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Cultivation

The Environmental Toll of Growing Cannabis, Both Legally and Illegally

In California, both illicit cannabis cultivation and large-scale legal growing can place undue stress on the...

Politics

NYC Moves to Cancel Future Pot Arrests Following Public Pressure

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made a major announcement about his city’s policing on...

Industry Events

Henry Rollins Wants You to Know: Change is Coming

Henry Rollins is keynote speaker at the upcoming ICBC in Canada. As always, the controversial singer,...

Culture

Reefer’s Closet: Medical Marijuana Apparel

Pot leaf prints are more prevalent then ever, but before medical marijuana laws began gaining traction...

Legal

San Francisco DA Works to Clear Marijuana Records

Rather than push paper, to correct record in the era of marijuana legalization, trend-setting prosecutor turns...

Politics

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Warns Against Corporate Cannabis

Mayor Bill de Blasio took to the radio to voice his fears over cannabis legalization, but...

Legal

Georgia Residents Want Recreational Marijuana Now

An impressive 55 percent of Georgia's population supports legalizing cannabis.

Economics

World’s First Marijuana Unicorn Pushes for NYSE Listing

Will New York ring the bell for Canopy Growth, $5 billion publicly traded cannabis darling?

Politics

New York Moves to Address Racial Injustices in Marijuana Policing, Industry

Suddenly, New York state's political establishment is looking seriously at cannabis legalization, driven by growing concerns...

Politics

McConnell Still Opposes Marijuana Legalization At National Level

Although the Senate majority leader supports hemp, he does not support cannabis.

Economics

Canadians Will Spend More Money On Marijuana Than Alcohol

Legal cannabis in Canada will mean marijuana could overtake alcohol sales.

Medical

Smokable Forms of Marijuana Not Likely to Receive FDA Approval

The FDA’s commissioner Scott Gottlieb earlier this week said there’s very little chance the regulatory agency...

Industry Events

NYC Cannabis Parade Pushes for Racial Justice

New York City's Cannabis Parade, a flagship entry in the Global Marijuana March movement and a...

Joint Opinions

Washington Gov. Says His State Has ‘The Best Weed’

Cannabis Now staff writer Jimi Devine disagrees with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, arguing that, of course,...

Medical

Zimbabwe Becomes Second African Country to Legalize Medical Marijuana

Zimbabwe, seemingly an unlikely candidate, has just become the second African nation to legalize medical marijuana....

Politics

Seattle Plans to Clear Cannabis Convictions

The city of Seattle has filed a motion to vacate hundreds of marijuana convictions going back...

Joint Opinions

Does Marijuana Legalization Cause Homelessness?

Anti-cannabis activists such as Kevin Sabet have recently spread the idea that legal cannabis encourages the...

Culture

California Could See Cannabis Coffeeshops on the Beach

Adult-use marijuana legalization is set to bring Amsterdam-style coffeeshops to California.

Legal

Michigan Will Vote on Recreational Marijuana in November

A cannabis advocacy group has been gathering signatures to legalize adult-use marijuana in Michigan for almost...

Politics

Sanders, Schumer Support Pro-Pot Bills on 420

Only the Hudson River separates the two best hopes for major federal marijuana reform in the...