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California knows how to party, you say? Indeed, as the marijuana spotlight returns to its rightful place as a result of voters' November passage of recreational legalization in California, cannabis producers here have evolved beyond old-school strains like O.G. Kush. Los Angeles' producer...

Indiana Republican State Rep. Jim Lucas is backing medical marijuana as an alternative method to curb the state's opioid epidemic. Lucas says medical marijuana could provide people an alternative to addictive opioids, and he combats claims that it is a gateway drug. "When you look at the...

Don't call it Weedland. A publicly traded marijuana firm called American Green says that it has purchased what it describes as an entire town in the California desert en route to Las Vegas. However, the company's vision of a pot-friendly town full of weed businesses could run into the law. The...

Opportunities Party candidate Mika is on the campaign trail with a clear message from rangatahi — to make cannabis legal. Mika, along with former synthetic-cannabis user Dsyfr, spoke to Kawe Kōrero Reporters. Mika says the current approach to cannabis causes more harm than smoking...

At least two applicants have filed for a medical marijuana dispensary and cultivation license in Bennington, Vermont. The Bennington Banner reports (Bennington eyed for medical marijuana facility | The Bennington Banner | Bennington Breaking News, Sports, Weather, Traffic ) the applications...

Gov. Phil Scott says he's about to convene a "blue ribbon commission" to study issues related to the legalization of marijuana. In less than a year, retail outlets in Maine and Massachusetts will begin selling legal recreational marijuana to anyone 21 and older. Scott says he wants the new...

Canndescent's Instagram page looks like that of a luxury lifestyle company. It features chic people doing yoga, painting, working out, surfing, partying and reading in the bathtub. Canndescent is a cannabis company. It grows and sells weed. Adrian Sedlin, a graduate of Harvard Business...

One forward-thinking senior living provider is taking an extra step to clear the air around marijuana use by educating its residents about the green, leafy plant–and by permitting its employees to use the drug recreationally. Colorado-based Balfour Senior Living plans to kick off a new...

More than two dozen plants which appear to be cannabis were found growing by an apartment complex in Helsinki's Etelä-Haaga neighborhood. Nobody seems to know how the plants got there, and a researcher says tests are being carried out to see whether the plants contain the psychoactive component...

Cannabis is the perfect medicine for athletes," says retired NFL offensive lineman Eben Britton over the phone, stating matter-of-factly what's still, generally, considered taboo. (In the world of modern cannabis advocacy, you're never talking about "weed," "pot," "marijuana," or [insert slang...

Trent Kitsch may be the only businessperson in Canada who owns both an award-winning winery and a cannabis production license. So it's hardly surprising when, asked to describe his marijuana product line, the DOJA Cannabis Company Limited CEO sounds somewhat like a seasoned sommelier...

As the start of the new school year approaches, districts are still unclear on how to handle medical marijuana on school grounds. Branden Petro of Hillsborough County suffers from one of the most deadly forms of epilepsy out there. His first seizure at 8-years-old put him into the hospital...

It's a budding business but it could be growing too fast. Even more farmers want to participate in North Dakota's industrial hemp pilot program. But the Department of Agriculture is concerned supply could outpace demand. Just two months ago the seeds for hemp were planted. It's a rapidly...

Hemp farming could be making a comeback in Virginia after being legal for decades. Researchers are growing the plant at Virginia State University, which is one of three universities in the state studying hemp as a possible cash crop for Virginia. Hemp farming has been illegal for the past 70...

Some lawmakers say legalizing recreational marijuana should be on the horizon for Illinois. But they admit there are still details to work out. Heather Steans, a Democratic State Senator from Chicago, introduced a measure earlier this year that would allow those 21 and older to possess, grow...

Some lawmakers say legalizing recreational marijuana should be on the horizon for Illinois, but they admit there are still details to work out. Democratic State Sen. Heather Steans, of Chicago, introduced a measure earlier this year that would allow those 21 and older to possess, grow and...

While public support for marijuana grows across the country, ambiguity surrounding marijuana laws in Washington, D.C., has provided an opportunity for online distributors. But it has also put consumers in a tricky spot. The District's recreational marijuana law, a voter-approved ballot...

The owners of a now-closed "luxury smoke lounge" on Trinidad's dispensary-clogged Main Street have filed suit against the city's mayor, police, city council and district attorney, claiming that shifting local policies about pot consumption and weed-related signage doomed their business. But...

As pot slowly becomes recreationally legal across the U.S. (eight states and the District of Columbia have passed lax legislation so far, but who's counting), ~weed fever~ seems to be taking the consumer product-sphere by storm. Example A: Whoopi Goldberg's line of pot-infused period products...

It's bed time for 13-year-old Viridiana. And as her parents, Roberto and Maria, read to her, they know their daughter's own story is different than a normal child's. "She depends on us for almost, just about everything," says Roberto Ortego, Viridiana's dad. And it's a story Viridiana...