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When searching for America's fastest-growing industries, chances are you'll find marijuana near, or at, the top. Cannabis research firm ArcView pegged legal sales of the drug at $5.4 billion in 2015 and believes the legal industry can grow organically by 30% per year through 2020. This would...

Boston - Congressman Seth Moulton thinks marijuana should be legalized and regulated in Massachusetts, arguing that the state could get a much-needed windfall in tax revenue while driving down black-market pot sales. Moulton, who acknowledges trying pot as a student at Harvard College in the...

St. Louis - Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander, who is the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, said Thursday that it's "time for the state legislature to step up" and pass a law allowing medical marijuana. Kander came out in support of medical marijuana in a statement through the...

The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department announced this week it had discovered an estimated $1 million worth of marijuana plants growing in two fields, one near West State Street near Weldon Road, the other on North Winslow Road near Durand. The property owners were not aware of what was being...

Kingston, Jamaica - Senior Government advisor Delano Seiveright wants American law students, academics and representatives of civil society representatives at Harvard University to press the US government to change "repressive" laws against the use of cannabis. Seiveright, who is also a...

The people behind Dr. Bronner's are just as concerned about legalizing cannabis as they are creating high-quality skin care products. The Vista, Calif.-based company dedicated to producing all-natural organic body care products will donate over $660,000 towards responsible marijuana...

I just noticed that a State or two is missing from the Legal Medical States (Ohio for one). When are these States added to the list?:peacetwo:

While most states have relaxed restrictions on marijuana in recent years, Montana has gone backward. A relatively early adopter of medical marijuana in 2004, the state - which has a population of roughly 1 million people - once had 4,900 providers servicing nearly 30,000 patients. But in 2011...

While most states have relaxed restrictions on marijuana in recent years, Montana has gone backward. A relatively early adopter of medical marijuana in 2004, the state - which has a population of roughly 1 million people - once had 4,900 providers servicing nearly 30,000 patients. But in 2011...

As legalizing marijuana has become a topic of political and socioeconomic debate, there is an opportunity to advance the insertion of better practices to alleviate the impact on our water and energy resources. This editorial is not about making the social and political decisions; this is about...

Belize City, Mon. Sept. 12, 2016 — Today, a man who was charged with drug trafficking after police busted him with 119.2 grams of cannabis was allowed to plead down to the lesser charge of possession. Lusby Martinez, 32, was busted by the police's Mobile Interdiction Team (MIT) on Friday...

The claim: When legal medical marijuana dispensaries start operating in a state, deaths from opioid overdoses in that state drop. Tell me more: In the United States, 25 states have legalized medical marijuana, including 19 that let patients with a prescription buy pot from dispensaries...

The claim: When legal medical marijuana dispensaries start operating in a state, deaths from opioid overdoses in that state drop. Tell me more: In the United States, 25 states have legalized medical marijuana, including 19 that let patients with a prescription buy pot from dispensaries...

You can be sure Vermont lawmakers will continue their debate on marijuana come January. "Whether or not it should be legalized, as well as medical marijuana and if it should expand or not," says Sen. Dick Sears, (D) Bennington. But there's also the question of what happens if neighboring...

Even though federal law in the United States still says that it is illegal to use, buy, sell or grow marijuana, the legalization of medical marijuana in many states is catching on. So far, four states have legalized the use of marijuana for medical and recreational purposes — Oregan, Alaska...

It's no secret that there is an opioid epidemic here in the United States. It's also no secret that the continued practice of prescribing opioid painkillers is a huge contributing factor in the advancement of this epidemic. Even the CDC itself has admitted that prescription drugs are playing a...

Delaware has relaxed some of its marijuana laws. We're not to the point of four states and the District of Columbia, which have legalized recreational pot use. But, like nearly half the states in our country, Delaware is taking a pragmatic approach to cannabis. The federal government, on...

Delaware has relaxed some of its marijuana laws. We're not to the point of four states and the District of Columbia, which have legalized recreational pot use. But, like nearly half the states in our country, Delaware is taking a pragmatic approach to cannabis. The federal government, on...

Those of us who support the full legalization of marijuana are greatly benefiting from political reforms adopted during what is frequently referred to as the Progressive Era in this country. The principal objective of the progressive movement was eliminating corruption in government, and to...

Medical marijuana has two primary cannabinoids that are medicinally proven and understood to some extent, THC and CBD. They can both regulate each other and cooperate harmoniously. THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) is the psychoactive cannabinoid. CBD or cannabidiol was the un-heralded major...