Articles in Politics category

Industrial hemp played a valuable role in the 20th century’s movement to use renewable agricultural materials to make industrial products. Today it has the opportunity to do so once again.

Minnesota will add intractable pain to the short list of qualifying conditions for the state’s medical marijuana program, bumping the total to 10 approved conditions or illnesses.

Last week the U.S. Postal Service issued a memo to newspapers that printing paid advertisements for marijuana dispensaries could put them in violation of the U.S. federal government.

I don’t think even the most potent-smelling strain could be confused with a bag of stinky socks, a lesson one Michigan man learned the hard way.

In January, the Mexican government will be holding a national debate on whether or not to overhaul Mexico’s laws on cannabis.

Massachusetts, which legalized medical marijuana in 2012, is currently working on a campaign that could legalize recreational cannabis in 2016.

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio got grilled by a 79-year old woman during his campaign stop in Charleston on whether or not he supports legalizing cannabis.

A California city is facing dispensary and delivery shutdowns, Colorado’s in hot water over pesticide use, and a report from Virginia shows surprising cannabis arrest rates.

After banning public cannabis consumption in its original 2012 legalization law, Colorado city officials and state legislators are now rethinking the policy.

The Florida Department of Health chose five lucky applicants to be dispensing organizations for the state’s high CBD medical marijuana program.