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A new store in Columbia, part of a chain that also has locations in Kansas City, Springfield and Joplin, is raising the question of whether a hemp extract extolled for its benefits to epilepsy patients can be sold legally to anyone. CBD American Shaman on Range Line Street just south of...

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I wrote about a Canadian marijuana stock that was a bet on the U.S. cannabis market. That stock was Aphria. At the time, the medical marijuana grower's market cap stood at roughly $860 million. That story is now as dated as eight-track tapes and leisure...

Once Arkansas allows medical marijuana sales, veterans in the care of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs physicians can discuss the drug with their doctors, but that's it. In the federal government's eyes, marijuana is an illegal, Schedule 1 controlled substance, meaning the VA won't...

Joanna Arenstein has a slogan: "Jews and weed go together like ... Jews and weed." As the executive director of East Bay Canna, she knows a lot of people in the cannabis community – and that means she knows a lot of Jews. "We're everywhere," Arenstein said with a laugh. Pushing...

Seventy-three percent of Utahns favor legalizing the medical use of marijuana, including strong majorities of Republicans and members of the LDS Church who self-identify as "very active," a new poll says. In the UtahPolicy.com poll, 600 Utah registered voters were asked whether they "support...

There's some good news for veterans in states with legal medical marijuana programs who rely on the sticky green herb and its various distillations for treatment: the Department of Veterans Affairs has officially cleared its physicians and care teams to speak openly with veteran patients about...

Town officials were willing to see a recreational marijuana operation move into town, but there was just one problem. There was no zone on the books for such a business. So, the town has proposed an industrial service zone, which will be taken up by voters at a special town meeting Dec. 28...

Dan Canon, a candidate for the US House of Representatives in Indiana, has a simple solution for curing America's opioid crisis: Legalize pot. "I think the criminalization of marijuana is an anachronism," Mr. Canon told The Independent in a recent interview. "There's just no place for it in...

When Florida's medical marijuana industry was first starting out a few years ago, business owners faced a dilemma: Where could they find a bank to take their millions? For a marijuana distributor, opening a bank account isn't as easy as it is for the rest of us. The federal government still...

The New Year means the arrival of 16 new laws in Tennessee. WBIR has received many questions about changes to a law regarding law enforcement and marijuana crimes. The new law says the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission will not have jurisdiction over marijuana crimes. It does not change...

The legal marijuana industry isn't just called the "green rush" because it sounds snazzier. The industry is growing at an incredible rate, and investors have certainly taken notice, with a majority of larger marijuana stocks having at least doubled in market cap this year. Regardless of your...

Federal protections for medical marijuana patients are safe for now thanks to an emergency resolution passed by Congress Thursday. Protections offered under the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment will need to make it into a final congressional spending package to extend past Jan. 19. That's...

A Twitter account for Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on Friday joked that he and his wife were not the octogenarian couple arrested earlier this week for transporting 60 pounds of marijuana. "You can all stop asking, this isn't about Elaine & me," Hatch's account tweeted, referring to the...

California is on the brink of legalizing the sale of recreational pot, with the first round of state licenses for marijuana businesses kicking into effect in January. But Los Angeles pot shops won't be able to immediately start selling marijuana for recreational use on New Year's Day, city...

Former California Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer is going from enforcing laws against marijuana to legally distributing the drug under the state's new rules that allow the sale and possession of pot for recreational use. With state-licensed sales of marijuana starting Jan. 1, Lockyer has co-founded...

One of the biggest problems facing California cannabis businesses, regulators and law enforcement officials once recreational marijuana sales become legal on Jan. 1 is what to do about all the cash that is expected to change hands. With marijuana still illegal under federal law, most marijuana...

The Bridgewater Town Council has voted to ban the retail sale of recreational marijuana but to allow the cultivation of the product following a long meeting that drew a large crowd. The vote was highly anticipated by residents, who filled the Town Council chambers and spilled into an...

State and federal surveys have declared that Colorado youths are not using marijuana more than before the drug became legal for adult recreational use in 2014, and that use among juveniles is actually dropping. State officials frequently point to those surveys as proof that Colorado is...

Forget seeing marijuana stocks go up in smoke in 2017. They've been smoking hot. According to cannabis research firm ArcView, the North American legal weed industry is expected to grow by 26% a year through 2021. If this proves the case, we could be talking about nearly $22 billion in sales...

Ann Arbor is agreeing to let 18 medical marijuana businesses in the city temporarily operate without licenses while they go through the process of seeking licenses from the state. The City Council unanimously approved the measure this week, while finalizing new zoning regulations for...