Police Chief Mark Saunders said at a press conference the operation came about as the result of “a genuine health concern.”

“Cannabis should transform capitalism, not the other way around,” says David Bienenstock. “We have to fight really hard to make this an inclusive industry.”

California and Canada both want to be America’s cannabis capital, Maine mulls impaired driving, and West Virginia sows seeds of change.

The Grey Lady publishes a bit of Reefer Madness, industry leaders lobby Congress, and the latest misguided effort to smuggle cannabis: in coconuts.

If the precinct thought its triumphant cannabis-bust announcement would inspire attaboys from the locals, it was sorely mistaken.

Louisiana could expand its narrow MMJ law, Colorado sees strong sales in 2016, and does Washington already grow enough cannabis?

Leafly’s guide to The Six, complete with top cannabis dispensaries, requisite Drake references, and all the best places to hang, chill, eat, shop, and laugh in Toronto, Canada.

A lawyer calls out Obama for defying Congress and cracking down on legal cannabis, Massachusetts sees a surge in MMJ patients, and a Harvard psychobiologist professor goofs up.

Oakland is an incredible place for cannabis tourism. Check out Leafly’s definitive 4:20 to 4:20 travel guide to the best things for cannabis connoisseurs to do in The Town.

The DEA’s approval means the research, which has been stalled for five years, can move forward. But it’s easier said than done.