Mark Cuban: 'Would I invest in the cannabis industry? No.'
Pot is big business.And it's only getting bigger.In November, nine states will vote on whether to legalize marijuana, reports Business Insider's Ben Gilbert, and five of those votes will include...
View ArticleClassic marijuana sales are tumbling as a new way of getting high takes over
"Do you even vape, bro?" In California, the answer is increasingly, "Yes."Vaping is an alternative to smoking that involves inhaling vapor from an electronic device. Between 2015 and 2016, sales of...
View ArticleWhat it's like to attend a $125 marijuana pairing dinner where guests eat and...
Philip Wolf was sipping wine at a vineyard in Barcelona when the idea struck him: If people can drink and eat in good company, why can't they get high?In February 2014, one month after Colorado fully...
View ArticleUS border agents found another catapult flinging drugs over the US-Mexico...
US border patrol agents at the Douglas, Arizona, port of entry southwest of Tucson encountered one of Mexican smugglers' more low-tech methods for moving drugs over the border on Friday.While on patrol...
View ArticleColorado may become the first state to allow smoke-friendly marijuana clubs...
Colorado wants to become the first state to allow marijuana smoking indoors at clubs and dispensariesThe Jeff Sessions-led Justice Department could pose a problem for this moveThe Colorado marijuana...
View ArticleHere's how Attorney General Sessions could shut down the legal marijuana...
Mark Kleiman, professor of Public Policy at NYU/ Marron explains how the Trump administration could have a negative impact on the growing industry of legal marijuana. Follow BI Video: On TwitterFULL...
View ArticleA Colorado town is getting a marijuana shop with a drive-up window
PARACHUTE, Colo. (AP) — The western Colorado town of Parachute is getting a marijuana shop with a drive-up window, believed to be the first in the state.The Glenwood Springs Post Independent reported...
View ArticleThis marijuana entrepreneur brings in over $1 million a year running a 'bud...
Happy hour at the Bud+Breakfast inn smells funkier than most. At 4:20, guests pile into the living area for hors d'oeuvres and good company as they light up marijuana pipes and joints."What happens at...
View ArticleAn investment company is making plans to launch what could be the first...
An investment company is making plans to launch what could be the first exchange-traded fund to profit on marijuana.The Emerging AgroSphere ETF would give investors an opportunity to buy a group of...
View ArticleSean Spicer gave an ominous warning to the marijuana industry
Sean Spicer, President Donald Trump's press secretary, warned the burgeoning US marijuana industry that there will be "greater enforcement" of federal laws. "I think that's a question for the...
View ArticleOfficials in legal marijuana states slam the Trump Administration's vow to...
Lawmakers and officials in states that have legalized recreational marijuana are speaking out after White House press secretary Sean Spicer's statement that the Trump Administration may crack down on...
View ArticleWhat 5 popular drugs including weed and booze do to your body and brain
A puff of this, and the world transforms into a colorful kaleidoscope of dancing patterns and waves of sound; a sip of that, and the muscles in your body relax like jello.We know different drugs make...
View ArticleSean Spicer compared marijuana to opioids but the science doesn't support...
Trump press secretary Sean Spicer said the Department of Justice may step up enforcement against states that have voted to legalize recreational marijuana, comparing it to the opioid crisis.While...
View ArticleThe Trump administration's vow to crack down on marijuana has 'unnerved'...
The Trump administration's warning to the marijuana industry that there will be "greater enforcement" of federal laws that outlaw the drug is already spooking investors after years of heavy interest in...
View ArticleA Colorado county is sending students to college on the $445,000 it made from...
Higher education takes on new meaning in Pueblo County, Colorado.In February, local officials announced that a first-of-its-kind scholarship program will create $475,000 in funding to help send the...
View ArticleSean Spicer compared marijuana to opioids — but there's major differences
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer relayed the Trump administration’s first official comments on legal cannabis this past Thursday. Unfortunately, his remarks involved zero scientific...
View ArticleHere's why weed makes you so paranoid
Dude, look around. Everyone in the room can totally tell you're high right now. And they're judging you for it. Don't hold your hands in your lap like that, you look bonkers. Quick, do something...
View Article'Wrong time to pull back': Colorado governor chastises Trump administration...
On Thursday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer sent a tremor through the nascent legal-marijuana industry, saying he thought there would be "greater enforcement" of federal marijuana laws under...
View ArticlePeople in Latin America are starting to turn against outlawing marijuana
Sentiments in Latin America in favor of outlawing marijuana appear to be undergoing shifts in some countries, according to researchers in Chile and the UK.A study published the International Journal of...
View ArticleJeff Sessions: 'We're not going to a better nation if we have marijuana sold...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he is "not a fan" of the expanded use of marijuana during an exchange with reporters on Monday, parroting the Trump Administration's vow that there will be "greater...
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