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Canada’s First Legal Marijuana Buyer Reflects on Historic Event
October 18, 2018Ian Power spoke with Cannabis Now about the adventures he undertook to be the first of...
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Oklahoma Adopts Medical Marijuana
June 27, 2018Workable medical cannabis programs now legal across 30 states.
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Canada Legalizes Recreational Marijuana
June 20, 2018Regulated adult sales to begin later this year.
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Canada’s Contentious Path to Cannabis Legalization
June 14, 2018Canada is about to make history, with the passage of its cannabis legalization bill imminent. Prime...
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Today Is the 40th Anniversary of America’s First Medical Marijuana Law
February 21, 2018New Mexico enacted the first medical marijuana law in the nation on Feb. 21, 1978, thanks...
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Move Over Marijuana: Hemp Had a Good Year Too
June 20, 2017More states than ever are opening up to industrial hemp.
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The Dope Tapes
January 27, 2017A home archive of over 600 VHS tapes documenting marijuana media coverage is amassed by a...
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The Best of Cannabis in 2016
January 1, 2017Cannabis Now explores the best and brightest offerings of the last year.
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2016: The Year in Cannabis News
December 30, 2016As the New Year approaches and 2016 comes to the end, Cannabis Now looks back on...
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Marijuana is Now Legal in Massachusetts
December 15, 2016Legal-marijuana activists were in a celebratory mood Thursday as a new voter-approved law took effect in...
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The Father of the Medical Marijuana Movement
November 22, 2016A building avalanche of medical and general decriminalization continues to barrel across the nation, and with...
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8 Fast Facts About Hemp
October 15, 2016Lest you forget, we here at Cannabis Now are also big proponents of hemp. Here are...
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Celebrating 15 Years of Decriminalization In Portugal
August 18, 2016Last month Portugal commemorated the 15th anniversary of its 30/2000 law – the law that decriminalized...
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Cannabis & the Competitive Edge
August 8, 2016All-time top Olympian Michael Phelps carried the U.S. flag in the Olympic opening ceremony in Rio...
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Pride and Cannabis in 2016: Two Fundamental Human Rights
June 24, 2016When 46th annual San Francisco Pride Celebration and Parade launches this weekend, companies representing the cannabis...
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How the Term “420” Gained International Significance
April 20, 2016For those in the cannabis industry, 420 is our Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa and Thanksgiving all rolled...
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Celebrating Black History Month
February 20, 2016Democracy Now! celebrated Black History Month with feature on Maya Angelou that included footage of her...
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Study Confirms Pot is Stronger Than it was 20 Years Ago
February 15, 2016In addition, current interest in documenting different strains has led cannabis breeders to explore THC and CBD...
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Veterans on the Front Lines in Fight for Medical Cannabis
February 5, 2016Ricardo Pereyda discovered the medicinal benefits of cannabis to treat his PTSD after serving in Iraq.
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Get Buzzed: The Science Behind Cannabis & Coffee
January 15, 2016Though drinking coffee is comparatively new, caffeine is the most commonly used drug worldwide, and coffee...