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Denver -- Rep. Mike Coffman is suggesting he might use the power of the purse to protect Colorado's legal marijuana industry. During a telephone town hall Wednesday evening the Republican congressman was asked about Attorney General Jeff Sessions' threat to crack down on states like Colorado...

Las Vegas – Nevada officials say getting the state's retail marijuana industry started will cost about $14 million over the next two years. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Department of Taxation Director Deonne Contine said Thursday that most of that money will be used to pay...

The momentum behind legalizing the cannabis industry has never been greater. With 28 states and Washington, DC having legalized cannabis for either medical and/or adult-use, we are finally in a position where market-based facts and governmental and scientific studies are proving the cannabis...

Marijuana, like alcohol, can regulated, taxed and used in moderation by adults who choose it, like a glass of wine with dinner. The burgeoning legal cannabis industry wants Donald Trump to know five critical benefits to marijuana legalization. Law and Order: Legalizing marijuana reduces...

With recent measures approved to legalize recreational marijuana in California, Nevada, and Massachusetts, the cannabis industry has been preparing for life under new regulations. PSFK talked to Flow Kana co-founder and head of business development Adam Steinberg, whose company produces small...

The latest gaze into the crystal ball puts the U.S. marijuana industry north of $24 billion by 2025. New Frontier Data, a cannabis market research and analytics firm, gave The Cannabist a first look at its 2017 annual report, which aims to track the long-term potential for the industry. The...

The cannabis industry was rattled Thursday after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said he expects the Department of Justice to increase enforcement of federal laws prohibiting recreational pot, even in states where it's already legal. Along with the District of Columbia, eight states...

Los Angeles – From marijuana-laced candy to body lotion infused with marijuana, this controversial plant is becoming a big business in the United States as more states make it mainstream. Marijuana, also known as cannabis, is now legal in 28 U.S. states for either medical or recreational use...

Vivien Azer, apparently the first cannabis analyst at a mainstream investment bank, is bullish on the marijuana industry. And her confidence in the market is a significant reflection of how Wall Street views cannabis. Azer is an analyst at Cowen & Co., a New York investment bank founded in...

Here's one thing Californians might not have to worry about from the Trump administration: interference in the state's annual $7 billion cannabis industry. While there has been speculation about how the month-old administration, particularly cannabis-shaming Attorney General Jeff Sessions...

Commercial medical marijuana farming in Calaveras County was worth about $340 million last year, likely making pot the struggling county's No. 1 industry, a new study finds. The analysis by University of the Pacific's Center for Business and Policy Research was commissioned by supporters of...

African American Californians are looking forward to having a stake in the state's medicinal and the adult recreational-use cannabis industry as dispensary owners are being locked out of the big cannabis business machine once it revs up in 2018. As a devoted member of the Minority Cannabis...

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It's a brave new world for the California marijuana industry after state voters in November approved the drug for recreational consumption. It's also a wild and unruly world as an industry that has forever operated in the shadows steps out into the light for the first time. Prop. 64, which...

A coalition from the agriculture industry known as Kansans for Hemp announces Rep. Willie Dove from Bonner Springs has introduced legislation HB 2182, The Kansas Agricultural Industry Growth Act, into the House Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Committee. The Kansas Agricultural Industry...

The Tasmanian Government is backing industry calls to lift the ban on the sale of hemp-derived food products in Australia. Primary Industries Minister Jeremy Rockliff told industrial hemp growers his government was lobbying its state and federal counterparts strongly to change the laws that...

Legal cannabis is becoming the fastest growing industry in the United States. In San Diego, one company is investing big in people with innovative ideas. "I'm reading on Forbes, I'm reading on Entrepreneur magazine that there are amazing opportunities," said former TV executive Whitney...

Envisioning Senator Jeff Sessions as U.S. attorney general since confirmation of his appointment Wednesday is unnerving players involved in the country's legalized marijuana industry. Sessions' appointment, considering his history of criticizing marijuana, has reportedly disrupted and disturbed...

The Senate has voted to confirm Senator Jeff Sessions as the next Attorney General. While many people were concerned about Sessions' past comments regarding race, the marijuana industry is concerned he will roll back advances in legalization made under the Obama administration. National...

An official in Illinois has asked President Donald Trump for guidance on his administration's policy on the banking industry offering services to the cannabis industry. In a statement released in January, State Treasurer Michael Frerichs said the president's approach to the issue could impact...