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Culture

Marijuana Secondhand Smoke Isn’t as Bad as Tobacco Smoke

Results from a legitimately-needed inquiry are being misinterpreted in media. Is this willful ignorance? No, just...

Economics

Eaze: The Billion-Dollar Maybe

Eaze says it can sell $1 billion worth of marijuana by 2020 — and become profitable....

Politics

Activists Pass Out Joints to Protest D.C. Pot Laws

District of Columbia activists passed out joints to city lawmakers this week in their effort to...

Politics

Should State-Legal Cannabis Growers Worry About Trump’s Death Penalty Threat?

After Jeff Sessions issued a memo urging prosecutors to seek the death penalty for those "dealing in...

Economics

Colombia Strives to Lead Global Pot Market, Pushing Out Peasant Growers

With foreign capital pouring in to Colombia's newly legalized cannabis sector, industry leaders foresee the country...

Politics

Federal Medical Marijuana Protections Renewed Again

Rohrabacher-Blumenauer is included in government spending bill.

Grow

What Is America’s Favorite Cannabis Strain?

Blue Dream continues to reign supreme, but others are edging their way in.

Economics

Legal Wholesale Pot Prices Down 13% in 2017, Still Dropping

According to a report from an independent commodity data services firm, the wholesale price of legal...

Politics

What Happens When Congress’s Medical Marijuana Protections Expire?

Spoiler: Nothing. The U.S. federal government is scheduled to shut down again later this month, which...

Politics

Marijuana Midterms: NORML Releases Guide for Midterm Election Pot Push

NORML leaders give Cannabis Now an insight into what they expect will be hotly contested races...

Joint Opinions

Stop Blaming Jeff Sessions for America’s Anti-Pot Drug Policy

The U.S. Congress is the real powerhouse refusing to stop federal prohibition. The Attorney General is...

Economics

Dutch Police Say Netherlands Is a ‘Narco State’

The Dutch police union has released a lurid report asserting that the Netherlands is becoming a...

Legal

Vietnamese Refugees Fight Deportation on Cannabis Charge

Several Vietnamese immigrants who had been living legally for many years in the United States have...

Politics

Native Tribes Assert Sovereignty Over CA Pot Laws

Can California Native American tribes grow and sell their own marijuana? Given that Native American tribes...

Politics

Utah Moves to Delay Medical Marijuana Before It’s Even Legal

A bill put forth in the Utah state legislature on Feb. 27 would force any medical...

Legal

Florida Nursing Homes Are Prohibiting Medical Cannabis

In senior-laden Florida, cannabis in nursing homes is frequently banned because of federal prohibition, which contradicts...

Politics

Judge Dismisses Case Challenging Federal Prohibition

Washington v. Sessions, a case that challenged marijuana’s status as a Schedule I drug and made...

Cannabis

Today Is the 40th Anniversary of America’s First Medical Marijuana Law

New Mexico enacted the first medical marijuana law in the nation on Feb. 21, 1978, thanks...

Politics

UK Parliament Will Debate the Future of Marijuana Legalization

Among western European nations, the UK parliament is perhaps most strident in its view that cannabis...

Edibles

Officials Struggle to Keep Cannabis Away from Kids

On Feb. 13, middle school students in San Francisco unknowingly consumed medical marijuana products and had...