A provincial council in the Netherlands will invest about $1.65 million in a company that is working on a vaporization system involving cannabis-impregnated pads. The company, Spirocan, hopes to complete development next year and then begin clinical trials on...
The Los Angeles City Council voted this week to bar officials from giving business tax certificates to new medical marijuana dispensaries, all of which are technically illegal under an ordinance voters passed two years ago. Council members also want to force existing...
Mexico’s Supreme Court has postponed a landmark hearing on marijuana that could eventually help pave the way for cannabis legalization in the country. The court was scheduled to begin discussions this week on a recommendation from a judge to allow members of a...
Well-known prosecutor Joe Deters, basketball legend Oscar Robertson and singer Nick Lachey feature in three recent television commercials urging Ohioans to vote in favor of a marijuana legalization measure when they go to the polls on Nov. 3. The ads have become an...
By Omar Sacirbey The world's largest scientific society will help facilitate cannabis research and the development of testing standards, moving the marijuana industry a step closer to legitimacy. The 139-year-old American Chemical Society (ACS) - which boasts 150,000...
A legal battle is escalating in Colorado over trademark issues tied to a marijuana edibles brand - something the industry could see more of as it grows and matures. Businessman Scott Bergin is counter-suing his former employer, Green Cross Colorado, saying that the...
In another sign that marijuana is becoming a mainstream business, the Chicago-based technology incubator 1871 has brought cannabis startup Kannatopia into its fold. Kannatopia aims to create a social network dedicated to marijuana aficionados who are seeking a space...
Wildfires that raged through parts of northern California over the last few weeks have destroyed hundreds of marijuana farms and caused millions of dollars in damages, according to estimates by industry insiders. Marijuana businesses can't get federal protections...
By Omar Sacirbey Massachusetts health officials are refuting the perception that stringent marijuana testing standards are contributing to the excruciatingly slow rollout of the state's MMJ program and preventing dispensaries from launching. Just three dispensaries...
Chances for the legalization of recreational marijuana in Maine improved Monday after advocates rallied around a single measure aiming for the 2016 ballot. The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol announced in a press release that it has abandoned its...
Marijuana entrepreneurs interested in tapping the newly announced Australian market may want to start their reconnaissance in the state of New South Wales - and keep New Zealand on their radars as well. The New South Wales government has been ahead of Australia’s...
A pair of Colorado marijuana stores, The Farm and Terrapin Care Station, are accused of violating the city's ban on cannabis advertising because of booths they displayed at an event last month. The stores in Boulder, Colorado, didn't distribute marijuana at the...
