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A medical marijuana chain opened the doors to its first dispensary in the city on Wednesday morning. Trulieve, one of only a handful of companies in Florida authorized to grow marijuana and produce and sell cannabis products, opened its new shop at 8435 Fourth St. N at 10 a.m. St...

Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, set to play a key role in the rollout of a legal marijuana industry in Massachusetts, said Tuesday she has "no idea" whether legal pot shops will be open by next July, as envisioned by policymakers. Under the legal marijuana law approved by voters in November, the...

When you think of hemp clothing, you usually conjure up images of hippie dippy tie-dye clothes. Scratchy and made of dull colors available at rock festivals or retailers that favor green causes. Now hemp is going high fashion with emerging apparel brand Bad Decision Adventure Club (BDAC)...

Monarch and the Milkweed made their newest offering – two flavors of truffles containing 20 milligrams of CBD – available starting at noon on Thursday. Less than two hours later, about two dozen people had come in to buy the confections at $10 a pop. "This has always been a goal of ours,"...

The attorney for a Monroeville man told a Westmoreland County judge on Monday that Pennsylvania's new law legalizing medical marijuana prevents his client from facing drug possession charges police filed after finding what they described as a grow operation at his former North Huntingdon home...

Medicinal cannabis should be grown under protected cropping conditions, not open fields, according to an industry expert. Widely known hydroponic cropping figure and author, Dr Mike Nichols, spoke at the Protected Cropping Australia Conference in Adelaide last week where he gave an insight...

San Francisco may ban new medical marijuana dispensaries in one working-class neighborhood or adopt a citywide moratorium on all new ones, just months before legal sales of recreational marijuana will begin. Supervisor Ahsha Safai introduced on May 2 legislation effectively banning medical...

Three of the founders of Denver's International Church of Cannabis were cited for public consumption of marijuana and violating the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act for their 4/20 rally after several undercover Denver police officers were able to get inside the church's event that day. Steve...

At the Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival in 2015, area residents were asked in a survey to list the issues they were most concerned about. The No. 1 priority that emerged was to "try to get drugs out of the area," said Joyce resident Connie Beauvais, a Port of Port Angeles commissioner and...

There's one bummer question haunting all the marijuana businesses popping up between British Columbia and Newfoundland. How much do Canucks like weed, eh? A year before recreational cannabis is expected to become legal in Canada, there's an explosion in companies cultivating the stuff. At...

Locally sourced bat guano and other manure-based fertilizers will power Erich Pearson’s biodynamic pot farm outside the city of Sonoma, which seeks to harness the forces of the earth, the cosmos and the free market. Craft cannabis is becoming a cousin to craft beer in Sonoma County, and the...

It is Hemp Day on the farm, and two dozen people, including a few notables, are standing on the edge of a one-acre plot in the middle of Rodale Institute's experimental organic farm in Maxatawny Township. A cow moos in the distance. There’s nothing to see yet, but it is a momentous occasion all...

Marijuana, whether medicinal or recreational use, is a hot topic in Michigan. While a group is collecting signatures in hopes of making the legalization of recreational use in Michigan a ballot issue, governmental officials at various levels are navigating and making decisions on medical...

A 36-year-old local man who is battling brain cancer departed for Spain today (Monday) to obtain medical cannabis treatment which he is unable to access legally in Ireland. Athlone native Kenny Tynan, a married father of four, was diagnosed last November with a recurrence of a brain tumor...

Retired military veteran Mark Montrose and his wife were jubilant when they received the call that after two years of waiting, the couple could pick up their newly-adopted baby girl Mary-Kate. But that joy would not last. A regular four-month checkup led to an emergency trip to the Medical...

Two Halifax researchers are urging the federal government to keep medicinal and recreational marijuana streams separate once the plant is legalized in Canada. The op-ed, published in the latest issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, was co-authored by Dr. Melanie Kelly, a...

There's one bummer question haunting all the marijuana businesses popping up between British Columbia and Newfoundland. How much do Canucks like weed, eh? A year before recreational cannabis is expected to become legal in Canada, there's an explosion in companies cultivating the stuff. At...

The Hemp and Cannabis fair was forced to find a new location last minute. The plan was to have it at the Shasta District Fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday, but the contract was canceled Wednesday night. Director Naomi Forkash said the change in location hurt the turnout. She said they...

Genetically different from marijuana, it’s impossible to get high from hemp, according to experts. Nevertheless, the growth and cultivation of hemp is government regulated. The New York State Department of Agriculture has granted SUNY Sullivan a license to grow and research hemp as part of the...

Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of Hawaii's first medical marijuana dispensaries being allowed to open, but the industry has still not been able to get off the ground. Of the eight dispensary licensees, all but two have received state approval to begin growing cannabis, and at least...