marijuana

When big businesses open up medical marijuana facilities under a new law next year, they'll know the rules well. In fact, they'll have helped shape them. Since February, businesses - through a cadre of lobbyists -- have been privately weighing in on potential rules for the new, $837 million...

Former NBA commissioner David Stern says he's in favor of removing marijuana from the league's list of banned substances. Stern, who oversaw the league from 1984 through 2014 and is credited with its explosion in popularity over that span both domestically and internationally, made the...

Gov. Paul LePage has 10 days to decide whether to sign a marijuana bill adopted by state legislators in special session Monday. The two-term Republican has sent mixed messages on the measure that passed in both houses but fell shy of the two-thirds majority required to override a...

Recreational marijuana businesses won't be allowed in the town. Town meeting Tuesday night approved two proposals which prohibit the cultivation, processing and retail sale of recreational marijuana. A zoning article banning marijuana businesses was approved on a vote of 138 to 37, while a...

Cell-sized cannabis factories could soon be producing medical treatments for epilepsy. A non-psychoactive compound found in marijuana plants called cannabidivarin (CBDV) has shown promise in the treatment of severe cases of epilepsy. However, to treat just 10 per cent of people with epilepsy...

A Los Angeles lawyer has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for his involvement in large-scale marijuana cultivation operations in Sacramento and Sutter counties. Nathan Hoffman, 57, was sentenced Tuesday in Sacramento by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez for conspiring to...

The 64% of Americans who say cannabis should be legal in a new Gallup poll released on Wednesday represents the highest level of support in the organization's 48 years of polling on the topic. The new survey also shows that a majority of Republicans -- 51% -- support legalization for the...

For the first time in nearly 50 years of Gallup polling on the question, a majority of American Republicans say they support marijuana legalization. Fifty-one percent of Republicans surveyed by Gallup this month said they support legalization, up sharply from 42 percent a year ago. Even...

Nevada's legal pot shops sold roughly $33.5 million worth of recreational marijuana products in August, the state Department of Taxation revealed Monday, an increase of nearly 24 percent compared to July, the first month of retail weed sales. Nearly a year after Nevadans voted to legalize...

Marijuana legalization is a growing trend in many parts of the world. From Canada to Western Europe to South America, countries everywhere are changing their laws to allow cannabis sales. But there's one area that hasn't made much progress in marijuana that is poised to do so: Africa. Several...

A bill that would legalize recreational marijuana in the state of New Hampshire has cleared the first bar towards becoming a reality. The New Hampshire House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee passed a recommendation that the full legislature should allow a pending bill that would...

Rep. Matt Gaetz has been in Congress for less than a year, but the Florida Republican has already become one of the House's foremost leaders working to reform federal marijuana policies. From pushing to protect state laws to advocating marijuana's reclassification to pressuring the Justice...

Uruguay's nascent hemp industry is quietly expanding in the shadow of its more sexy cousin, recreational marijuana, with planting of the crop used in food, pharmaceuticals and textiles set to triple this year. Nine companies, including a subsidiary of publicly traded International Cannabis...

A website that went online Tuesday provides the city of San Diego's guidelines and details about permitting for the new recreational marijuana industry. The page – sandiego.gov/marijuanainfo – focuses on the cultivation, testing, sales and delivery of marijuana products. Earlier this year...

For thousands of years, humans have used cannabis to spice up their sex lives. In ancient India, for instance, tantric sex practitioners believed that the herb increased libido, produced longer-lasting erections, and delayed ejaculation. But what does science tell us about marijuana and sex...

Utahns continue to show broad support for a proposed 2018 ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana in the state, according to a new poll by The Salt Lake Tribune and the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics. The new survey finds 75 percent of Utah voters either strongly...

Premier Brian Pallister thinks gangs and organized crime will get the upper hand on controlling sales of pot once marijuana is legalized for recreational use next year. That's because the federal government is requiring provinces to lay bare all of their plans by publicly outlining how they...

Starting in January, anyone over the age of 21 will be able to buy recreational marijuana in California. That's already the case in states like Oregon and Washington. And while buyers will be able to choose from a cornucopia of cannabis products, law enforcement still won't have a fast, reliable...

Several African governments are considering tapping a lucrative natural resource. More than 10,000 tons of cannabis are produced on the continent each year, according to a U.N. survey, which advocates believe could be worth billions of dollars in a rapidly expanding global market for legal...

The Niles City Council is raising the limit on the number of medical marijuana facilities that could operate in the city's industrial park. After Monday night's adjustment, four facilities can open in the industrial park, doubling the current amount. These facilities are different than...