Here are the 3 most likely scenarios for marijuana under Jeff Sessions as...
With the exception of 1996, when California first legalized medical cannabis, or 2012, when Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational pot, 2016 was probably marijuana's...
View ArticlePeople in the US and Canada spent over $53 billion on marijuana in 2016
People in North America spent $53.3 billion on legal, medical, and illicit marijuana in 2016. That's more cash than Americans blow in a year at McDonald's and Starbucks combined.According to a new...
View ArticleMarijuana is about as popular as Donald Trump in these 5 red states
The results of the 2016 election tell us being a Republican and a marijuana legalization advocate are no longer mutually exclusive, if the labels ever were to begin with.Eight US states voted on...
View ArticleObama shortened prison sentences for hundreds of drug offenders in his final...
It seems everyone is talking this week about WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning, whose 35-year prison sentence was commuted on January 17 by President Obama.But Manning, who stole secret documents...
View ArticleProtesters handed out free marijuana joints in Washington, DC on Inauguration...
While early estimates suggest fewer supporters turned out for President Donald Trump's inaugural address in Washington, DC, than for President Obama's prior two addresses, a marijuana giveaway drew...
View Article5 ways you could falsely test positive for drugs
An estimated 45 to 50 million employees are drug tested each year in the United States. Are they accurate every time, though? Turns out, it can be wrong on more occasions than one might expect.Follow...
View ArticleDon't expect nationwide marijuana legalization under the Trump administration
With the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, the United States got a new president. And with that new president comes a long list of new appointees across various federal agencies and...
View ArticleWhat marijuana really does to your body and brain
Marijuana's official designation as a Schedule 1 drug— something with "no accepted medical use"— means it is pretty tough to study.Yet both a growing body of research and numerous anecdotal reports...
View ArticleTrump has two paths he can take on marijuana legalization — here's how they...
President Donald Trump set an ambitious agenda in his first full week in office.After his inauguration on January 20, Trump signed an executive order that directs federal agencies to start rolling back...
View ArticleEvidence shows that marijuana works for pain, the medical reason most people...
The most common reason that people seek out medical marijuana is for chronic pain.According to a report released earlier in January by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine...
View ArticleSmoke 'em if ya got 'em: Weed is officially legal in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — It's a green Monday in Maine.The first tangible results of state voters' decision to legalize marijuana are being felt as possession and home growth of marijuana becomes legal....
View ArticleThe biggest problem with serving sizes for marijuana edibles right now
More and more states across America are continuing to legalize marijuana. Currently, one of the biggest issues regarding legal marijuana is the dosage of edibles — food infused with the psychoactive...
View ArticleThe marijuana industry's first $1 billion 'unicorn' is a Canadian company...
In a once abandoned Hershey chocolate factory in the small town of Smiths Falls, Ontario, the largest legal marijuana producer in the world grows, trims, processes, packages, and ships weed across the...
View ArticleThe CEO of the 'Uber for weed' says these mints are the next big thing in...
A fresh way to consume cannabis is gaining fans in California.Pot-laced mints that contain as little as 2.5 milligrams of THC, the chemical compound in marijuana that makes users high, began cropping...
View Article8 key findings on marijuana consumer trends from the 'Uber for weed'
On February 8, Eaze— a California-based marijuana delivery service and technology platform —released its second annual "State of Cannabis" report, which explores trends in consumer demographics and...
View ArticleHere's where attorney general Jeff Sessions stands on legal marijuana
After a contentious confirmation battle, the Senate confirmed Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions as President Donald Trump's attorney general Wednesday evening.As the head of the Department of Justice,...
View Article'Deals lost and second thoughts': Jeff Sessions has the legal-marijuana...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb 8 (Reuters) - The prospect of Senator Jeff Sessions as U.S. attorney general has cast uncertainty over the country's nascent legalized marijuana industry, souring deals and...
View Article'Shark Tank' investor Kevin O'Leary says the marijuana industry is 'like the...
Marijuana is going mainstream.In November, nine states will vote on whether to legalize pot, reports Business Insider's Ben Gilbert, and five of those votes will include recreational use as well as...
View ArticleThe Trump Administration doesn't appear to be slowing investment in the...
As the new head of the Justice Department, Attorney General Jeff Sessions will have sweeping power over how the federal government approaches marijuana under President Donald Trump's administration....
View ArticleMen's Wearhouse founder reveals how smoking marijuana for 50 years changed...
George Zimmer has a penchant for speaking his mind.The 68-year-old serial entrepreneur was fired from Men's Wearhouse, the company he founded 40 years earlier, in 2013 over differences with the...
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