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by NORMLNovember 7, 2018 Voters on election day decided in favor of several gubernatorial candidates who campaigned on promises to either address or enact statewide marijuana law reforms as Governor.NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano said: “In four states — Connecticut,...

Colorado voters on Tuesday made it easier to change the definition of industrial hemp. State residents approved a constitutional amendment, Amendment X, to allow state lawmakers to change the THC limits for cannabis that can be considered hemp and not...

As polls continue to show that a growing majority of voters support legalizing marijuana, more and more politicians are beginning to embrace the issue, and the Nov. 6, 2018 elections provide the latest datapoint in the ongoing evolution of...

Stock prices in several cannabis companies were up significantly Tuesday morning as voters headed to the polls with legal marijuana on the ballot in four states. The legalization of recreational marijuana is being decided in Michigan and North Dakota, and voters...

The following compendium of landmark cannabis studies is exclusively focused on top-level research that either fundamentally advanced our understanding of the plant’s therapeutic properties, or thoroughly debunked some pernicious piece of official misinformation—such as “smoking weed gives you lung...

There was a theme to the happenings this week: mea culpa. Mea culpa is a Latin phrase that roughly translates to “my bad.” It’s an acknowledgement of one’s error. And in the week ending Nov. 3, 2018, I noticed veiled...

Sales are underway for the first CBD drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.The drug, Epidiolex, treats two rare types of epilepsy and is made from marijuana plants grown in the U.K. The maker of the medication, GW...

North Dakota would be one of the next states to legalize recreational cannabis if voters pass Measure 3 on Election Day. But as rhetoric around the initiative heats up, its chances of success are still anyone’s guess. Predictions mean nothing:...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Southern Illinois University is creating new programs for students who want to know more about cannabis. The school announced in late October 2018 that it’s creating programs at the Carbondale campus to study medical marijuana and...

A long-simmering trademark dispute over the word “entourage” got wider this week, with one company asking others in the hemp industry to share how they use the term.Full Spectrum Nutrition, a CBD manufacturer in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is calling...