Politics

Despite losing their battle in court, four Sonoma County residents who sued a local cannabis cultivator over odor say they’ve ultimately won their war against Carlos Zambrano and his Green Earth business partners. By the time U.S. District Judge...

Parks Canada now allows campers to consume cannabis in all campsites and reservations for the 2019 season open this week. As per classic Canadian politics however, where, when and who can smoke vary by province. Some basic national rules: adults of...

It’s been a tough ride for medical marijuana users in Florida, where 71 percent of voters approved legislation to make therapeutic cannabis legal back in 2016. Smokable cannabis became the source of major political strife, and only now does...

ST. LOUIS — The new St. Louis County, Missouri, prosecuting attorney is shaking up his staff and instituting new policies just two days into the job.  Former Ferguson Councilman Wesley Bell defeated 28-year incumbent Bob McCulloch in the August 2018...

Canadians have already spent $5.7B on cannabis in the first months of legalization, Vancouver’s first legal cannabis store finally opens for business, and Ontario’s would-be cannabis store operators will be fined $25,000 if they’re not open by April 1. We’ve...

Massachusetts’ Special Commission on Operating Under the Influence and Impaired Driving issued a report on Wednesday recommending that those who refuse roadside drug tests should have their license suspended for six months– the same punishment for drivers who turn down...

Medical marijuana could be available to patients in Ohio as soon as Jan. 15, according to representatives of a cannabis dispensary and testing lab preparing to open in the state. Jason Erkes, a spokesman for Cresco Labs’ CY+ dispensary in...

Oklahoma’s medical cannabis program is just seven months old, but the state’s Medical Marijuana Authority has already issued tens of thousands of patient licenses and awarded multiple dispensary licenses. Hoping to grow its medical cannabis industry even more quickly,...

Marijuana activists in Idaho are working to put a cannabis legalization initiative on the state ballot for the 2020 election, according to media reports. At a New Year’s Day rally at the state capitol in Boise, cannabis activists from...

It’s safe to say 2018 was a monumental year for cannabis. Canada went legal, California tallied up recreational sales for the first time, and a new farm bill made the business of hemp legit in the eyes of the...