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Flourish, Payton Curry's edibles company, is only a few years old. But the restaurateur and cannabis chef says he has been cooking with marijuana almost as long as he has worked in professional kitchens: two decades. The 39-year-old Curry points to his cargo pants, uneven where they brush his...

If your image of a marijuana dispensary is, say, a smoke-filled room adorned with Grateful Dead posters and jars of musky buds named "Banana Kush" and "Hawaiian Haze," you may be disappointed by Florida's version. The first thing you notice walking into Trulieve dispensary in Tampa is the...

Some are calling his methods controversial, but Dennis Meehan says the community is reaping high rewards. Literally. Meehan discussed the success of a recent social media campaign in which he promised free cannabis to anyone 21 and over who donated their time to a community cleanup project...

A year ago, City Council decided to do away with cannabis clubs. But instead of straight-up banning the clubs, many of which had been operating for years, local lawmakers created an out: Clubs could apply for a "marijuana consumption club" license that gives them eight years to stay open – if...

A group that believes there is an ancient and little-known connection between Christianity and cannabis plans to burn oil full of psychoactive cannabinoids inside the nation's largest Roman Catholic church during the solar eclipse on August 21. Anne Armstrong, a longtime cannabis activist and...

The state Auditor General is not stopping his call for legalized recreational marijuana in the commonwealth. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale came out in support of legal recreational marijuana earlier this year, saying revenue from taxes could reach $200 million. Now he says on top of...

State Representative Melissa Sargent is introducing a bill to legalize both medicinal and recreational use of marijuana in Wisconsin. The Madison Democrat introduced similar bills in the last two legislative sessions. Sargent says it provides more than 100 pages of protections that...

Ottawa entrepreneur Chuck Rifici dove in to the medical marijuana business with trepidation five years ago. "When I was first looking for investors and researching the creation of Tweed, you would whisper 'marijuana' in a Starbucks, talking to people," he recalls. "Mainstream discussion of...

Michael Murray isn't well known outside of legal circles, but that may soon change. The former Supreme Court clerk holds the fate of a multibillion-dollar cannabis industry in his hands and will make recommendations soon on whether to launch a crackdown. People who know Murray can't imagine...

Looking for a job? A career fair in Denver this weekend promises jobs in a major "growth" industry. "Currently in the cannabis industry there are 122,000 people employed and between now and 2020 it's going to get up to 250,000 jobs," says Karson Humiston, Founder of Vangst, which recruits for...

Light, bright and airy are not the first things that may come to mind when one imagines the inside of a cannabis shop — especially for those who have never stepped beyond a cannabis shop door. And yet inside Serra, a medical and recreational dispensary in west Eugene, it’s as if one is entering...

The focus Tuesday night was on the patients at a medical cannabis symposium hosted by the Arkansas Cannabis Industry Association. "Our goal as an association is to connect patients, who are suffering with medical cannabis that will help their ailments," says Storm Nolan, ACIA President...

More than seven months after Florida voters overwhelmingly supported an amendment legalizing medical marijuana, Gov. Rick Scott finally signed off on the law late last month. But critics have pounced on the law's shortcomings. Megalawyer John Morgan, who sponsored the amendment, is now suing the...

In the epicurean world, Northern California is famous for two intoxicants — wine and weed. With recreational marijuana about to be legal in the Golden State, some cannabis entrepreneurs are looking to the wine industry as a model. On the elegant terrace of a winery overlooking the...

There is growing concern about an increase in cannabis choices hitting the market. New regulations are less than a year away, but in the meantime customers are already have more access to products than ever before. Chris Enns of the Farm Assist Cannabis Resource Centre says curiosity for...

Every day, Kelly Patchett takes a tub of green cannabis-infused coconut butter down from her pantry. Sometimes she rubs it directly onto her aching skin. Other times she blends the butter into mashed potatoes, makes cannabis chocolates, or bath melts with essential oils and Epsom salts. When...

Cannabis is certainly becoming more mainstream, but the divide between the enthusiasts and those who don't understand it makes the Grand Canyon look like a crack in the sidewalk. While cannabis users discuss terpene profiles and trichomes, the rest seem hell-bent on throwing around the...

A former employee of Ardagh Glass claims he was wrongfully fired because he tested positive for marijuana, something he was legally prescribed to ease the pain he suffers because of Marfan syndrome, a suit says. Joseph B. Cobb III claims in a lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Cumberland...

If all had gone as planned, Jawara McIntosh would be home in Dorchester, Massachusetts right now, legally using cannabis as part of his Rastafarian faith, enjoying the early summer with his four children, perhaps working on new music. Instead, he is in a hospital in Boston in a coma. On...

Along with picnics and barbecues, the Fourth of July brings a less pleasant yearly ritual for many dog lovers: worrying about a family pooch who panics at the sound of firecrackers. Betsy and Andy Firebaugh of Santa Cruz, Calif., have reason for concern. They live on a mountain ridge...