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MARCH 20-22, 2017 OAKLAND MARRIOTT CITY CENTER OAKLAND, CA Contact: 216.393.0300 Cannabis 2017 serves the cannabis cultivation market. Produced by Cannabis Business Times, the event reflects the same high standards of quality the magazine has brought to the marketplace. Cannabis...

YES Seth Blumenthal Newton resident, lecturer on marijuana in American history at Boston University The November ballot question to legalize marijuana passed with 54 percent of voters agreeing that cannabis prohibition did more harm than good. This change creates several opportunities...

Patients and doctors are in an uproar in Port St. Lucie, Florida over the fact that Dr. Gary Marder, a dermatologist, still has his medical license after falsely diagnosing patients with skin cancer. In doing so, Marder bilked Medicare and profited millions of dollars, while giving patients...

For the first time in the history of the seven-year-old New Jersey medical marijuana program, a health department panel will consider adding chronic pain and other ailments to the list of about a dozen conditions that qualify a patient to use cannabis in the state. A hearing is scheduled for...

Tallahassee – A stark divide between the public and Tallahassee bureaucrats was on full display late Thursday as patients, caregivers and doctors hammered state medical marijuana regulators for standing in the way of access to medicine. Several patients told regulators that cannabis has...

Never mind heart-rending testimony from the dying, diseased and debilitated, who crowded into five public hearings across Florida this week to beg the state medical marijuana rule-makers to honor the voters' intent. Never mind pleas from would-be cannabis farmers and entrepreneurs, who...

Advocates for the medical use of marijuana rallied at the Statehouse Thursday, offering testimony from people who said their lives were transformed for the better by the use of cannabis oil. "There are an awful a lot of vets out there that are suffering from PTSD, this drug has shown to be...

Even as he celebrated the end of a big year for his cannabis-focused company, Terra Tech, Derek Peterson was scrambling to cope with some bad news. On the one hand, in 2016, his Newport Beach business raised close to $20 million to produce and sell marijuana products across the country...

Dr. Joseph Dorn doesn't have any stories about trying pot with his buddies in college or even using it to self-medicate some personal ailment. He's just a doctor with decades of experience who has seen that marijuana has some benefits for certain patients. So he's going to help them get it...

Green is Gold Synopsis: After a teenage boy's father goes to prison, he is forced to live with his older brother who has a compromising trade. Enjoy :volcano-smiley:

Charleston – Both proponents and opponents of marijuana legalization highlighted potential economic benefits – as well as possible unintended consequences – during a Friday panel discussion in Charleston. The panel was part of Friday's annual Associated Press Legislative Lookahead. Danny...

Cancer patients in advanced stages will finally get a chance to relieve their pain, following confirmation from the Health Ministry that medical cannabis will be given to those who applied and got approved for the hash oil. Health Minister George Pamboridis told the media that the cannabis oil...

Just joined today. OK, so I'm an old fart - I turn 60 this year, whatever. To me, this site immediately caught my attention, because I see there are many others who REALIZE that Cannabis 'is' what helps us. I don't have much time left to post as I have some errands to run, but I want to say that...

West Hollywood, Calif. – On a bustling stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard lined by vintage stores and eateries, the MedMen shop looks right at home. Sunlight streams in through the store's floor-to-ceiling windows. Inside, salespeople in bright red T-shirts greet shoppers. Merchandise is...

On a bustling stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard lined by vintage stores and eateries, the MedMen shop looks right at home. Sunlight streams in through the store's floor-to-ceiling windows. Inside, salespeople in bright red T-shirts greet shoppers. Merchandise is carefully arranged on sleek...

More and more physicians are acknowledging the medical benefits of marijuana and are enrolling in the state's pharmaceutical cannabis program. While 80 doctors were on board when the state's licensed growers first began supplying medical marijuana to the dispensaries in September 2014, there...

Portland, Maine - The potential statewide moratorium proposed Wednesday would force people who want to open cannabis-based businesses to wait until that period is over before setting up shop. Medical cannabis caregivers said Wednesday that this could have serious business impacts on the state...

Atlanta – State Rep. Allen Peake (R-Macon) is filing a bill to create a statewide referendum in 2018 on whether to amend the Constitution of the State of Georgia to allow the in-state cultivation of medical cannabis. The referendum on a Constitutional Amendment will require two-thirds of both...

"If you have a passion–any passion–we need advocates and allies. If you're a baker, we need bakers. If you're a lawyer, we need lawyers. Anyone who has empathy for people who need weed, and is driven, is welcome in the marijuana industry," says Lisa Harun, co-founder of Vapium, a Canadian...

Nearly 200 of the approximately 450 people who asked Gov. Peter Shumlin of Vermont to forgive their misdemeanor marijuana convictions had their wish fulfilled this week. In one of his final acts in office, Governor Shumlin on Tuesday pardoned 192 people convicted of marijuana possession...