CANADA'S AURORA CANNABIS TO BUY STAKE IN ORGANIC MARIJUANA GROWER

Aurora will get the rights to buy up to 20 percent, or more than 20,000 kilograms of Green Organic Dutchman's annual production of organic cannabis at full capacity... READ MORE›

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›

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›

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›

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›

CALIFORNIA POT SMOKERS HOPING TO BUY JAN. 1 MAY HAVE TO WAIT

Los Angeles and San Francisco are among many municipalities that won't have their licenses ready by the time marijuana sales become legal on New Year's Day... READ MORE›

IN CALIFORNIA, HIGH HOPES FOR 'GREEN RUSH' WITH ADVENT OF LEGAL POT

Although eight other states and the capital Washington have already legalized recreational marijuana use, none compare to the sheer size of California... READ MORE›

IN CALIFORNIA, HIGH HOPES FOR 'GREEN RUSH' WITH ADVENT OF LEGAL POT

Although eight other states and the capital Washington have already legalized recreational marijuana use, none compare to the sheer size of California... READ MORE›

POT STOCKS SOAR AS CALIFORNIA GETS READY TO GET HIGH

The three work well together, he said, noting his AdvisorShares Vice ETF includes an allocation of about 20 percent cannabis-related stocks... READ MORE›

COULD MEDICAL MARIJUANA HELP YOUR DOG?

Melinda Hayes, who runs a medical cannabis delivery service in Los Angeles, gives TreatWell's cannabis tincture to Diva, her arthritic 12-year-old rescue dog... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA OPENS WAY FOR LARGER MARIJUANA FIELDS

California released long-awaited rules Thursday that will govern the state's emerging legal marijuana industry, while potentially opening the way for large... READ MORE›

CANNIMED TELLS SHAREHOLDERS TO WAIT WHILE IT REVIEWS AURORA OFFER

CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. is urging shareholders to wait until the company has time to review an unsolicited takeover offer by Aurora Cannabis Inc. before doing anything... READ MORE›

ISRAEL WANTS TO START EXPORTING ITS CANNABIS AROUND THE WORLD

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

AMAZON CRIME? COMPANY SENDS 65 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA TO FLORIDA COUPLE

A Florida Amazon customer and her fiance received a large surprise after opening a package order that contained 65 pounds of marijuana... READ MORE›

CANADA'S LARGEST POT GROWER PLANS TO DOUBLE CAPACITY IN B.C.

The deal expands Canopy Growth's greenhouse production footprint to about 2.3 million square feet... READ MORE›

SHOPPERS DRUG MART FORMALLY APPLIES TO DISTRIBUTE MEDICAL MARIJUANA

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

CANADA EXPECTED TO LEGALIZE POT BY 2018

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

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›

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›

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

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

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›

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›

POLICE RAID CANNABIS CULTURE SHOPS IN MONTREAL A DAY AFTER THEY OPENED

A day after six Cannabis Culture locations opened in Montreal, the recreational marijuana stores were raided by police on Friday, with 10 arrests made... READ MORE›

THESE ARE THE WORLD'S CHEAPEST PLACES TO BUY DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND CIGARETTES

Bloomberg mined its own research, the annual World Drug Report published by the United Nations along with data from the World Health Organization... READ MORE›

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›

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›

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›

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›

CANNABIS DRUG CUTS SEIZURES IN CHILDREN WITH SEVERE EPILEPSY IN TRIAL

On average, the seizures experienced by the children were reduced by nearly 40 percent and 43 percent of those taking cannabidiol saw their seizures cut by half... READ MORE›

ILLEGAL MONTREAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES SET TO OPEN TODAY

People wait outside the Cannabis Culture location on Mount Royal Avenue, one of eight stores set to open in Montreal Thursday... READ MORE›

WHITE HOUSE EXPECTS JUSTICE CRACKDOWN ON LEGALIZED MARIJUANA

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

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›

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›

PUNITIVE DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT FAILING, SAYS HOME OFFICE STUDY

A Home Office spokesperson, responding to the evidence of the international report, said This government has absolutely no intention of decriminalising drugs... READ MORE›

THE GIRL BEHIND THE $30 MILLION DONATION

The little girl behind Lamberts' 30 million donation for medicinal cannabis research... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA IS ABOUT TO OPEN ITS FIRST LEGAL CANNABIS SHOPS AND IT'S POSING A HUGE PROBLEM FOR LOCAL POT FARMS

June's struggles embody a contradiction at the heart of California's burgeoning legal marijuana economy, which is set to fully launch in 2018... READ MORE›

HOLLYWOOD SIGN CHANGED TO 'HOLLYWEED' TO PROMOTE CANNABIS LEGALISATION

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MARIJUANA IS KOSHER FOR PASSOVER, LEADING RABBI RULES

The occasional use of cannabis in community gatherings is broadly tolerated as a centuries old custom... READ MORE›

EX-POLICE CHIEF TO HEAD PRO-LEGALISATION NATIONAL CANNABIS COALITION

Tom Lloyd, who will chair new cannabis law reform umbrella group, says he regrets arresting drug users during his career as a police officer... READ MORE›

JUSTIN TRUDEAUS CANADA VICTORY IS ALSO A WIN FOR THE NATIONS MARIJUANA INDUSTRY

Shares in all of Canadas major listed cannabis companies surged on Tuesday, as the market reacted to Trudeaus pledge to legalise recreational use... READ MORE›

URUGUAYANS SIGN UP FOR STATE CANNABIS IN WORLD FIRST

To accompany Tuesday's launch, the government published videos online warning of the health risks of cannabis... READ MORE›

MEDICAL CANNABIS: RECORD DONATION OF $30 MILLION FOR RESEARCH AT UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

Sydney University scientists will be given more than 30 million to research the medical applications of cannabis, the largest research donation in the university's history... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA VOTERS APPROVE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA USE

Montana voted on whether to ease restrictions on an existing medical marijuana law... READ MORE›

Washington State is the second state to permit the sale of recreational pot, following Colorado... READ MORE›

WHAT COLORADO LOOKS LIKE 1 YEAR AFTER AMENDMENT 64

John Hickenlooper recently called legalization reckless, while Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock said he's against legalization... READ MORE›