Medical Marijuana

Denver, Colorado, is rolling out a new cannabis educational initiative aimed at teens. The program is part of the city’s marijuana policy department. Packaged in an upbeat gameshow format, the program claims to give young people information on a range of...

Marijuana initiatives passed in three out of the four states where they were put before voters on Tuesday. A new Marijuana Moment analysis shows that in many cases these cannabis proposals did better than other ballot measures or candidates...

Following Tuesday’s midterm elections, there is much to be excited about for cannabis legalization advocates. Three states voted to legalize cannabis use during the 2018 midterm elections. Utah and Missouri voted to legalize cannabis for medicinal use and Michigan...

This article is sponsored by Vitalis Extraction, manufacturer of some of the world’s most sophisticated supercritical CO2 extraction equipment. As cannabis legalization—both medical and recreational—spreads across North America, cannabis concentrates and extracts are growing in popularity. From flavorful oils that...

Roger Martin, a U.S. Army veteran from the Vietnam era and a former police officer, was addicted to OxyContin and Ambien, which he used for years to treat injuries sustained while in military service. Now Martin heads an organization...

Clayton Hannah has follicular lymphoma. It’s a rare form of incurable blood cancer that, thankfully, progresses slowly. After consulting with his doctor, Hannah began taking prescribed cannabis oil with a high THC content. The treatments aimed to limit tumor...

Stock prices for cannabis companies jumped in the hours after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced his resignation on Wednesday. The spike follows another uptick in share prices leading up to Tuesday’s midterm elections. Canadian medical marijuana firm Tilray was the...

By David Crary Even in deep-red states, voters on Nov. 6, 2018 embraced an array of liberal-backed ballot measures such as expanding Medicaid, targeting gerrymandering, boosting minimum wages, and legalizing marijuana use. The results heartened left-of-center activists, who see a path...

The hemp industry has been waiting for months for Congress to take action on a new Farm Bill, one that could make legal barriers for hemp production disappear. Now that Democrats have won control of the House of Representatives, hemp entrepreneurs...

The cannabis industry idolizes Dana Rohrabacher. And, in many ways, he’s made it difficult not to revere him. He’s positioned himself as one of the leading political figures in the space by focusing on the reform of federal cannabis...