Politics

A University of Michigan study has found that many medical marijuana users were able to replace their use of pharmaceutical drugs with cannabis. The research, which was published this month in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, showed that 44 percent of...

Pennsylvania’s planned hemp expansion has turned into a surprise lift on hemp production caps, thanks to the recent Farm Bill and ongoing federal shutdown.Russell Redding, Pennsylvania agriculture secretary, said Tuesday that the Keystone State is removing requirements that hemp...

Flush with cash and looking for a toehold in the United States, Canadian marijuana companies are making big investments in hemp. Consider: Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC), an Ontario marijuana producer that snagged an investment for 5 billion Canadian dollars ($3.8 billion)...

Organigram, Inc. is Atlantic Canada’s original licensed producer of medical cannabis. Since starting out in 2013, the company has won multiple awards for its cannabis products and services. But on Friday, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia certified a...

Legends often look different up close than they do from afar. When it comes to cannabis and punk rock legend John Sinclair — a 50-year marijuana advocate whose 1967 high-profile arrest helped bring an end to Michigan's restrictive drug...

Concerns about higher rates of fatal crashes on the unofficial marijuana holiday 4/20 seem to be overblown, according to a new study accepted for publication in the journal Injury Prevention. Some prior research has indicated that traffic fatalities spike on...

A new government task force in Nevada is targeting sexual harassment in two of the state’s most lucrative industries: gaming—of course—but also cannabis. Gov. Steve Sisolak created the task force earlier this month through a pair of executive orders—his first...

It's 2019 and the pressure is on to eat better, sleep more, lose weight, exercise, and stay calm while you carry on. But rather than feeling bad about all the things that you're neglecting in your wellness regime, this...

CBS has turned down a cannabis company’s plans to air a medical marijuana advocacy commercial during the Super Bowl, according to media reports. Acreage Holdings, a firm with licensed cannabis cultivation, processing, and dispensary operations in 15 states, had...

American hemp entrepreneurs had to wait only 48 hours after the signing of the watershed 2018 Farm Bill to start experiencing the downside of offering a product regulated by the U.S. government – specifically the budget impasse between President...