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Earth Day, April 22, is a great time to take a look at the sustainability issues facing the cannabis industry. With massive energy and water use, as well as the use of pesticides and plastics, the industry has a...

A bill that would permit the use of medical marijuana by residents of public housing in states with legal medicinal cannabis programs was introduced in Congress last week. The measure, the Marijuana in Federally Assisted Housing Parity Act of...

Beginning in 2019, Made in Colombia could have a whole new cachet in the cannabis world. Forget guys in fatigues loading bales of weed onto twin-engine Cessnas on a jungle airstrip — this will be deals inked in corporate...

Shega Youngson has been a cannabis consumer and activist for her entire adult life. A key member of Canada's cannabis industry, Youngson also has notched her belt with important cannabis events, notably Vancouver's massive 4/20 demonstration — an event...

A federal immigration agency clarified April 19, 2019, that using marijuana or engaging in cannabis-related “activities” such as working for a dispensary — even in states where it's legal — is an immoral offense that makes immigrants ineligible for...

On the eve of April 20, the global cannabis holiday, officials at the US Department of Homeland Security have issued a policy alert declaring that immigrants applying for naturalized citizenship will be rejected if they admit to consuming state-legal...

Publicly traded cannabis companies have reported strong sales since Canada legalized pot last October and several US states voted to approve recreational and medical marijuana use. Cannabis has also gone mainstream thanks to big investments and partnerships between marijuana sellers...

Publicly traded cannabis companies have reported strong sales since Canada legalized pot last October and several US states voted to approve recreational and medical marijuana use. Cannabis has also gone mainstream thanks to big investments and partnerships between marijuana sellers...

The state's attorney representing Illinois' largest county has been working to expunge the convictions of low-level county marijuana offenders. The office of Cook County State's Attorney Kimberly Foxx confirmed on April 18, 2019, that she has been working through “the...

All across North America, the cannabis industry has been growing at an incredible rate, becoming a $10.4 billion industry in 2018 and on track to surpass $16 billion by the end of 2019. Despite those compelling numbers, many cannabis...