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Strains

The Decade’s Biggest Cannabis Strains

The last ten years in cannabis genetics have been wild.

Culture

Mckayla Wilkes Is Running for Congress, and Yes, She’s Been Arrested for Weed

A candidate for the House of Representatives is doing what no national political candidate before her...

Economics

Report: Legal Marijuana Could Bring 100,000 New Jobs to Florida

Projected job growth in Florida cannabis industry banks on both recreational marijuana and federal legalization.

Politics

Kamala Harris & Joe Biden Are Challenged on Their Drug Records in Debate

Sorry, Twitter: The California senator wasn’t quite “destroyed,” but she didn’t offer an explanation for why...

Politics

After Quasi-Decriminalization, North Dakota Activists Relaunch Legalization Bid

Activists in North Dakota, heartened by the state's recent reduction (not dissolution!) of cannabis penalties, are...

Politics

Illinois Becomes 11th State to Legalize Cannabis

The equity program built into the law means that Illinois has the potential to create one...

Politics

U.S. Citizen Caught in Anti-Drug Sweeps in the Philippines

A young man from Wisconsin has been jailed on a cannabis charge in the Philippines in...

Economics

Northern Swan’s Newest Appointees Vindicate AOC’s Critique of Cannabis Legalization

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won praise from activists when she decried a white-dominated legal cannabis industry. As if...

Politics

Dana Rohrabacher Talks Trump & Why He Thinks Cannabis Will Likely Be Legal By 2020

Dana Rohrabacher, former Republican Congressman from Southern California, speaks to Cannabis Now about the outlook for...

Cultivation

Ridgeline Farms: The Cannabis Growers That Brought the Emerald Cup Back to Humboldt

Ridgeline Farms has won some of the biggest awards in cannabis in recent years, all while...

Politics

Idaho Prohibitionists Block Cannabis Ballot Initiative

Idaho is considering legislation that would raise the number of signatures needed to get an initiative...

In The Magazine

Alien Labs Blasts Off

Ride along on a quest for the best bud with one of California’s top cultivators, using...

Politics

Bernie Sanders Enters Presidential Race Crowded With Pro-Cannabis Candidates

Bernie is back to fight for the cannabis vote in his quest to take the White...

Politics

Turkey’s Authoritarian President Comes Out in Favor of Cannabis Cultivation

Turkey's President Erdogan announced that he wants to expand legal cannabis cultivation in the country with...

Legal

Slowly but Surely, Efforts Mount to Expunge Old Cannabis Convictions

With cannabis now legal in 10 U.S. states as well as Canada, demands are growing to...

Politics

HR 420, a Bill to Deschedule Cannabis, Has a Decent Chance of Passing This Year

A House bill to legalize cannabis, wryly dubbed HR 420, isn't the first such bill in Congress...

Politics

New Jersey Legislators Move Cannabis Legalization Bills Forward

Chris Christie? Never heard of him….

Politics

2018 Midterm Results Boost Odds for Legal Cannabis in New York

The push to legalize cannabis in the Empire State got a significant boost on Election Day as...

Politics

Voters Reject Adult-Use Cannabis in North Dakota

North Dakota was always going to be an uphill climb, and the mountain has yet to...

Politics

Legal Cannabis Wins Big in 2018 Midterms

From statewide races to governorships to congressional seats, the results of the 2018 midterms will likely...