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A Canadian company wants to build the biggest medical cannabis processing plant in the southern hemisphere at Casino, in northern New South Wales. PUF Ventures Inc has announced a strategic partnership with the Richmond Valley Council to construct a 9.3-hectare greenhouse operation. When...

It's been three months since recreational marijuana dispensaries opened across Nevada on July 1. The Nevada Department of Taxation recently released data about the first month of sales. It shows Marijuana sales in July alone generated more than $3.6 million in taxes. Nearly a million of that...

Consider a typical cannabis farmer, growing an indoor crop. In a protected, controlled environment, they can grow a profitable mix of high-potency, medicinal marijuana and any number of milder strains appealing to a new market. But the venture comes with both a business and social...

he first crop in Maryland's long-delayed medical cannabis program is mature and waiting for testing, but it is still unclear when patients might be able to buy it. And industry officials caution that when it is ready for sale, there will not be nearly enough to meet market demand. "This...

San Diego finalized its legalization of marijuana cultivation and manufacturing on Tuesday, becoming one of the few cities in the state to have a fully regulated supply chain for the drug. Making indoor pot farms and manufacturing sites for edible products legal will boost the economy, create...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may start cracking down on claims that marijuana has health benefits that haven't been proven, the agency's commissioner said Tuesday. "I see people who are developing products who are making claims that marijuana has antitumor effects in the setting of...

In just over a month, Creswell residents will vote again on whether marijuana retailers should be allowed in the south Lane County town. The "vote no" camp demonstrated its opposition to Measure 20-280 by staging a protest during Monday evening rush hour at the Creswell exit off Interstate 5...

Steve Tilley, the former Missouri House speaker, said Monday night he has no idea why anyone would send out an email attributed to his authorship blasting several people working to legalize marijuana in Missouri. "We are looking at every legal option that we have," Tilley told the RFT on...

Drive south on I-71 through Cincinnati and you might do a double-take when you see one particular billboard. The sign advertises a new drink and features what looks like a marijuana leaf. The drink, made by Queen City Hemp, is selzter water infused with CBD, an ingredient often confused...

September in North Carolina means tobacco is in the warehouses and the cotton bolls will soon pop open, but one of the newest signs of the season in the state is hemp harvesting. When the shears snip the stalks, there is an unmistakable smell that resembles marijuana, but high hopes are the...

A Tory former minister has suggested legalising cannabis could help the party to woo young voters as he called for all drugs to be regulated by the Government. Ex-prisons minister Crispin Blunt said prohibiting drugs was "about as intelligent as the prohibition of alcohol in the United...

Just as grape growers keep watch for the moment of peak ripeness, cannabis farmers have for generations monitored the color of the bud's trichomes, an aromatic crystal resin that transforms from clear to milky white, then gold to amber. For many, the signs are there. It's time to bring the...

President Trump's cabinet member who runs the U.S. Small Business Administration has a son with high hopes for the legal marijuana industry. Shane McMahon, the son of SBA Administrator Linda McMahon and body-slamming businessman and WWE founder Vince McMahon, has invested heavily in a company...

Memo to all you Golden State tokers: Your dreams of buying recreational pot in California after New Year's Day are hazy at best. It's become clear in recent weeks that most cities around the Bay Area, as well as the rest of the state, will not be ready to permit recreational cannabis sales...

Tom Beller knows the risks he faces while developing a medical marijuana facility he hopes will grow plants to supply patients across the state. Beller continues construction on one of three Kalkaska properties where village planning commissioners on Sept. 12 approved site plans for proposed...

Recreational marijuana is now legal in Massachusetts, but those looking to grow it at home still have a social hurdle to beat. "They show people in the paper and on TV that have dreadlocks, and they have nose piercings and tattoos on their faces," a Milford resident and new marijuana home...

The Senate is not inclined to pass a medical marijuana bill, according to Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III. Sotto said on Sunday that the Senate had no medical marijuana bill. He said that while newspapers reported that a medical marijuana bill had cleared the health committee of...

California produced at least 13.5 million pounds of marijuana last year – five times more than the 2.5 million pounds it consumed. Where did all that extra pot go? The answer, experts say, is that much of it ended up in other states – some where marijuana is still illegal. As California...

Washington pot enthusiasts might dream of someday growing their own marijuana plants at home, but Mary Jane Smith, owner of MJ's Pot Shop in Pullman, wouldn't do it if she could. "It's not like a houseplant where you go buy water and life is good," Smith said. That is why Smith does not...

When it comes to marijuana, Wiz Khalifa takes the high road. Since 2005, “Wiz Khalifa” has been former Taylor Allderdice student Cameron Jibril Thomaz’s stage name, and that’s about the only thing that hasn’t changed for the mind behind songs like 2010’s “Black and Yellow,” which became an...