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Jr. Gong Brings Even More Heat With Cannabis Activism
By Ellen Holland on June 22, 2017
To promote his upcoming 'Stony Hill' album, Damian Marley is releasing a video series featuring testimonials from medical cannabis patients. Bob Marley’s youngest son has...
Left Behind by Clemency
By Chris Roberts on June 5, 2017
What's beef? Beef is when a rap video means the difference between a four-year sentence and 20 to life as a "cannabis kingpin.” Jane Scarmazzo...
SF NIMBY Culture: An Old Problem Facing a New Industry
By Chris Roberts on May 31, 2017
San Francisco may have a hyper-liberal reputation nationally, but the city's residents can be ferociously conservative when it comes to development in their own neighborhood...
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Access to MMJ for Veterans Grows, But the Struggle Continues
By Jimi Devine on May 29, 2017
On Memorial Day, we honor those military service members who made the ultimate sacrifice. But for many combat veterans who return from battle with PTSD and...
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Florida Medical Marijuana’s Last Hope is its First Problem
By Chris Roberts on May 25, 2017
The Florida Legislature decamped without setting up rules for producing and selling medical cannabis — in violation of the requirements of Amendment 2, passed overwhelmingly by voters...
Australia Conducting “World First” Medical Marijuana Trial
By Chris Roberts on May 18, 2017
It could be the world’s most important marijuana scientific trial, and it's starting now. By 2021, Australian researchers will have new answers to lingering questions surrounding...
Of Mice & Marijuana: Lab Rats Have Greater Access to MMJ
By Chris Roberts on May 17, 2017
Legal restrictions on cannabis research mean that the biggest beneficiaries of groundbreaking research into the plants medicinal properties are lab rodents. The marijuana news last...
The Science Behind Medical Marijuana & Migraines
By Ellen Holland on May 16, 2017
The use of cannabis for migraine headaches dates back to ancient times, but we still don’t know exactly how cannabis works to manage headache disorders....
CA Cannabis Industry Responds to Governor’s Vision of the Future
By Jimi Devine on April 28, 2017
California readies to merge medical and adult-use cannabis. Merging some of the nation’s oldest medical marijuana laws with a new recreational future is no small...
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California Looks to Unite Cannabis Laws
By Ed Murrieta on April 12, 2017
The Golden State is looking to bring its medical and recreational cannabis programs in line with each other. California Gov. Jerry Brown stepped in to...
Argentine Senate Approves Medical Use of Cannabis Oil
By Associated Press on April 3, 2017
Country says it will "guarantee free access" to medical marijuana patients. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's Senate has given final legislative approval to a...
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Florida May Radically Scale Back Medical Marijuana
By Jimi Devine on March 30, 2017
New laws working through the Florida legislature could radically change the availability and legality of medical cannabis in the state. With the input of the...
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Oregon May Declare Emergency Over Sessions’ Pot Talk
By Jimi Devine on March 24, 2017
Oregon isn't taking a "wait and see" approach to the mixed messages coming out of the White House on cannabis — the state is taking...
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Raw Cannabinoids Bring Their “A” Game
By Timothy Anderson on March 18, 2017
The ancient, uncharted world of raw cannabis acids. Imagine humanity’s first conscious encounter with the cannabis plant — the first sentient human mind to ponder...
Grow Pods, Deploy!
By Cannabis Now on March 11, 2017
Four essential units for modular indoor growing, from novice to baller status. The right to cultivate a little homegrown cannabis is spreading across America, but with...
The World’s Best Hash Bar
By Cannabis Now on March 4, 2017
TruMed dispensary in Phoenix, Arizona caters to resin aficionados. Walking into TruMed, a medical-marijuana dispensary in Phoenix, Arizona, customers cross a sophisticated black-and-white striped floor...
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Dennis Peron: A Cannabis Folk Hero Who Never Sold Out
By Chris Roberts on March 2, 2017
Dennis Peron’s legacy is seen anywhere marijuana is legal. As one of the primary forces behind California’s revolutionary medical-marijuana law, Proposition 215, Peron planted a...
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Cannabis Medicine Offers Seniors A New Way To Grow Old
By Cannabis Now on February 27, 2017
A rapidly growing number of senior citizens are embracing the herbal alternative to opioids and other pharmaceuticals offered by cannabis and using medical marijuana to...
Mechoulam’s Message
By Ellen Holland on February 25, 2017
The father of cannabis medicine talks CBD for autism and rescheduling. Back in 2013, while many Americans were learning about the healing applications of CBD...
Georgia Senate Tries to Cut THC Oil Potency while State House Tries to Expand MMJ Scope
By Associated Press on February 20, 2017
Georgia's legislature is exploring an expansion of the conditions that qualify a patient for medical cannabis, but at the same time, it's moving to reduce...