marijuana

Marijuana farmers and dispensary owners across Northern California are nervously watching as wildfires burn through some of the state's prime cannabis growing areas and destroy valuable crops, which could drive up prices for consumers across the country. "This is right smack in the middle of...

Colorado marijuana sales continue to hit new milestones, surpassing $1 billion in sales two months earlier in 2017 than they did in 2016, according to tax-revenue data from the Colorado Department of Revenue. Totaling retail and medical marijuana sales tax from sales largely made through August...

Puerto Rico's fledgling legal marijuana industry is struggling to recover as the devastation delivered by Hurricane Maria may have cost the island trade millions of dollars in damage. Its government legalized medical marijuana at the end of December, and the American territory had only just...

A group of people from all walks of life have launched a legislative framework for the regularization of marijuana which would allow the government to "take control of the current wild west system". The ReLeaf manifesto was drawn after years of a failed national drug policy and the...

Marijuana entrepreneurs, enthusiasts, educators and non-profits headed to the Phoenix Convention Center to learn more about the marijuana industry and what its future may look like. Many attendees and exhibitors at the third annual Southwest Cannabis Conference and Expo have a positive...

Sure, it's the pun of all puns, but the marijuana industry really is growing like a weed. According to cannabis research firm ArcView, the North American legal-cannabis market saw sales increase by 34% in 2016 to $6.9 billion, and they're liable to grow by an average of 26% a year through 2021...

The Mississippi Supreme Court is reversing a marijuana possession conviction, saying a car passenger didn't actually possess the drug. The court on Thursday overturned the 2012 conviction of Marvin Carver in Madison County on a 7-0 vote. Carver had been sentenced to six years in prison...

Estero might ban medical marijuana dispensaries. On Tuesday, the Village Planning and Zoning Board is expected to review an ordinance that would prevent the dispensing or cultivation of medical marijuana within Estero's boundaries. Under the draft ordinance, the village would accept or...

I remember when my aunt and uncle had a 2-acre allotment of tobacco. I didn't understand then, but growing small allotments of burley tobacco was in its twilight, becoming decreasingly profitable for years. My aunt and uncle stopped growing in 2006, as did most everyone else. The death of...

Police has destroyed more than 1,000 plants of marijuana on 3 hectares of land in Myene sub-county, Oyam district. Hundreds of marijuana gardens have been destroyed in the area, according to sources. Myene sub-county LC3 chairman Patrick Olobo, said tracking down the farmers was difficult...

The National Marijuana Commission, which was recently established by the government to facilitate national engagement on the issues surrounding the use of marijuana in St Kitts and Nevis, held its first meeting last Friday. The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, October 20, 2017. The...

A proposal going before the Fountain Valley City Council on Tuesday would ban commercial recreational marijuana activities in the city. California voters last year passed Proposition 64, legalizing recreational marijuana use for adults, but the law allows for local control. Cities have until...

The organizers of the 2017 Maine Cannabis Convention say this is a critically important year for the event because of the state's recent move toward legal marijuana. The convention is scheduled to be held in Portland on Saturday and Sunday. Organizers say it's an event for businesses...

When Tyler Smith was diagnosed with testicular cancer, medical marijuana didn't feel like a valid option. He took opioids to manage the pain of nine months of chemotherapy. To balance the side effects, he took anti-nausea medication. When he stopped wanting food, he couldn't find anything...

Many Canadians can hardly wait for the day that the recreational use of marijuana becomes legal. As a medical doctor, I'm far less enthusiastic. I worry about two things: the experimental nature of marijuana in medical practice, and the public health consequences of legalized marijuana...

A university in Michigan is offering an unusual degree – in marijuana. Northern Michigan University in Marquette began its medical plant chemistry program this semester, with about a dozen students in the first class, the Detroit Free Press reported . The program combines chemistry, biology...

The Kern County Planning Commission voted Thursday night to permit and regulate commercial marijuana in Kern County. Now it sends that recommendation to the Kern County Board of Supervisors for its consideration on Oct. 24. Commissioner Melissa Poole said the county doesn't have the...

Move over, chamber of commerce and labor unions. There could soon be a new political powerhouse in Silicon Valley – and it's marijuana. Sean Kali-rai and Victor Gomez, two former San Jose city employees who work as lobbyists, launched the "Silicon Valley Cannabis Alliance" – a trade...

Highland Park officials discovered a Subway shop was selling more green than just avocado and lettuce. Authorities say they received a tip Friday that people were able to purchase marijuana along with their sandwich from the Subway in the Highland Park Place at Woodward Avenue and Manchester...

Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) have arrested a man and seized 50 pounds of marijuana at the Omaha train station. Investigators were conducting routine operations during the morning hours of Friday, October 13, when they noticed two suspicious bags in the cargo area of a...