A couple in Pennsylvania is reportedly suing their local police department and Nationwide Insurance Co. after they were arrested because their hibiscus plants got mistaken for cannabis.
An insurance...
Researchers found alcohol is about ten times more likely to cause a fatal crash than cannabis, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS-One.
Scientists at the University of Lyon examined...
Quebec tabled a law on Thursday that imposes a strict framework for the consumption, sale and distribution of cannabis.
The draft legislation focuses on potential social, health and safety problems...
California officials unveiled a comprehensive set of new rules on Thursday for the legal cannabis marketplace that begins Jan. 1.
The long-waited guidelines, released by the Department of Health, Department...
Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns recently said the NBA should remove cannabis from the league’s banned substance list.
In an in-depth interview with ESPN Nick Friedell on Wednesday,...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions stated the Obama-era guidelines on cannabis remain in effect, therefore the drug is illegal on the federal level, even though several states have legalized it for social...
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper recently introduced his proposal for the 2018-2019 budget, and included $10 million to hire and retain teachers in the state using cannabis taxes money.
This $10...
Medical cannabis in Maryland could be available to patients as early as this month, according to industry stakeholders.
“I think we could see product in November, with increase in December and a steady...
Budweiser’s former chief marketing officer Chris Burggraeve recently moved from beer to cannabis, a sign of the alcohol industry’s growing interest in the cannabis business.
Burggraeve has now joined...
Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor
One group that often doesn’t get enough attention when cannabis legalization is discussed is veterans. As someone who’s written about veterans and cannabis...
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) wants federally-licensed researchers to grow 443,680 grams of cannabis for scientific studies in 2018.
The government-cultivated proposed cannabis, that...
The University of California-Davis has partnered up with a Colorado-based biotech firm, Front Range Biosciences, to create a genomic map for industrial hemp.
The project will sequence the genes for...
