marijuana

Living in Portland in 2017 you could be forgiven for supposing marijuana has an assured future as a legal good. Dispensaries seem almost as ubiquitous as coffee shops. Vending exquisitely modulated highs they appear as an adjunct to the city's epicurean scene. And no one's blowing smoke about...

Another milestone is set for Colorado's pioneering marijuana industry. The first business that could allow cannabis consumption is expected to open by the end of the year. The developers of The Coffee Joint plan to allow customers to enjoy pot while also drinking a cup of Joe. Denver...

Many people were anxious to see how Donald Trump would handle marijuana policy after taking office. While on the campaign trail, Trump said he believed in medical marijuana and believed legalization should be left to the states. But what has Trump done or said about marijuana since taking...

If the Parliament of Georgia legislates marijuana consumption, distribution and cultivation to be legal, the extent of the local market will be increased by over GEL 1.3 billion in 2018. At least 2 million tourists will visit Georgia in 2018, resulting in increased incomes of GEL 570 million...

A recent business school graduate who hopes to open a "cannabis café" says she plans to operate in full compliance with state and local laws -- even though regulations around the recreational use of marijuana are still a work in progress. "There will be uncertainties," said Karima Rizk. "But...

Considering more and more states are legalizing marijuana and a record number of American support recreational cannabis, it's no surprise that members of Congress are also vocalizing their support for ending America's harsh drug laws. But it appears one Democrat is really putting himself out as...

Officials seized 610 kilograms of compressed marijuana slabs being delivered by smugglers using a tributary of the Mekong River in Tha Uthen district late on Sunday night. Provincial Governor Somchai Witdamrong told a news conference on Monday that a navy patrol came across people unloading...

In-state harvesting of medical marijuana enjoys solid support among Georgia Republican voters, according to a poll released Monday by Rep. Allen Peake, the state Legislature's strongest backer of medical marijuana. The telephone poll of 511 likely Republican primary voters by the Tarrance...

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is pairing with an Australian biopharmaceutical company in what some advocates say could be the first major effort in the United States to study the effects of medical marijuana on children with autism. Athena Zuppa, the director of the hospital's Center...

New Jersey did quite well last week in oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in its challenge to a 1992 federal law that bans sports betting. This was in keeping with our state's long and proud tradition when it comes to fighting federal laws that impinge on the rights of the...

Pensacola's second medical cannabis dispensary will have its grand opening this week. At 10:30 a.m. Monday, Surterra Wellness will celebrate the opening of its new Pensacola Wellness Center, located at 5046 Bayou Blvd., according to a news release from the company. The business offers various...

An overwhelming majority of health care professionals who care for children with cancer would be willing to help those children get medical marijuana–though less enthusiastically if they happen to be among the providers who are actually eligible to provide it, found a new study. In a survey...

More than three months after Denver officially opened the gates, the first application to allow social marijuana use in a business has landed. The applicants seek to take advantage of 2016's voter-passed Initiative 300, which made Denver the first in the nation to launch a program allowing...

Canadian politicians, specifically those form the Conservative Party, are explicitly saying they will delay marijuana legalization past the July 2018 deadline by delaying the passage of two important bills. Bill C-45 and C-46 are going to hit the Canadian senate floor in January. The bills...

A ceremonial groundbreaking is set to happen Thursday on one of two medical marijuana cultivation facilities to be built in the Miami Valley. Cresco Labs Ohio LLC and officials with the village of Yellow Springs will be on hand at the site off East Enon Road near Antioch University, where a...

Canada's provinces will be getting the lion's share of the lucrative taxation revenues from legal cannabis. The provinces have agreed in principle to a two-year tax sharing agreement that gives them a 75% cut of those eventual revenues. Canada's governing Liberals are planning to...

A new federal study shows that marijuana use among teens in Colorado has fallen below levels seen prior to the implementation of Amendment 64, the measure that legalized limited recreational cannabis sales in the state. Given the report's origins, attorney and activist Brian Vicente, who...

Three companies are applying for medical marijuana dispensaries in Cincinnati's Columbia Township. Administrator Mike Lemon says the clinics project they could do as much as $50 million in business in three to five years, significantly contributing to the economy. The Columbia Township Board...

There's a reason the legal marijuana industry is known as the "green rush." According to a report from Marijuana Business Daily, entitled "Marijuana Business Factbook 2017," the U.S. legal cannabis market is expected to grow by 45% in 2018 and by an aggregate of 300% between 2016 and 2021. By...

A group of local investors who failed in their bid to secure a state license to grow medical marijuana on Monday announced plans for a statewide ballot issue to fully legalize marijuana. Jimmy Gould, chairman of Cincinnati-based Green Light Acquisitions, proposed an Ohio constitutional...