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There's an unmistakable scent in the air. It's the smell of marijuana and money. ArcView Market Research projects demand for cannabis in legal markets will surpass $22 billion by 2020. ArcView CEO Troy Dayton says the growth presents an opportunity for a select group of celebrities. "One...

Brit Burch was determined to get some pot. It wasn't that the Brandon University student was looking for a buzz. She wanted it to combat the negative side-effects of chemotherapy treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma. But finding a physician to prescribe it was more challenging than...

Brit Burch was determined to get some pot. It wasn't that the Brandon University student was looking for a buzz. She wanted it to combat the negative side-effects of chemotherapy treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma. But finding a physician to prescribe it was more challenging than...

In the District, medical marijuana is legal, residents can possess up to two ounces of pot and they can grow up to six plants in their homes. Now a D.C. government agency says the city should take the next step and fully legalize the sale of marijuana. In a new report published by the D.C...

Incline Village, Nevada - Entering NuLeaf feels like going into a health foods store; no one would ever think the wooden-framed, warm and modern standalone building sandwiched between Woodstove Distributors and Sowing Basil is actually a medical marijuana dispensary. As a way to meet the staff...

Incline Village, Nevada - Entering NuLeaf feels like going into a health foods store; no one would ever think the wooden-framed, warm and modern standalone building sandwiched between Woodstove Distributors and Sowing Basil is actually a medical marijuana dispensary. As a way to meet the staff...

An oil derived from marijuana plants proved effective in a rare form of epilepsy that afflicts 30,000 Americans, its maker said this morning. GW Pharmaceuticals, a London-based company, is developing a drug called Epidiolex, a pharmaceutical-grade form of cannabidiol (CBD), an oil found in...

An oil derived from marijuana plants proved effective in a rare form of epilepsy that afflicts 30,000 Americans, its maker said this morning. GW Pharmaceuticals, a London-based company, is developing a drug called Epidiolex, a pharmaceutical-grade form of cannabidiol (CBD), an oil found in...

I just signed a new lease on an apartment. Is it legal for my landlord to tell me I can't light up a celebratory joint? You might have to blow some smoke up to the marijuana gods for help on this one; ultimately, it all comes down to the mercy (or chill) of your building owner. Given pot's...

Rob Jungmann wants to see everyone in a hemp t-shirt by 2020. That's the tagline for his hemp-loving company Jungmaven. The conservationist and entrepreneur wants to convince Americans that hemp should be in their wardrobes as much as cotton. And his campaign comes at the right time. In...

When KIND Financial began in 2014, it was supposed to be the Wells Fargo for weed growers and dispensaries. "I was initially going to be KIND Banking," says CEO David Dinenberg, "I was going to be the marijuana bank." He says the idea struck when he was watching a 60 Minutes segment on...

Marijuana legalization means that bigger corporate interests and institutional capital will enter the industry and start competing with the businesses and entrepreneurs who have been at it for decades. But what does this mean for the industry's activists and pioneers who protested federal...

A successful businessman with a growing footprint in several states says he was shocked when he was refused a personal life insurance policy by Mutual of Omaha, one of the nation's largest insurers. The company informed Derek Peterson, CEO of Terra Tech Corp., in a letter dated June 13 that...

Cliff Thomason left the real estate business last year to become something of a pioneer: a hemp farmer. The Grants Pass, Oregon, man was the first in the state to legally grow hemp, after Oregon began licensing growers in 2014, joining 17 other states nationwide that have differentiated hemp...

Thorn Street Brewery is taking steps to become the first brewery in the country to package a beer flavored with marijuana. The microbrewer debuted its OG HighPA last month in its North Park tasting room, and the 4.20% ABV session IPA has already become a customer favorite. Winky weed...

Attempts to legalize cannabis in Vermont fell short in the Statehouse this year. But lawmakers still managed to pass reforms to the state's drug laws, and policy makers hope an expansion of the medical marijuana registry will help combat Vermont's opiate addiction problem. Adam Worch was 25...

Attempts to legalize cannabis in Vermont fell short in the Statehouse this year. But lawmakers still managed to pass reforms to the state's drug laws, and policy makers hope an expansion of the medical marijuana registry will help combat Vermont's opiate addiction problem. Adam Worch was 25...

This hard-working couple from Aghabullogue, in Co Cork, have four beautiful children aged six and under. Ava, who is the eldest at six years old, is followed by Sophia, Michael, and baby Elvera May. Having such young children is difficult enough, but unfortunately these parents also have to...

This hard-working couple from Aghabullogue, in Co Cork, have four beautiful children aged six and under. Ava, who is the eldest at six years old, is followed by Sophia, Michael, and baby Elvera May. Having such young children is difficult enough, but unfortunately these parents also have to...

Twenty miles east of his office at the University of Nebraska, plant geneticist Ismail Dweikat finds what he's looking for at the fringe of a budding cornfield: wild hemp. Mixed among other roadside weeds, the hemp bears the familiar narrow five-fingered leaves synonymous with marijuana but...