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First U.S. Marijuana IPO Coming Today & It’s a Billion-Dollar Doozy

Tilray, the first marijuana-producing company to be traded on a major stock exchange in America, [...]

Prisoners Are Seeking Celebrity Endorsements to Get Trump’s Attention

Last month, President Donald Trump granted clemency to 63-year-old Alice Marie Johnson, who had been [...]

Senate Passes Farm Bill That Legalizes Hemp

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday passed a bill that makes modest modifications to [...]

Republican States Have Become the New Cannabis Legalization Battleground

The fight over ballot measures wages on in Republican states, with increasingly expensive campaigns and [...]

Legalizing Marijuana Helps Police Solve Other Crimes, New Study Shows

Marijuana activists have long argued that legalization would free up police departments to focus on [...]

Sen. Jeff Merkley “Disappointed” That Democrats Blocked His Marijuana Banking Amendment

One of the U.S. Senate’s foremost champions for marijuana law reform says he is “disappointed” [...]

A Facility Giving Marijuana to People With Addiction Has Had a Major Shakeup After It Felt ‘like Walking Into a Cloud of Smoke’

The treatment was unconventional. People addicted to everything from alcohol to opioids were given the [...]

Half Of Pediatricians Say Their Patients Have Used Medical Weed, Study Finds

“We thought it was less than that,” says principal investigator Richard Belanger. About half of [...]

Hedge Fund Interest Shows Big Money Slowly Turning to Marijuana

Hedge funds are but one of the many investment vehicles available to those with disposable [...]

Outrage Grows after Cops Bulldoze Man to Death Over 10 Pot Plants

Pennsylvania State police bulldozed a man to death over 10 cannabis plants. State police went [...]

One of Nation’s Biggest Booze Associations Endorses States’ Rights to Legalize

The Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America has endorsed states’ rights to legalize recreational/adult-use cannabis. [...]

Here Are The DEA’s Newest Slang Terms for Marijuana: ‘Shoes,’ ‘My Brother’ And More

The DEA’s annual list of drug slang terms is officially out. If you’re a marijuana [...]

Meghan Markle’s Pot Farming Nephew Gets His Own Reality Show On MTV

The 25-year-old nephew of the Duchess of Sussex has little relation to the Royal Family. Dooley’s [...]

Legalizing Marijuana Doesn’t Lead To Higher Youth Use, New Study Shows

Yes, states with legal marijuana have slightly higher rates of youth cannabis consumption compared to [...]

Oregon Health Authority Admits to Mistakes In MMJ Program

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), the agency tasked with regulating and overseeing the Oregon Medical [...]