On July 12, medical cannabis patients in “The Big Apple” rejoiced as the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) announced it would permit cannabis prescriptions for the replacement of opioids....
On Monday, Justin Gover hit a milestone in his career. He is the CEO of GW Pharmaceuticals – a company that created a cannabis-based medicine called Epidiolex. Not only is Epidiolex being used to treat...
Beer lovers and cannabis connoisseurs countrywide can soon raise a glass of New Belgium’s Hemperor HPA. Well, unless you live in Kansas, that is.
The “hemp pale ale” has finally been released...
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday, in which a diverse group of cannabis advocates challenged Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Drug Enforcement Administration due to cannabis' status as a...
As of today, 29 states and a number of U.S. territories have legalized medical cannabis. Nine of those states have legalized it for social use and this year, social cannabis legalization will be considered...
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 American Psychological Association, the nation's largest organization of psychology professionals, is urging the federal government to remove impediments to cannabis research.
In a recent advocacy...
According to tribal members residing Nevada, federal agencies are threatening cannabis businesses on tribal land even though state social cannabis sales began in July.
Although Nevada’s tribal cannabis...
According to state officials, 70 percent of all illegal cannabis crops seized by federal, state and local law enforcement in the nation originated in California.
It was estimated the state produced...
Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor
If anyone knows how hard it is to study the medicinal benefits of cannabis, it’s Dr. Sue Sisley.
Sisley is a physician who has worked with veterans for...
A senate panel urged federal agencies to test products sold at dispensaries in states where cannabis is legal.
After showing concern about the lack of data on potency and purity of the cannabis products...
An anonymous senior Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) official claimed Attorney General Jeff Sessions had effectively blocked an Obama Administration initiative to expand the number of cannabis suppliers for...
