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(This is an abridged version of a column that appears in the October issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) How’s this for irony? The hemp industry’s rush to distance itself from marijuana has gone so far that hemp products can’t be sold...

It’s that spooky time of the year again. You know, the season in which people enjoy any excuse to scare the hell out of little kids and indulge in an unlimited offering of chocolate and candy. But also —...

Cannabis tourism is already big business in U.S. states where weed is legal for adults. And in Canada, which on October 17 became the first G7 nation and just the second country in the world to legalize adult-use cannabis,...

By, Gene Johnson SEATTLE (AP) — More than two dozen countries have relaxed their cannabis or other drug laws, and a number could consider legalizing in the not-too-distant future. The South American nation of Uruguay was first to legalize marijuana in...

Circe Wallace is used to being ahead of the curve. After becoming a professional snowboarder in the 1990s, she competed in the first-ever X Games, won a World Championship in Japan, and even worked with Vans to create the...

A Rhode Island decision to expand medical marijuana access has a worrying caveat for many in the CBD industry: Patients must first try an FDA-approved version of the drug.That classification by the Food and Drug Administration is currently limited to...

by NORMLOctober 22, 2018 Sixty-six percent of US adults believe that “the use of marijuana should be made legal,” according to national survey data compiled by the Gallup. The percentage is the highest ever reported by Gallup, which has been tracking Americans’...

Growing cannabis is all about producing large, aromatic colas, but at the end of harvest, we’re left with much more than just that—stalks, leaves, soil, and roots. Largely these materials end up in the dump or in your city’s...

Voting efforts have reached a fever pitch in 2018 among groups such as billionaire Democratic activist Tom Steyer’s $10 million spend on the NextGen America nationwide youth voter registration drive to support his “Need to Impeach” efforts. Contrast that with...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, was apparently taken aback when he heard that the red state of Utah is likely to legalize medical marijuana in November 2018. Republican Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner said in an interview...