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Legal pot growers are driving a different kind of boom in California...
(Reuters) - Legalizing recreational marijuana in California is creating a gold rush for a decidedly less intoxicating sector: warehouses in which to grow the plants.Investors have few options to cash...
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Maine just became the eighth state to legalize recreational marijuana
BOSTON (Reuters) - Maine voters have made the state the eighth in the United States to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, state officials said on Wednesday, following a recount of votes on a...
View ArticleWeed, crab legs, and a mermaid — inside the massive marijuana-mansion party...
He's made millions and become known throughout the legal-cannabis industry with his company, Advanced Nutrients, which sells fertilizer for marijuana plants. Now Michael Straumietis wants everyone...
View ArticleEveryday items that may be cheaper in 2017
A lot of things will see a price cut in 2017. Here are nine things you may want to hold off on buying until next year.Follow BI Video: On Twitter Join the conversation about this story »
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The 'Godfather of Grass' — alleged leader of the Cornbread mafia — has been...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a man known as the "Godfather of Grass" has been arrested in Canada after eight years on the run.The U.S. Marshals Service says authorities sought John Robert...
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Teens' views of marijuana are changing quickly in Washington since legalization
(Reuters Health) - After marijuana was legalized for adults in the U.S. state of Washington, younger teens there perceived it to be less harmful and reported using it more, a new study found. States...
View ArticleThis is how the legal marijuana industry is affecting Mexican drug cartels
Tom Wainwright, author of "Narconomics," is the former Mexico City bureau chief for The Economist. He explains how the legal marijuana business in the United States is affecting drug cartels in Mexico....
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States that legalized marijuana saw a drop in traffic deaths
Legalization of medical marijuana is not linked with increased traffic fatalities, a new study finds.In some states, in fact, the number of people killed in traffic accidents dropped after medical...
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Massachusetts delays retail sales of recreational marijuana for six months
(Reuters) - Massachusetts lawmakers on Wednesday pushed through a surprise six-month delay in the retail sale of marijuana for recreational use, saying they needed more time to tinker with a...
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'Quite a paradoxical phenomenon': Mexico is wrenched by drug violence as US...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — Mexican advocates for drug reform are voicing alarm about the country's widening gap with the United States on marijuana legislation, as criminal violence surges again south of...
View ArticleNew startup app lets dispensaries legally deliver marijuana in 60 minutes or...
GreenRush is one of several California startups providing a legal weed-delivery service. Partnering with hundreds of dispensaries in the state, the San Francisco-based company provides door-to-door...
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The legal weed market is growing as fast as broadband internet in the 2000s
Legal weed is big business.The North American marijuana market posted $6.7 billion in revenue in 2016, up 30% from the year prior, according to a new report from Arcview Market Research, a leading...
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A DC pro-weed group plans to hand out 4,200 joints, light up at 4:20 during...
A Washington, DC-based pro-marijuana legalization group has plans to lead a march through the city to President-elect Trump's inauguration ceremony, hand out 4,200 joints of legally grown cannabis, and...
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Here's the pitch that landed a marijuana entrepreneur $1 million in funding
Truman Bradley's pitch for a new kind of cannabis company began with a simple slogan. "It's what's on the inside that counts."Most companies that make marijuana vaporizer cartridges or concentrates buy...
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It's 2017: Here's where you can legally smoke weed now
The United States is gradually becoming the land of the red, white, and green.After a historic election cycle, which saw four states pass ballot initiatives legalizing nonmedical marijuana, one in five...
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San Francisco's new workout craze is called 'ganja yoga' — take a look
In San Francisco, where marijuana is newly legal for recreational use, an increasingly popular yoga class invites students to light up before sliding into their Downward Dog.Dee Dussault, a hatha yoga...
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Trump's incoming spokesman: 'When you come into a Trump administration, it's...
Confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet kicked off on Tuesday with Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, Trump's pick to head up the Justice Department.Sessions and Trump, however,...
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This 26-year-old went from selling ads at Google to creating a stunning...
A candy-colored pack of marijuana joints from Lola Lola, with its quirky characters splashed across the box, looks more like a prop from a Katy Perry music video than drug paraphernalia.Its quirky,...
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Rhode Island Democrats will introduce a bill to legalize weed this year
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP/WPRI) — The legalization of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts is causing some Rhode Island lawmakers to say it’s time to catch up to their neighbor.Rhode Island’s legal pot...
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11 key findings from one of the most comprehensive reports ever on the health...
The change in attitudes toward cannabis and in legal access to marijuana around the US over the past several years is staggering.As of last fall, 57% of adults in the US said they thought marijuana...
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