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This week lawmakers in New Zealand passed a law that fully decriminalizes cannabidiol (CBD) opening the market across the country for manufactures as well as the potential for international trade. The bill also loosens restrictions on medical marijuana in the nation which is expected to be licensed and regulated within the next year. Terminally ill patients will be ex...

The first two recreational marijuana dispensaries in Massachusetts have been operating by themselves since last month and have sold over $7 million in cannabis products. Finally more marijuana shops are ready to get into the industry as Salem's Alternative Group Therapies is planning on opening this Saturday and the first shop in southeastern Massachusetts, Verali...

Maine's medical marijuana program takes a step into the futuer as the city of Portland opens the first medical marijuana convenience store and gas station. Patients registered with the state will be able to do a one-stop-shop for their convenience store needs as well as fill up on medical marijuana and gas. Atlantic Farms Gas N' Grass is reportedly the first s...

Maine voters legalized recreational marijuana back in 2016 and is overdue for their regulated program to begin. To see to it that the new program is created in a timely manner and done properly officials have picked the consulting firm BOTEC to lead the regulations for the state's recreational marijuana program and even help rework some aspects of the medical mari...

North Carolina lawmakers are expecting to submit legislation in 2019 that could legalize medical marijuana. While every new state to legalization has doubts, advocates want to help ease the mind of those worried that legalization can and has been done properly in other parts of the United States. Some states began with struggles and made mistakes, but as over half of ...

Popular marijuana propaganda has existed for nearly a century and now that the plant is legal in many places around the world researchers are doing their best finding out the truths and lies in what we believe about cannabis. It's long been believed that consuming marijuana hinders sexual functions and drive, but as more states around the U.S. legalize the da...

Medical marijuana patients are often treated with unfair bias under the guise that cannabis' federally illegal status forces certain decisions even in states with legal marijuana. A 78-year-old man was recently evicted from his home after the building owners found out he was a medical marijuana patient. Despite medical marijuana being legal and regulated in New Yo...

Michigan has been working to finish regulating it's medical marijuana industry over the last few years and now that recreational marijuana is legal in the state the regulatory group is combining it's efforts for both programs. The Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation will now be called the Bureau of Marijuana Regulation as it will be overseeing both markets....

Pennsylvania's medical marijuana industry will be gaining a few new features as the Medical Marijuana Advisory Board approved a process allowing ailments to be added to the state's list of qualifying conditions. Physicians will be able to request that conditions are added, changed, or reduced by applying on the state's website, health.pa.gov. For a conditi...

The Green Bay City Council has moved to make the penalty for possessing under an ounce of marijuana more in line with what voters want. While the change reduces the fine from $1000 down to $500, it's not the smallest fine in the state when it comes to possession. Advocates discussed a $250 fine until last month when $500 was decided upon. Many parts of Wisconsin v...

Luxembourg recently announced their plan to legalize recreational marijuana and though only small official updates have come out since an inside anonymous source has offered further information regarding the coming legislation. As mentioned in their earlier announcement the country's lawmakers are not interested in any cannabis-based tourism and will only allow re...

Cannabis legalization advocates in Kansas are fired up and ready for action as the group Fire It Up Kansas begins their new campaign to bring awareness to the inequalities and injustices of cannabis prohibition. The group is starting the push for legalization awareness with two billboards in Wichita. One illustrates the comparison of adults being able to purchase as m...