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A BuzzFeed article has caught the attention of many cannabis advocates after they reported that a White House Drug Office panel would be writing a report to criticize and threaten state legal cannabis programs. Officials in Colorado's legislature sought out answers from the White House to find out that Buzzfeed had specifcally asked federal agencies for data about...

Ohio began it's long journey towards opening it's medical marijuana program after the legislature approved the program back in the summer of 2016, but the first dispensaries will hopefully be open before the end of the year. Cultivators planted the state's first medical marijuana crop at the end of July and are now waiting for the first harvest to be ready...

As new states continue to legalize marijuana, policy changes are being reflected in other industries as well. The Los Angeles International Airport announced this week that they are no longer concerned about passengers carrying up to the state legal limit of marijuana as they pass through the airport. While it remains illegal federally and a federal crime to cross sta...

It's been almost two years since voters in Massachusetts said YES to legalizing recreational cannabis and there are still no stores officially open yet. Several dispensaries were granted provisional licenses and have been operating as medical marijuana dispensaries, but they're still waiting on final approval for their licenses to begin selling recreational ca...

Canada's new recreational cannabis program is set to begin in a matter of weeks from now and with federal legalization must come new policies from government entities and companies around the nation. The Vancouver Police Department has issued a statement to it's officers that they will be allowed to use cannabis in their free time off the job as long as they a...

Oklahoma hits a major milestone this week as the first cannabis plant has been legally sold to a medical marijuana patient, a Vietnam veteran who is looking for relief from PTSD and other ailments. He purchased the plant at a dispensary in Fairfax and will now have to wait 4-7 weeks for the plant to grow buds to be used in a variety of medications. Medical marijuana p...

Major developments in cannabis policy reform came earlier this year when the FDA approved the first cannabis-based medication, Epidiolex. The approval from the FDA meant that the DEA had 90 days to reform their the scheduling on marijuana, and right around that 3 month mark the DEA made a change, but not what anyone was expecting. Rather than specify CBD and reschedul...

Michigan's medical marijuana program has been many setbacks and delays and now as it is on it's way to get started the city of Grand Rapids has decided to put a moratorium on medical marijuana facilities because they want to slow down and take a closer look at what legalization will mean for the community. Many businesses and patients have been preparing and i...

Voters in Oklahoma were asked a state question in June on whether or not medical marijuana should be legalized and they said YES. Those who voted yes may be supporters of cannabis or patient's rights but the state couldn't say how many would actually be participating in the program until they opened applications at the end of August and now that it's ...

As of this week in the capital of the United States it is no longer an arrestable offense to be caught smoking cannabis in public. The mayor of Washingtong D.C. and the police chief announced last week that they will no longer be making arrests for public smoking and instead will be issuing citations. Previously law enforcement could use their own discretion in t...

California has the potential to be one of the largest cannabis markets in the world but it's also had a reputation for being one of the most lax, but that could change very soon. Within the next month California is supposed to launch a major overhaul of how it tracks cannabis inventory in what's called a "seed-to-sale" system. A cannabis plant w...

You might begin to see Coca-Cola drinks with CBD in them in the near future as the company is discussing a partnership with Aurora Cannabis, a Canadiana cannabis producer. While no deal has been struck yet it's no doubt that Coke has been considering getting into the cannabis drink market one way or another as soda sales continue to decline. Many other major drink...