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Op-Ed: Letter to Donald Trump
Now is the time to stand up and do what is right. Show the American people that you are prepared to act differently than previous administra


MJ Freeway Suffers Major System Failure
MJ Freeway, a marijuana software company, experienced an outage that hobbled point-of-sales and inventory systems for dispensaries scattered


Cannabis Could Treat The Herpes Virus
There’s a possibility that cannabis may treat yet another surprising condition. It has been known for a while that many cannabis patients us


CBD Illegal Under New DEA Code
On December 14, the Drug Enforcement Administration added a new code for marijuana extracts and made it clear that such extracts, including


Colorado sold $1 billion of cannabis so far in 2016
n the first 10 months of 2016, Colorado marijuana shops reached a significant milestone they had barely missed in all of 2015: $1 billion in


Stanford Grads Form Energy Company to Help Cannabis Industry Go Greener
Scale Energy Solutions is a new company formed by executives and engineers from Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of B


Consulting Group Wins Alaska Grow License
Denver Consulting Group (DCG), one of the nation’s leading cannabis industry's business strategy advisory groups, announced that its cli


Insurance Loss Control Issues for the Cannabis Industry
One could assume that many of the risks in cannabis operations share the same risks as agriculture, food product manufacturing or retail ope


Florida projected to make over $1 billion in medical marijuana sales over next 3 years
Despite some cities banning cannabis, with the passing of Amendment 2 last November, an industry report released Tuesday projects the state


Fired for Legal Marijuana Use
Changing marijuana laws aren’t necessarily making weed more welcome in the workplace. For now, many employers appear to be sticking with the


Most U.S. Money Laced With Cocaine
Traces of cocaine taint up to 90 percent of paper money in the United States, a new study finds.
A group of scientists tested banknotes fro


Steve Kerr’s Marijuana Admission
Last year, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr was crippled by back pain so severe he missed half of his team’s record-breaking regular s


NFL suspends player for using marijuana to treat Crohn's disease
The NFL handed Buffalo Bills lineman Seantrel Henderson a 10-game suspension on Tuesday for violating the league's controlled substance


As More States Legalize Marijuana, Investors and Marketers Gear Up
About 60 percent of Americans now live in a state where cannabis is legal or soon to be legal in some form. And with marijuana use on a stea


New Arizona medical marijuana proposal emerging for 2018
Less than a month after Arizona voters rejected allowing the recreational use of marijuana, there’s a new — and scaled-back — proposal emerg


Medical Marijuana Bans Are Popping Up In Florida
The second time was the charm, as the 2016 version of the initiative received 71% of the vote. Medical marijuana was so popular in 2016 that


Marijuana derivative CBD may help with hard-to-treat epilepsy
A purified oral version of a marijuana compound may help with treatment-resistant forms of epilepsy, two new clinical trials show. The resea


Phil Jackson Says He Smoked Marijuana During Recovery from Back Surgery
New York Knicks president Phil Jackson revealed Tuesday that he used marijuana in the past to help him deal with the effects of back surgery


Take a Walk in Rome to get Stoned
According to a 2012 study done in Italy, trace amounts of marijuana are wafting through the air around the Colosseum and the Pantheon, as we


Who comes up with Marijuana Names?
Bizarre names are a time-honored tradition among pot growers, going back at least to the 1970s, when strains such as "Maui Waui" (


Las Vegas: Sin City Adds Another Vice
Nevada’s famous Las Vegas “Sin City” is known for its tolerance of taboo activities, and now they can add recreational marijuana to their li


Jeff Sessions’ Coming War on Legal Marijuana
By nominating Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III for attorney general, President-elect Donald J. Trump is about to put into the natio


Marijuana wins big on election night
Voters in California, Massachusetts and Nevada approved recreational marijuana initiatives Tuesday night, and several other states passed me


Can Medical Marijuana Fight the Opioid Epidemic?
In 2014, more people died from drug overdoses than in any other year on record. More than 6 out of 10 of these deaths involved opioids.
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