marijuana

In states where use of marijuana for recreational or medicinal purposes is legal, some consumers prefer eating their marijuana as opposed to smoking or vaporizing the drug. A new study by RTI International examined consumer perceptions of edible marijuana products, including why users prefer...

Since 2012 federal prosecutors have been trying to imprison three medical marijuana users in Washington, arguing that they grew cannabis for profit rather than relief of their symptoms. In a startling shift this week, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Spokane finally conceded what the...

Berea City Council members voted 4-2 at their Oct. 16 meeting to establish a six-month moratorium on occupancy permits for medical marijuana entrepreneurs who want to establish businesses in the city. Councilmen Gene Zacharyasz and Rick Skoczen voted no, and Councilman Jim Maxwell was absent...

The production of industrial hemp – a cousin of marijuana but distinctly different from the illicit drug – is a step closer in South Carolina as more than 120 farmers signed up to grow the crop here. That's great news for Janel Ralph of Conway, whose daughter Harmony takes cannabidiol or CBD...

The Fountain Valley City Council took a step Tuesday toward banning recreational marijuana-related businesses in town. The council voted 4-0, with member Mark McCurdy abstaining, to approve the first reading of an ordinance to ban all commercial marijuana activity such as shops and delivery...

Clinton police and federal agents seized 2,200 pounds of marijuana worth more than $6 million from a warehouse and discovered a sophisticated growing operation, according to authorities. The drug bust occurred Tuesday morning at a property on 843 Main St. The 8,000-square-foot warehouse was...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he wants to see "more competition" among medical marijuana growers who supply the plant to researchers, in his Wednesday morning testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sen. Orrin Hatch, the Utah Republican, asked Sessions to "clarify" the...

In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday morning, Senator Orrin Hatch made the case for medical marijuana. During the hearing Hatch questioned U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions about a path forward for marijuana research. Hatch made the case that because there is only one...

The same fires that have destroyed Northern California's wineries have also taken a toll on the region's marijuana farms, which were about to begin an important harvest less than three months before the nation's largest recreational pot market opens for business in January. At least 31...

State Rep. Mark Cusack was on hand to hear some strong opinions from town councilors about recreational pot, and its future in Braintree, when he presented the context of a new state law regulating the state's soon-to-be budding marijuana industry. "For Braintree to even think about bringing...

The Democratic candidates hoping to take on Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner next year gathered on a debate stage Wednesday for the second time in 12 hours, when most of them agreed they would support legalizing marijuana in Illinois. State Sen. Daniel Biss and entrepreneur and philanthropist J.B...

According to information provided to Talk Business & Politics by the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA), businesses based in Pulaski, Garland, Jefferson, Washington and Sebastian counties submitted more than one-third of the proposals for cultivation greenhouses and retail sites for...

A commission tasked with exploring marijuana legalization in New Hampshire held its first meeting on Tuesday, setting off a yearlong examination process ahead of its final report next November. Created by House Bill 215, the commission is charged with looking at what might happen if the state...

People looking to break into Michigan's medical marijuana industry would need to come with a lot of capital, per recommendations issued by the Bureau of Medical Marihuana Regulation made public on Tuesday. The Medical Marihuana Licensing Board is charged with issuing licenses to businesses...

Serial entrepreneur Wanda James, the first black owner of a marijuana dispensary in Colorado, does more than just sell cannabis. She is on the frontlines of the marijuana movement, working to expand the legalization and decriminalization of both medical and recreational use beyond her...

Plans are underway to build a 130-acre medical marijuana industrial park in the township that its investors say will be the largest of its kind east of the Mississippi. Once built, the development called Harvest Park is expected to create up to 1,000 jobs in a variety of marijuana-related...

Legalize Maine has come out against the proposed legislative rewrite of a voter-approved recreational marijuana law, saying the bill scheduled for a special session vote Monday isn't "ready for prime time." The group's president, Paul T. McCarrier, said the amendment to the state Marijuana...

Voters in this year's New Jersey governor's race are not just picking Chris Christie's successor. Their choice will dictate whether or not marijuana for recreational use will be legalized in New Jersey. Electing Democrat Phil Murphy means New Jersey would soon join eight other states in...

Canada continues to move forward on national legalization of marijuana, which is set to happen in July 2018. But, one product will have to wait a year beyond that date: edible marijuana. While the wait will delay what has been a profitable business in U.S. states where cannabis is legal, it's...

Henry Rollins doesn't use marijuana, but he's passionate about the importance of its legalization. "The history of cannabis is a story of bigotry, elitism and corruption, so I push against that," says Rollins, an actor, comedian, musician and activist who is the keynote speaker for the Oregon...