Politics

Thirteen mayoral candidates in Chicago were asked whether they support marijuana legalization during a forum Jan. 10, 2019. All 13 said yes, although some tried to qualify their answers. Democratic Attorney John Kozlar, for example, said he agrees that if...

3:16 p.m. EST. That was apparently the exact time on Friday the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario selected 25 lucky applicants across the province through an Expression of Interest selection lottery, as well as a further set of...

The former director of federal policy for the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) has joined the staff of newly sworn-in Democratic U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York as a senior counsel and policy adviser. Dan Riffle, who most recently served...

Did Anthony “Dr. Marijuana” Anzalone overextend himself by authorizing over 3,000 patients for New Jersey’s burgeoning medical marijuana program? State authorities seem to think so — and have underlined their views by putting a freeze on Anzalone’s license while...

Girl Scout Cookies, Superman OG, Silver Haze, and Critical Kush are just some of more than a dozen medical cannabis strains Michigan regulators recalled from two dispensaries on Friday. Friday’s recalls are mandatory and require that dispensaries notify affected...

It’s apropos that the legislation responsible for dramatically changing the legal, medical, and cultural standing of marijuana would be numbered 420 — but, really, it couldn’t have been numbered anything else. Democratic U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon introduced the...

From the viewpoint of producers that kept the cannabis industry alive during decades of prohibition, the big money and corporate interests flocking to the legal marijuana industry are a threat to the existence of small businesses and their independent...

Vancouver stalwart Cannabis Culture is closing at the end of the month, as many as 35,000 would-be cannabis store operators entered Ontario’s lottery, and Shoppers Drug Mart has launched an online store for medical cannabis. We’ve rounded up this week’s top stories...

COLUMBIA, S.C.  — A panel of South Carolina legislators voted Jan. 10, 2019, to advance a resolution urging Congress to open more research on medical uses for marijuana, taking another step toward loosening some of the state’s attitudes toward...

The cannabis industry collides with gritty true crime drama in the latest Netflix docu-series Murder Mountain. The 6-part series traces the case of a Southern Californian man who, like many others, has gone missing in Humboldt County. His last...