By Omar Sacirbey and John Schroyer Pennsylvania becomes the first legalization domino to fall in 2016, Ohio lawmakers offer up their vision of medical cannabis in the state, and hopes for recreational marijuana in Vermont take a huge hit. Here’s a closer look at...
A whopping 30 former pro football players have signed up with a California-based medical marijuana company to run tests on how cannabis may help with chronic pain and depression. The company, Constance Therapeutics, is an extraction firm based in the San Francisco Bay...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's new administration may be taking a quicker approach to legalizing recreational cannabis nationwide than previously thought. The country's minister of public safety told the Canadian broadcaster CBC that officials will soon...
Ohio lawmakers are set to introduce legislation this week that would allow the use and sale of medical marijuana in the Buckeye State by 2018, offering a different vision of legalization than advocates pushing a ballot measure this year. The legislative proposal,...
By John Schroyer When the $18 billion global food giant General Mills started targeting Denver cannabis consumers with ads for a line of frozen snacks recently, local marijuana professionals took notice. One executive even snapped a photo of a large billboard...
Oregon’s fledgling recreational cannabis industry could generate nearly $300 million in sales this year and $46 million in wages, a new study predicts. The report, compiled by a Portland economist and a cannabis industry consultant, provides a peek at the potential of...
The Denver City Council effectively rejected a proposal early Tuesday morning to cap the number of marijuana retail and cultivation site locations in the city, which would have limited the industry's growth. The measure would have applied to both medical and...
A pair of medical cannabis dispensaries that opened in New Jersey late last year have had a significant impact on the state's MMJÂ industry, helping to lower prices and boost choices for patients. Compassionate Sciences Alternative Treatment Center and Breakwater...
A group of medical marijuana dispensary owners has abandoned a lawsuit challenging Detroit’s new zoning and licensing regulations. The rules, which took effect March 1, are expected to cut the number of dispensaries in the city to as low 50 from more than 200. March...
A Superior Court judge has sided with a campaign to legalize recreational cannabis in Maine over the secretary of state, and ruled that more than 26,000 signatures in support of a legalization ballot measure were improperly tossed out. The ruling gives Secretary of...
By John Schroyer and Omar Sacirbey The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says it will decide soon whether to reschedule marijuana, Michigan attorneys develop a defense strategy for raided dispensaries, and Washington DC city leaders vote to ban cannabis social...
It's not news that the cannabis community can often split, sometimes viscerally, over differing visions of legalization. But it can become a problem if it affects plans for legalization. This might be the case in Arizona, where a grassroots group called Arizonans for...
