Politics

With the holidays upon us and friends and family gathering to celebrate, thousands of people around the United States are setting out an empty chair with the photo of an absent child, parent, spouse or friend. Pinned to the...

When I rolled up at a stately purple Victorian whose address I’d only received hours before, Jamie Evans—better known as “the Herb Somm”—was waiting to greet me with warmth and charm. A vivacious oenophile and expert in Old World...

A new decree by Colombia’s freshly minted conservative president is creating chaos in a country that by 2018 was poised to become one of the major players in the global medical marijuana market. On Oct. 1, 2018, Colombia’s newly elected...

A look at the early signals in the endorsement part of the invisible primary, however, point to Harris as a force to be reckoned with in 2020. Like public opinion polls, the endorsement primary suggests a contest that is still...

A provision of the Michigan adult use marijuana law offers great potential to improve veteran health and further understanding of cannabis effectiveness as a medicine, with  the Michigan initiative set to funnel $40 million to finance clinical trials of marijuana-based...

by NORML December 22, 2018 Today, 10 states and Washington, DC have legalized marijuana, 22 states have decriminalized marijuana, and 33 states have passed medical marijuana laws. 50 years ago, when Keith Stroup founded NORML, those numbers were all ZERO. This Thursday...

For the first time in Canada, clinical trials will be conducted to test the use and efficacy of cannabidiol (CBD) on animals. Canopy Animal Health, a division of Canopy Growth Corp., one of Canada’s largest cannabis producers, has received approval...

Cannabis lovers in Southern California got an unexpected holiday gift on Dec. 18, 2018, when West Hollywood announced that it had approved 16 business licenses for cannabis consumption lounges. Eight of those licenses will go to spots where cannabis can...

After a successful year collaborating to supply Canada’s medical cannabis market, Tilray, Inc. and Novartis have decided to take their operation global. Both companies already have footprints in multiple countries. But their new arrangement, a re-up of a Jan....

Health Canada announces proposed regulations for edibles, extracts, and topicals, theCanadian Automobile Association’s latest PSA against impaired driving is a flop, and Manitoba announces plans to levy fees on Indigenous on-reserve cannabis stores, setting themselves up for a messy...