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HOW CALIFORNIA WILL CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE OF THE WEED INDUSTRY


As the first states to legalize recreational cannabis, they created a roadmap for states like California to follow suit... READ MORE

2nd March, 2018 29

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BATTLES SICK KIDS ON ACCESS TO LEGAL POT


The legal cannabis industry is predicted to reach 50 billion in sales by 2026, up from 6 billion in 2016, according to investment bank Cowen Co... READ MORE

14th February, 2018 548

BRAVE AVA (7) WINS RIGHT TO USE CANNABIS MEDICINE HERE


A mother says her Christmas wish has come true after being granted a special licence for her little girl to get medicinal cannabis treatment here... READ MORE

11th February, 2018 60

BRAVE AVA (7) WINS RIGHT TO USE CANNABIS MEDICINE HERE


A mother says her Christmas wish has come true after being granted a special licence for her little girl to get medicinal cannabis treatment here... READ MORE

11th February, 2018 60

BRAVE AVA (7) WINS RIGHT TO USE CANNABIS MEDICINE HERE


A mother says her Christmas wish has come true after being granted a special licence for her little girl to get medicinal cannabis treatment here... READ MORE

11th February, 2018 60

BRAVE AVA (7) WINS RIGHT TO USE CANNABIS MEDICINE HERE


A mother says her Christmas wish has come true after being granted a special licence for her little girl to get medicinal cannabis treatment here... READ MORE

11th February, 2018 60

ANALYSIS | CANADA'S DATA SCIENTISTS WANT TO KNOW: HOW MUCH DO YOU PAY FOR MARIJUANA?


Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana in some form in the United States, but cannabis remains illegal at the federal level... READ MORE

10th February, 2018 287

SAN DIEGO ENJOYS EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA TOURISM


Rachel Moberley, who voted for President Trump, now says she feels let down by the hostility his administration has shown towards cannabis... READ MORE

6th February, 2018 767

UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES OFFER MORE TRAINING FOR MARIJUANA INDUSTRY


Durham College, meanwhile, is working on an elective about marijuana legalization and a class for medical professionals focused on cannabis in health care, Johnston said... READ MORE

5th February, 2018 1147

OREGON IS PRODUCING THREE TIMES MORE MARIJUANA THAN IT CAN CONSUME


Oregon is producing three times more marijuana than it can consume with formidable amounts now ending up on the black market, officials have warned... READ MORE

4th February, 2018 4792

APHRIA SELLING STAKE IN U.S. POT PRODUCER IN $20M DEAL


Move meant to keep aphria onside with canadian stock regulators, markets... READ MORE

3rd February, 2018 260

GERMANS FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN MEDICINAL MARIJUANA AND GUNS


The ruling sets a precedent that will likely force Germans to choose between receiving medicinal cannabis treatment and owning a gun license... READ MORE

31st January, 2018 90

CANADA'S AURORA CANNABIS TO BUY RIVAL TO CREATE WORLD'S MOST VALUABLE


Still, Aurora shares are up 395 percent over the past three months, while CanniMed has risen 257 percent... READ MORE

25th January, 2018 848

WHAT'S IN YOUR WEED? CANNABIS CROSS-BREEDS SOW UNCERTAINTY FOR POT BUYERS


Canopy Growth, a large cannabis company in Smiths Falls, Ont., is actively breeding pot and drilling into its genetics to create new strains... READ MORE

18th January, 2018 1918

FREE WEED IS ALL THE BUZZ IN D.C.'S POT 'GIFTING ECONOMY'


Savvy ganja-preneuers have found a way to turn this cannabis grey market into a lucrative pot bazaar... READ MORE

15th January, 2018 1106

POT ENTREPRENEUR AND EX-FELON FIGHTS FOR BLACK ROLE IN CALIFORNIA'S BUDDING INDUSTRY


When his medical cannabis operation was raided in 2008, Virgil Grant wound up in prison... READ MORE

15th January, 2018 464

MY GUNS OR MY GANJA? FIREARM-OWNING POT FANS FACE A CHOICE


And last month, a police chief in Hawaii publicized and then quickly rescinded a directive that medical marijuana patients had to give up their handguns... READ MORE

15th January, 2018 5

US CITY MAYORS STAND UP FOR CANNABIS AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CRACKDOWN


Cannabis is banned by federal law but it has become legal in one form or another in a number of states, most recently California... READ MORE

12th January, 2018 17

CALIFORNIA DEFIANT IN FACE OF FEDERAL MOVE TO GET TOUGH ON MARIJUANA


And on marijuana, once again California reacted with defiance... READ MORE

6th January, 2018 6961

MARIJUANA INDUSTRY DISMISSING FEARS OF FEDERAL INTERFERENCE


Marijuana sales became legal in California on Monday and shops across the Coachella Valley attracted customers... READ MORE

6th January, 2018 2128

POT ANALYSTS AREN'T FREAKING OUT ABOUT SESSIONS' ORDER JUST YET


This policy shift will further hamper efforts to increase the cannabis industry's access to traditional banking products... READ MORE

5th January, 2018 302

JEFF SESSIONS ANNOUNCES CHANGE TO U.S. POT POLICY, CREATING CONFUSION AROUND MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION


But the Sessions Justice Department believed the Cole memo created a safe harbour for marijuana by allowing states to flout federal law, Justice Department officials said... READ MORE

4th January, 2018 532

UNCERTAINTY ROILS AMERICAN MARIJUANA INDUSTRY OVER FEARED FEDERAL CRACKDOWN


Michigan permits medical marijuana, and voters this fall may be asked to legalize recreational cannabis... READ MORE

4th January, 2018 1389

TRUMP 'TO CRACK DOWN ON LEGAL CANNABIS'


Attorney General Jeff Sessions will repeal a Justice Department 2013 memo which instructed federal prosecutors to deprioritise federal cannabis crimes... READ MORE

4th January, 2018 1513

US TO END OBAMA-ERA POLICY THAT LET LEGALISED MARIJUANA FLOURISH


Sessions' plan drew an immediate strong objection from Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, one of eight states that have legalized marijuana for recreational use... READ MORE

4th January, 2018 9

JEFF SESSIONS REPORTEDLY TO REPEAL OBAMA-ERA LAW ALLOWING STATES TO CHOOSE WHETHER TO LEGALISE MARIJUANA


Mr Sessions will instead let federal prosecutors where pot is legal decide how aggressively to enforce federal marijuana law, the people said... READ MORE

4th January, 2018 287

U.S. TO END POLICY THAT LET LEGAL POT FLOURISH, SOURCES SAY


Sessions will instead let federal prosecutors where pot is legal decide how aggressively to enforce federal marijuana law, the people said... READ MORE

4th January, 2018 1092

AUSTRALIA AIMING HIGH, WANTS TO BECOME WORLD'S TOP POT EXPORTER WHEN TRADE OPENS IN FEBRUARY


On 24 February 2016, Australia legalized medicinal cannabis on a federal level, subject to state and territory regulations... READ MORE

4th January, 2018 1742

AUSTRALIA AIMS TO BE WORLD'S TOP MEDICINAL CANNABIS SUPPLIER AFTER EXPORTS GET GREEN LIGHT


Australia's budding medicinal cannabis sector is set for a major windfall after winning approval to begin exports... READ MORE

3rd January, 2018 1892

CALIFORNIANS RING IN 2018 WITH NEW POT LAW


The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department issued a warning over the weekend that drive baked, get booked... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 4

Trending News Headlines : Frank Lucido

SHOPPERS DRUG MART FORMALLY APPLIES TO DISTRIBUTE MEDICAL MARIJUANA


Shoppers Drug Mart wants in on dispensing medical marijuana... READ MORE

25th October, 2016 37191

URUGUAY, THE FIRST COUNTRY WHERE YOU CAN SMOKE MARIJUANA WHEREVER YOU LIKE


Legislators started bringing legal marijuana draft bills for me to look at in prison, Castilla, now 72, recalls... READ MORE

27th May, 2017 29357

CANNABIS INDUSTRY ROILED BY WHITE HOUSE COMMENTS ON ENFORCEMENT


Congress has prohibited the Justice Department from interfering with states' medical marijuana programs but has remained silent about recreational marijuana... READ MORE

24th February, 2017 26775

GATEWAY TO DRUGS BORDER CITY IN A LEGAL POT WORLD


Now that adult-use, recreational marijuana is legal in California -- and still illegal in Arizona -- Blythe could be the gateway to green... READ MORE

12th November, 2016 25394

CANADA EXPECTED TO LEGALIZE POT BY 2018


Canada would be the largest developed country to end a nationwide prohibition of recreational marijuana... READ MORE

29th March, 2017 12464

BOY WITH EPILEPSY FINDS 'NORMAL LIFE' WITH CANNABIS OIL


However, there are hopes her state will curb medical marijuana restrictions after 72 percent of Florida residents voted in favour of such a move... READ MORE

1st January, 2017 12288

THIS SMALL ALBERTA VILLAGE COULD SOON BE HOME TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST MARIJUANA FACTORY


The village's neighbour is Aurora Cannabis, a major -- and legal -- marijuana production facility that's about to get even bigger... READ MORE

25th November, 2016 9352

LEGALISE CANNABIS AS TREATMENT OF LAST RESORT FOR MS, SAYS CHARITY


Legalise cannabis as treatment of last resort for MS, says charity... READ MORE

27th July, 2017 8053

BARACK OBAMA SAYS MARIJUANA SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE 'CIGARETTES OR ALCOHOL'


Marijuana legalization advocates have been frustrated at what they see as Mr Obama's unwillingness to use his bully pulpit to advocate for their cause... READ MORE

2nd December, 2016 7148

MARIJUANA INDUSTRY ANGERED BY WHITE HOUSE REVERSAL


New Frontier Data says the cannabis industry will create more than 283,000 jobs by 2020... READ MORE

24th February, 2017 6860

LEGALISATION OF CANNABIS 'ONLY SOLUTION TO CRIME AND ADDICTION PROBLEMS'


Report by Adam Smith Institute says UK's drug strategy 'has failed in its core aims' and urges government to legalise cannabis... READ MORE

21st November, 2016 6750

ISRAEL WANTS TO START EXPORTING ITS CANNABIS AROUND THE WORLD


The agency hasn't yet approved a botanically derived medical cannabis product... READ MORE

9th November, 2017 6625


All three states have already decriminalized pot and have approved medical marijuana... READ MORE

25th April, 2016 6219

I TOKE THEE TO BE MY WIFE


But here in Los Angeles, the world's most important cannabis market, a rebranding is under way... READ MORE

1st January, 2018 6009

MARIJUANA GROWERS AT RISK OF BEING WIPED OUT BY CALIFORNIA FIRES


Some harvests might be salvageable, but many will be lost. Cannabis's illegal federal status has blocked growers from any form of federal crop insurance... READ MORE

12th October, 2017 4845

MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION: NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO OPPOSES POT LEGALIZATION ON SAFETY GROUNDS, PROMOTES ALCOHOL


Cuomo has long promoted the alcohol industry, whose donors have bankrolled his election campaigns and whose businesses could be adversely affected by marijuana legalization... READ MORE

8th February, 2017 4477

BAN ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS GROWING OWN POT STRUCK DOWN BY FEDERAL COURT


Federal Court strikes down ban on medical marijuana patients growing own pot... READ MORE

24th February, 2016 4195

COULD MEDICAL MARIJUANA BE YOUR NEXT EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT?


A small number of other self-insured Canadian health benefit plans already cover medical marijuana in certain circumstances... READ MORE

31st May, 2017 3997

TRAFFICKED AND ENSLAVED: THE TEENAGERS TENDING UK CANNABIS FARMS


The NSPCC is so concerned by the exploitation of trafficked Vietnamese children that staff refer to UK-produced cannabis as blood cannabis ... READ MORE

25th March, 2017 2941

PLAY SCHOOL LIGHTS UP INTERNET WITH ACCIDENTAL BONG


An old Play School craft episode, in which the hosts appear to be making a homemade bong, is giving Australian adults a bit of a giggle... READ MORE

11th October, 2015 2860

IN URUGUAY'S MARIJUANA EXPERIMENT, THE GOVERNMENT IS YOUR POT DEALER


A potent strain of marijuana known as Colombian Red with flowers ready to harvest at a cannabis club greenhouse in Montevideo, Uruguay, on June 22... READ MORE

8th July, 2017 2766

ISRAEL MEDICAL MARIJUANA PIONEER IS EAGER TO CAPITALIZE


JERUSALEM -- Israeli scientists began their pioneering research to isolate the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana with a 10-pound stash seized by the Tel Aviv police... READ MORE

18th December, 2016 2760

HIGH PRAISE: POT CHURCHES PROLIFERATE AS STATES EASE ACCESS TO MARIJUANA


Nationally, such churches have opened in Indiana, where marijuana remains illegal, and Michigan, where medical marijuana is allowed... READ MORE

22nd December, 2017 2560

EMPLOYERS WANT OTTAWA'S HELP TO DEAL WITH MARIJUANA-SMOKING WORKERS


Lack of hard science on marijuana impairment and testing raises concerns among employers over safety... READ MORE

15th March, 2017 2507

MOST MARIJUANA MEDICINAL BENEFITS ARE INCONCLUSIVE, WIDE-RANGING STUDY FINDS


Controversially, the 1999 report found that marijuana could indeed reduce nausea, but that it could also help treat pain... READ MORE

13th January, 2017 2476

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CONTACTS COLORADO OFFICIALS ABOUT CANNABIS CASES


Trump And Marijuana Justice Department Contacts Colorado Officials About Cannabis Cases... READ MORE

1st April, 2017 2470

WHITE HOUSE EXPECTS JUSTICE CRACKDOWN ON LEGALIZED MARIJUANA


Eight states and Washington, D.C., have legalized marijuana for recreational use... READ MORE

24th February, 2017 2018

AN 8-YEAR-OLDS TRAGIC ILLNESS TESTS MEXICOS BAN ON MARIJUANA USE


If the family can obtain the product, Grace could become the first person to legally use marijuana in Mexico... READ MORE

29th August, 2015 2016

CANADA'S NEW GOVERNING PARTY PROMISES TO LEGALIZE, REGULATE MARIJUANA SALES


Border states Alaska and Washington have already legalized recreational marijuana use, as have Colorado, Oregon and the District of Columbia... READ MORE

20th October, 2015 2004

CANNABIS CAN NOW BE TAKEN ON A PLANE IN OREGON LEGALLY


Oregonians are permitted to keep up to eight ounces of cannabis in their homes and to grow up to four marijuana plants per household... READ MORE

11th July, 2015 2002


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