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USDA Releases Hemp Cultivation Regulations At Last
October 30, 2019Hemp and hemp-derived CBD were officially legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill, but the U.S. Department...
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Los Angeles Cannabis Equity Program Under Scrutiny
October 29, 2019Amid an outcry from the public, the city is examining whether or not non-equity-qualifying cannabis entrepreneurs...
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Judge Rules Harborside Owes Back Taxes
October 27, 2019A court has issued a landmark tax ruling against the pioneering dispensary, but an appeal will...
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Bernie’s Pot Legalization Plan Bars Big Tobacco — But Would It Work?
October 26, 2019Bernie Sanders has released his plan for cannabis legalization, which features provisions to keep Big Tobacco...
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Report: Legal Marijuana Could Bring 100,000 New Jobs to Florida
October 25, 2019Projected job growth in Florida cannabis industry banks on both recreational marijuana and federal legalization.
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Police Struggle to Recruit Informants Because of Pot Legalization
October 24, 2019Cops used to flip low-level “offenders” busted with cannabis to become snitches. Now, with weed legal,...
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U.S. Senate Looks At Cannabis Health & Policy
October 23, 2019Over the course of a few hours, the medical professionals and politicians whipped themselves into a...
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Is Bernie Sanders the Country’s Leading Secret Stoner?
October 22, 2019During last week's debate, the presidential candidate said he’s not on medical marijuana “…tonight.”
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Canada’s Pot Stocks Struggle a Year After Legalization
October 19, 2019On the anniversary week of Canada’s first legal marijuana sale, we’re taking a look at how...
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The Trouble With Corruption in the Cannabis Industry
October 18, 2019Legalization was supposed to take cannabis out of the hands of criminal networks, but state models...
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‘Largest Pot Recall Ever’ Shows How Legal Cannabis Rules Can Add Safety
October 17, 2019When governments have the oversight to test cannabis products, it helps citizens avoid getting sick —...
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New York Proposes a Cannabis ‘Common Market’ in the Tri-State Area
October 16, 2019Federal prohibition doesn’t allow for cannabis products to cross state lines, but shared regulation strategies can.
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Trump Admin. Wants Drug Testing for Unemployment Benefits
October 15, 2019The Trump administration has issued rules allowing drug tests (including for cannabis, of course) for those...
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Prohibition Is Good for the Pot Entrepreneur & Bad for the Worker
October 13, 2019Despite statewide legalization, federal prohibition means roughly 150,000 marijuana industry workers aren’t protected by federal civil-rights...
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Overcoming Fear & Doubt, With a Little Help From Cannabis
October 12, 2019Longtime cannabis cultivator Nikki Lastreto explains how the experience of getting high is one way to...
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Marijuana Legalization Hasn’t Hurt Worker Productivity In Canada
October 11, 2019Cannabis is legal in Canada, but that doesn’t mean workers are less productive.
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The Great Race to Become the World’s Weed Supplier
October 10, 2019The big play in cannabis may be the global export game. Is the time to get...
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Green Collar Blues for Cannabis Unions
October 7, 2019The cannabis industry is creating a flood of new jobs, so why haven’t those workers unionized?
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Legalize Signage: CBD Store Told it Can’t Display Cannabis Leaf
October 5, 2019CBD Kratom doesn’t sell marijuana, but its Chicago landlord is behaving as if it does.
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Low-Income Cannabis Patients Await CA Governor’s Signature on Compassion Bill
October 4, 2019After California legalized adult-use cannabis in 2016, new regulations and taxes put a squeeze on the...