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An increasing number of Kiwis are turning to medicinal cannabis at the ends of their lives as they suffer from the effects of terminal illnesses such as cancer. They are the everyday successors to Helen Kelly - people prepared to break the law to avoid dying a slow and painful death. What...

You always expect the sun to come out for hippies, as though they have their own Californian microclimate. But in Britain, the summer of 1967 started late and ended up rather rainy. Even though the weather didn't live up to the look, this was the first Summer of Love. This is when pot became...

One Las Vegas couple got hitched inside a massive greenhouse for one of Las Vegas’ largest marijuana dispensaries. Anna and Mark Balfe-Taylor exchanged vows in a cultivation facility for The Grove. “Mark asked me, and I had to think about it, and no. I support it. I think it’s great,” said...

In downtown Wilmington, Matt Collogan is teaching area residents and visitors about something many have heard of but not fully understand — hemp. Hemp has been included in restrictions, leaving the many benefits it offers to be missed. Much of the criticism of hemp comes from its similarities...

Marijuana use is being destigmatized at an unprecedented rate. Between medical marijuana becoming more accepted and several states legalizing the substance during the last election, people are talking openly about cannabis use in a way we have never really seen. And new data about who, exactly...

In early June, Brian Bullman and Brian Morris, founders of Asheville-based Carolina Hemp Co., were about halfway through an all-hands-on-deck planting process. "We've been out here planting every day, including the weekend," says Bullman. The growers are thrilled to finally be planting hemp...

Dr. Reggie Gaudino had a lot of cannabis at his disposal, but none of it fit the bill. His father, who had suffered a stroke a few years prior, had been unable to eat, talk or walk until he tried a high-CBD oil, which was made from a particular, top-shelf strain of bud. When the Oregon company...

When it comes to cannabis, local investors and entrepreneurs are seeing green. A new business accelerator called Canopy San Diego is investing time and money in technology startups that offer ancillary services–renewable energy, back-office software, and mobile phone apps–to the billion-dollar...

At a Paul McCartney concert at San Francisco's AT&T Park in 2010, Matthew Springer, PhD, wasn't shocked to be surrounded by a haze of marijuana smoke. He was, however, amazed that the audience tolerated it without complaint. "All of these people knew to avoid smoke from cigarettes, because...

The alcohol folks said Question 2 – which passed 54 percent to 45 percent – gave them the right to be the middleman: the people who transport the recreational marijuana from the growhouse to the store. First Judicial District Judge James Wilson agreed. His ruling, which prevents the Nevada...

I eat organic food. I use non-toxic cleaning supplies. I try to choose the safest lotions and soaps – and even toothpaste. I thought I'd covered all of the bases. Nope. I forgot home base. I can't say I'd ever thought about the ingredients in what the grocery stores so stiffly label...

In the U.S., one square foot of indoor marijuana cultivation uses four times more energy than the same space in a hospital, eight times more energy than a commercial building, and 20 times more energy than a center for religious worship, according to a study by Lewis and Clark College. But a...

There's a great moment in the new History Channel miniseries, America's War on Drugs, when a former DEA agent named Celerino Castillo explains why America's crusade to purge drugs from the world is doomed to fail: "America is more addicted to drug money than they are addicted to drugs." After...

A cannabis company believes the pot industry could save tribal nations from poverty. But many argue it would only make a drug problem worse. "You going to Gathering this year?" Most Native people have heard this question. Short for the Gathering of Nations, the "Gathering" is the largest...

One morning this spring about two dozen L.A. cops arrived at a large marijuana grow facility with a battering ram. Without knocking, and armed with what the business owner called "full on assault rifles, like something from a movie," the owner said. Police proceeded to bash on the entrance...

The petition drive to place legalized marijuana on the November 2018 ballot in Michigan is underway. The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol believes Michigan could become a national model for the sensible regulation of marijuana. Critics believe the social consequences of pot could...

Can I get high with my kids? How do I keep my minivan from smelling like reefer? Parenting in the age of legal weed presents a whole new set of conundrums. Here, Kathryn VanEaton, a Colorado blogger who goes by "The Stoner Mom," and Margie Skeer, an assistant professor of public health and...

Legislation to implement voter-approved medical marijuana is moving forward as the House and Senate versions of the bill passed through their final committee stops Thursday. The new version of the bill includes a number of changes to licensing for growers and the number of dispensaries...

Indiana may not join the next wave of states that legalize medical or recreational marijuana, but it doesn't mean Hoosiers can't partake in the booming business. That was the message from national Marijuana Business Association founder Dave Rheins at a forum in Indianapolis Tuesday night...

Vermont's lawmakers have been dealing with pot for years now — every legislative session in recent memory has had some marijuana bill on the docket. And while expansions to the state's medical marijuana program have proven successful, efforts to fully legalize weed had never made it through both...