Medical Marijuana

(This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the October issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.)CBD and THC coexist in the cannabis plant. But can they coexist in the cannabis market? Executives at some THC-focused cannabis companies are growing...

By, Jessica Brown Recreational cannabis has been legal in Washington since 2012, and medical use has been legal since 1998. In 2003, Seattle voted in favor of Initiative 75, making cannabis possession arrests the lowest priority for law enforcement. Between 1996 and...

A bill that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana could advance in the Pennsylvania legislature the week of Oct. 8, 2018. The House Judiciary Committee was scheduled to take up the bill Oct. 9, 2018. It was...

A Canadian hemp company is buying a natural-products manufacturer for $20 million Canadian dollars ($15.4 million) in a bid to accelerate development of CBD consumer goods.Ottawa-based LiveWell Canada agreed to acquire Acenzia, which manufactures neutraceuticals, including powders and sports drinks,...

(CNN) — The latest "it" ingredient to hit menus is CBD, short for cannabidiol, one of over 60 cannabinoids found in the cannabis sativa plant (more commonly known as marijuana). Unlike THC, the most well-known cannabinoid, CBD has no psychoactive...

(CNN) — The latest "it" ingredient to hit menus is CBD, short for cannabidiol, one of over 60 cannabinoids found in the cannabis sativa plant (more commonly known as marijuana). Unlike THC, the most well-known cannabinoid, CBD has no psychoactive...

A Colorado-based cannabis biotech firm announced Thursday that it has secured $10 million in private funding to accelerate production in California and Canada. Front Range Biosciences of Lafayette said it plans to invest some of the money in investigating new...

A Connecticut landowner who wants to grow hemp is suing to force the state to adopt a hemp pilot program.If he succeeds, Aaron Romano would make Connecticut the first state to be ordered by a court to regulate private hemp...

by Kevin Mahmalji, NORML Outreach DirectorOctober 3, 2018 With 47 states and the District of Columbia permitting the use of marijuana or its extracts in some form, new questions concerning employers’ rights, lawful marijuana use by employees, and maintaining a...

Photo by Kristen Nichols (This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the September issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) Talking about CBD in a nursing home? You’d better bring extra chairs and slices of cake for the overflow crowd....