs. The police pulled the driver over on Sunday, Aug. 20, after receiving calls about two people smoking marijuana in a car on Interstate 94. The deputies noticed that the front seat passenger, an...

A 24-year-old DeFuniak Springs man who drove through a city police checkpoint with marijuana wafting from the car was arrested. Officers determined that he didn't have a driver's license and had never had one, according to his Fort Walton Beach Police Department arrest report. He also had...

An August 10 public meeting to discuss five proposed ordinances, each one prohibiting one aspect of retail marijuana, drew about 17 people. Those who spoke, mostly spoke in favor of regulating but allowing some form of retail activity in Blue Hill. "We are not putting this up to promote...

Voters in Michigan could see marijuana legislation on the ballot in 2018. The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol says it's close to having enough petition signatures to get on the ballot in November 2018. They say they have passed 200,000 signatures of the 252,523 needed. In...

With few exceptions, marijuana stocks have been practically unstoppable over the past year. Just two of the dozen largest marijuana stocks by market cap are lower over the trailing 12 months, and a majority have witnessed their market caps double in value, if not vault even higher. Three major...

An increasing number of Native American tribes are looking to the marijuana business to break the poverty on reservations, but they are treading quietly over uncertainties in federal policy, which could shift under President Donald Trump. Cannabis is big business in states that have...

To weed or not to weed? That is the question for Michigan's communities. As the state board that will regulate Michigan's new medical marijuana law begins to craft the rules that will govern the multimillion dollar industry, the state's cities, townships and villages must decide whether they...