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The legal house of cards on which the marijuana industry has built itself—legal at a state level but illegal federally—is one which has garnered much discussion. Built on promises of a hands-off policy from the Obama administration, the business of medical and recreational marijuana has exploded...

Illicit cannabis use and cannabis use disorders increased at a greater rate in US states with medical marijuana laws than in other states, research shows. A new study analyzes the differences in cannabis use and cannabis use disorders before and after states passed medical marijuana laws. The...

Cannabis started to emerge as a major medicine in the United States during the mid-1800s and is often sold in tincture form by some drug manufacturers. It was introduced in the United States Constitution in 1850 as a treatment for many medical conditions in the history of medical cannabis...

Job applicants are testing positive for marijuana, cocaine, amphetamine and heroin at the highest rate in 12 years, according to a new report from Quest Diagnostics, a clinical lab that follows national employment trends. An analysis of about 10 million workplace drug screens from across the...

States such as Nevada that have legalized medical pot quickly find that implementation can get complicated thanks to the fact that marijuana remains illegal under federal law. For instance, marijuana-related businesses that operate legally according to state law still have trouble finding...

Republican and Democratic senators on Wednesday renewed their drive to make banking easier for marijuana-based businesses in those U.S. states where the drug is legal, undeterred by signals from the Trump administration about maintaining tough marijuana restrictions nationally. The eight...

With few exceptions, everything has seemingly gone right for the marijuana industry, and marijuana stocks for that matter, over the past couple of years. The legal marijuana industry is budding before our eyes Last year was a prime example of the momentum present in the pot industry. We...

Newly Signed $1 Trillion Spending Bill Includes Key Protections for Medical Cannabis - Safeguards for State Laws that Have Passed Medical Cannabis Initiatives. AmeriCann, Inc., an Agricultural-Technology company that is developing sustainable, state-of-the-art medical cannabis cultivation...

For decades marijuana has been considered a dangerous drug and has been illegal. But to date, twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have passed laws legalizing marijuana in some form. So what's changed? Is legalizing marijuana a good thing? Below are the seven things that you...

President Donald Trump issued his first statement on medical marijuana since he took office. Trump on Friday signed a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that will keep the federal government funded through September 30. The congressionally approved bill includes a rider – the Rohrabacher -...

Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.) says the U.S. is turning into a "sanctuary country" because Congress just voted to prevent the Justice Department from prosecuting individuals who sell marijuana in states that have already legalized the drug by defunding its efforts to go after those individuals...

Recreational marijuana -- the kind you smoke without a doctor's note -- wasn't legal anywhere in the United States five years ago. Since then, voters in eight states and Washington, D.C., have given it the green light. Sales of legal pot grew to $6.6 billion in 2016, according to New...

With solutions to Illinois' fiscal crisis seemingly blocked by partisan politics, it's time to start looking at new ideas. That's why we have introduced a bill to legalize the purchase of up to an ounce of marijuana, regulating and taxing it as we already do with alcohol. The revenues would help...

Evidence is mounting that shows medical marijuana programs are able to cut down on the rates of painkiller abuse, the Daily Caller reported. For example, researchers writing in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2014 found that states with medical marijuana programs had an...

It's the latest sign that a major federal crackdown on state pot laws isn't likely. Congress, once again, is blocking the Justice Department from spending any money that interferes with state medical marijuana laws. In their newly unveiled budget bill, lawmakers included a provision, known as...

As the U.S. cannabis industry faces a crackdown, Canada is set to lead the globe. The current approach to cannabis does not work." This was the forceful first line of the Canadian government's April 13 announcement for their proposed bill to legalize cannabis nationally for recreational use...

A meeting this week with Attorney General Jeff Sessions has left the governor of the first state to legalize marijuana less concerned over the possibility of the federal government pursing a war against recreational use. While Mr. Sessions has hardly been reserved about his opinions on pot...

Although several states have legalized cannabis for everything from medical to recreational use, the federal position has not changed. That means cannabis and cannabis oil are still illegal to use and possess. But now, people across metro Atlanta are on a mission, taking their message to...

In recent years, illegal marijuana use has risen faster in states that have legalized medical marijuana than in states without such laws, a new study finds. In addition, the percentage of people with "marijuana use disorders" - people who use the drug in unhealthy ways, or abuse it - has also...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – We're disappointed that White House press secretary Sean Spicer recently said "greater enforcement" of federal drug laws, including prohibition of marijuana, is coming. "There's a federal law that we need to abide by when it comes to recreational marijuana and other drugs of...