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Economics

CA’s Legal Weed Market Is Worth $5 billion — There’s a Catch

California already accounts for roughly a quarter of all legal cannabis sales in the United States...

Politics

AG Sessions to Congress: Let Me Prosecute Cannabis Patients

A recently revealed memo from AG Jeff Sessions urging Congress to overturn restrictions on DOJ prosecution...

Joint Opinions

Cannabis Decriminalization Offers Opportunity for Reparations

The legal cannabis industry has almost everything; billions of dollars in sales, hundreds of millions of...

Politics

Is Sessions Out? AG Offers to Quit as Trump’s Russia Frustration Mounts

Sessions leaving office, could mean good news for cannabis advocates.

Politics

DOJ Task Force Gears Up to Talk Pot Policy

The Justice Department's Task Force on Public Safety and Crime Reduction has a set of initial...

Cannabis

Opioid Advocates: Cannabis Not Enough to Cut Through Pain

Advocates of opioids argue medical marijuana does not go far enough to relieve pain.

Politics

The End of Anti-Pot New Jersey

Cannabis activists in New Jersey are envisioning a future without Governor Chris Christie.

Legal

AG Sessions Escalates Drug War with New Sentencing Rules

Nostalgia for the 1980s and '90s is hot right now, and that retro fever seems to...

Current Events

Terps on the Table: Haute Cuisine Meets Cannabis in Seattle

A truly unique culinary event infuses high-end cuisine with top-shelf cannabis; add some of the most...

Economics

Filling the Coffers With Cannabis Cash

Some communities are cashing in on medical marijuana and raking in millions.

Politics

How Trump’s War on Weed Could Start on Saturday (And Why It Probably Won’t)

The most important Congressional action on cannabis — ever — is set to expire this Friday at midnight;...

Politics

Does Trump Even Have a Cannabis Policy? Signs Point to No

Initial cannabis industry responses to Trump's election and subsequent promotion of avowed "drug warriors" ranged from...

Politics

AG Sessions’ Right Hand Man Wants to Amp Up the Drug War

The uncertainty surrounding the Trump Administration's policy direction on cannabis enforcement has had a chilling effect...

Politics

Biggest Block for Big Bud Still Banking: Fed Dread Spurs Purge

With the Trump administration still alternating between silence and saber rattling on federal cannabis enforcement, next...

Industry Events

The Best Events for 420 Fun in 2017

It seems like every year the celebration gets bigger — 420 is the ultimate cannabis holiday,...

Economics

Why Cannabis Needs a Civil Rights Act

Why does the cannabis industry need to be forced by government to stick to its social...

Cannabis

Argentine Senate Approves Medical Use of Cannabis Oil

Country says it will "guarantee free access" to medical marijuana patients.

Cannabis

This Central California Marijuana Dispensary is for Kids (In a Good Way)

A California dispensary caters to controversial clientele.

Politics

Virginia Reforms Cannabis Laws, Decriminalizes CBD Oil

A pair of cannabis reforms were just signed into law, bringing a reduction in penalties and...

Legal

Vermont House Will Get Its Chance to Vote on Legalization

Adult-use cannabis is still possible this year in Vermont.