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The operation sounded impressive: a Missouri National Guard helicopter hovering overhead as a team of cops and sheriff's deputies bushwhacked through a field of weed hidden in the southwest corner of the state. Pictures showed the happy raiders with so many confiscated plants, the greenery...

Dina Browner isn't really a doctor, but in her role as partner in the West Hollywood-based Alternative Herbal Health Services (where rappers 2 Chainz, the Game, and Snoop Dogg are regulars), she takes her role as a compassionate caregiver very seriously, especially as California prepares for the...

Born at the U.S. military base in Wiesbaden, Germany, and raised in Oklahoma and Iowa, Jessica VerSteeg was always the creative free spirit in a family of no-nonsense IT professionals. Her parents worked on sensitive Air Force IT projects. She attended a private Christian school and Bible...

Children from across Maryland had their first day of school. But it hasn't been an easy road for one Dundalk girl. Many are calling her journey to the classroom a miracle. Amy Yensi reports from Dundalk, her mother says medical marijuana has been a life-saver. Three-year-old Lillyann...

Inside Dr. Tammy Post's medical clinic lobby on Willow Springs Road in Johnson, a silvery wall fountain trickles; beyond the water feature is a spacious suite of examination rooms. Post, a board certified family and osteopathic medical practitioner says she's interested in alternative medicine...

Last year, the passage of state Senate Bill 6206 made it possible for licensees to plant the first industrial hemp crop Washington state has seen in 90 years, through a research pilot program managed by the state's Department of Agriculture called the Industrial Hemp Research Pilot. Despite...

Canndescent drew inspiration from such luxury brands as Tiffany's, Hermes and Apple in designing a line of cannabis products whose elegant packaging wouldn't look out of place on the shelves of Neiman Marcus. But the California cultivator might not be able to emblazon its name or...

D.C. legalized medical marijuana in 2014, removing criminal penalties to possess, consume and grow cannabis in small amounts. But you still can't sell it unless you have an established medical marijuana business. People wanting to open dispensaries need to go through a lengthy application...

“There are people who may be thinking: I’m not really into cannabis—I’ve never done it. I was that person,” says Claudia Mata, a former New York City–based fashion editor. “Ten years ago, I wouldn’t have said, ‘Oh, yeah, I’m starting a cannabis company.’ ” A recent move to the Bay Area, however...

The owner of a medical marijuana dispensary in Cumberland says he hopes to open for business in November. The Cumberland Times-News reports that one of three owners of the Allegany Medical Marijuana Dispensary recently gave the newspaper an update on his business. Sajal Roy says the...

At first glance, the names Sour Diesel, Honey Bananas, Lavender Jones and Tangerine Dream might sound like flavors of a child's chewing gum stash. But they're not. They are some of the 60-plus strains of medical cannabis that are cloned, grown, then harvested in Camp Verde by Harvest...

Andrew Jones' company Connoisseur Concentrates has a marketing video on its website that can only be described as perplexing. For an hour and six minutes, Jones, clad in a white hoodie with the word "Crooks" silkscreened on the front, tells viewers how he's poised to dominate his industry...

A 534-acre historic farm, known as the Eagle Rest Plantation, donated to Murray State last year is now serving as a research and demonstration hub for cover crop and industrial hemp. Hutson School of Agriculture Dean Tony Brannon says projects on a portion of the farm are just the beginning of...

Bill and Char Mayes officially started TinctureBelle in 2010 with a goal of helping patients through the healing powers of marijuana. And that's still their main gig – but they make some delicious rec chocolate bars now too. The family-run company didn't even consider joining the...

Vince Cable says the Liberal Democrats will keep pushing for the legalization of cannabis. The party's new leader believes it makes sense to "regulate and control the market" rather than let criminals "control the mixing of substances". The government say it has "no plans to legalize...

As cannabis brands around the country grapple with legal woes in advertising their products, one company has found a way to reach millions—while they're already high. Wikileaf, a price-comparison app for the legal cannabis market, is running an in-flight ad on Virgin America's domestic routes...

Last spring, three advocates for the state's medical marijuana program received a call from Democratic State Representative Lou Lang, the architect of Illinois's medical cannabis pilot program. Lang told the group, which included Leslie Mendoza Temple, Jim Champion, and Michael Fine–all...

Below the shrub-steppe hills that hug the southern border of the Colville Reservation, situated between golden fields of grain, 60 acres of bright green hemp plants fan their leaves to collect sunlight along the Columbia River. The cannabis plants, unlike their cousin strains sold for...

At this point, it's hard to be surprised by any ingredient in a cocktail made by a creative mixologist. Duck fat? It's been done. Peanut butter? Why not. Charcoal? Absolutely. Every veggie in the garden? Old hat. So it only makes sense that these bartending Picassos have to dig ever deeper to...

Seniors are becoming as the fastest growing segment of the marijuana industry. According to a national survey, usage among adults 65 and older is up 250 percent, while adults 50-65 have also increased usage nearly 58 percent. “I’ve generally felt that recreational drugs of any kind were no...