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5 cannabis strains to be excited about in 2020

David Downs and Dante Jordan Each year we try to get ahead of the cannabis [...]

2020 could be a defining year for the cannabis industry

By Alicia Wallace New York (CNN Business)2019 was a momentous year for the cannabis industry: [...]

Weed’s Waste Problem: The Perils of Plastic May Haunt the Cannabis Industry

While there are resources to make cannabis companies more sustainable, there’s little incentive to utilize [...]

Students binge drink less when cannabis is legal: study

BY PATRICK CAIN Students are less likely to drink heavily in U.S. states that have [...]

Video fuels speculation Coca-Cola plans to offer a cannabis drink

Brandon Kochkodin and Deena Shanker, Bloomberg Speculation that Coca-Cola Co. is eyeing the cannabis drinks [...]

7 Ideas for Weed-Related New Year’s Resolutions

At the beginning of the New Year, people always make resolutions that they rarely go [...]

Illinois cannabis dispensaries open New Year’s Day for adult-use sales

By David Downs Freedom rings in the New Year, as tens of thousands of cannabis [...]

Ring in 2020 with FREE RIDES ON NEW YEAR’S EVE

"Once again, we’re offering free bus, MAX and Portland Streetcar service after 8 p.m. on [...]

Cannabis Christmas cake could be very merry this year

Consumers buy more pot products as the season approaches, figures show.

Florida man passes out marijuana ‘because it was Christmas’

A St. Pete man was in the sharing spirit Saturday when he was passing out [...]

The Shelf Life of Weed: Do Cannabis Edibles Expire?

We answer the questions likely to arise when you find an old edible in the [...]

The data is clear: legalized marijuana lowers opioid abuse and death rates

A new study analyzes over 1.5 billion opioid prescriptions over eight years.

House-Passed Marijuana Amendments Stripped From Congressional Spending Bills

By Kyle Jaeger House Democrats failed to get a number of marijuana-related provisions attached to [...]

To Unlock the Potential of Cannabis, The Industry Needs More Research

By Kevin Murphy A recent spate of vaping-related lung illnesses has lawmakers and health officials calling for more testing of legal cannabis products. But because cannabis is [...]

Cannabis is a booming industry that is seeing stigma fade

By: Jason Dinant MJ BizCon, the annual marijuana business convention, is happening now in Las [...]