Politics

The legal cannabis market is exploding across the United States and is projected to have a nearly $40 billion economic output by 2021, according to an analysis by two cannabis research companies. Rural and rust belt communities that have suffered...

Thiel, the billionaire most well-known for being the co-founder of PayPal (PYPL) and the secretive big data unicorn Palantir, first invested in Privateer in 2014 through his Founders Fund. Investors had worried Privateer might start to dump its Tilray stock...

It should come as no surprise to anyone that infusing cannabis into exquisite culinary dishes would eventually occur and become, not necessarily fashionable, but an important mode of cannabis consumption. Cooking is an art—a sensuous, satiating enterprise, swirling in...

The green wave is already making splashes in red states this year, with marijuana legalization bills being introduced in at least six traditionally conservative states so far for 2019 sessions. Lawmakers in Kentucky and West Virginia put forward pieces of...

Medical marijuana patients generally have more faith in cannabis than the mainstream health care system — and that’s probably because they’ve found the plant more therapeutically effective compared to traditional pharmaceuticals — according to a new survey. Researchers distributed about...

Two state lawmakers in Tennessee announced on Thursday that they plan to introduce a comprehensive medical marijuana legalization bill. Sen. Janice Bowling and Rep. Ron Travis plan to introduce the bill in the coming weeks, according to media reports. Bowling said...

A new study released by the University of Michigan Addiction Center reports some troubling news about the state’s medical cannabis users. One in five participants said they had driven a car “very high” within the last half-year. “There is a...

DENVER — Denver became the latest city in the nation to take steps to eliminate low-level marijuana convictions in places where the drug is now legal, acknowledging the barriers that such offenses pose to minority, low-income and other people. Denver...

Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon introduced a bill on Wednesday to federally regulate cannabis like alcohol. The bill, in a reference to pot culture, has been designated as House Resolution 420. “While the bill number may be a bit tongue-in-cheek,...

In a deal directly related to the U.S. legalization of hemp in December, a firm that specializes in branding consumer-product companies acquired CBD manufacturer Cure Based Development.The sale, an all–stock transaction, is valued at $120 million based on expected revenue...