The District of Columbia Board of Elections announced this morning that it had approved a marijuana legalization initiative for signature-gathering. That means voters in the nation’s capital could vote to free...
One of the Leaf’s editors recently interviewed Chris Van Hook to get his expert perspective on the drought currently gripping northern California, and how cannabis farmers can...
Bart Mackay is technically pot’s first billionaire, as a result of his ~$1.8 billion worth of CannaVest holdings. However, he doesn’t see it that way since he’s...
The most recent data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration show that marijuana use has increased among individuals over the age of 50 in the past...
The upcoming August 19 ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana under Alaska state law has seen little early campaign spending by advocates and none by opponents. The...
Colorado made roughly $2 million in recreational marijuana taxes, based on $14.02 million in sales, for the month of January, state revenue officials reported yesterday. They declared that the...
America’s prisons are dangerously overcrowded, and the war on drugs is mainly to blame. Over 50 percent of inmates currently in federal prison are there for drug offenses,...
In Michigan on Tuesday, Sen. Rick Jones’s SB 783 passed the Senate with a vote of 31 to 7. This bill — which is now pending in the House Judiciary Committee...
Medical research published in the journal Neuron confirms that cannabinoid receptors are present in the part of the brain that regulates anxiety and fear, the amygdala. More studies...
In a landslide vote of 171-4 Monday, the Georgia House of Representatives passed “Haleigh’s Hope Act,” sponsored by Rep. Allen Peake and over 90 others to legalize medical...
According to a recent online poll conducted by Medical Marijuana Business Daily, 61 percent of Colorado stoners prefer to buy weed from legal sources rather than their...
HB 1622 would allow licensed patients to cultivate up to two mature marijuana plants until an alternative treatment center opens near their residence The New Hampshire House...
In recent weeks, lawmakers in several states have moved forward with legislative proposals to permit specific strains and/or extracts of cannabis possessing high quantities of the cannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD), but otherwise...
This collab between Toro, Salt, Micah Evans, Snic Barnes and Zach Puchowitz is definitely something to behold. While this might be too much bling for some tastes,...
Rep. Todd Rutherford (D-Columbia, @RepRutherford) filed Thursday the “Put Patients First Act”, to allow the use of medical marijuana in South Carolina. It has provisions for people with...
On Sunday February 16th, I bought legal weed for the first time from a recreational cannabis store in Denver, CO. I spent a few minutes speaking with some of the employees,...
Given intense media attention, legal sales of recreational cannabis in Colorado, and a full lineup of states moving toward medical legalization… investments in marijuana-related firms have been posting...
Representatives of the New Mexico Department of Health have announced their intentions to expand the state’s medical cannabis program. State Health Secretary Retta Ward accepted an advisory board’s recommendation...
Finding by panel of physicians, professors, and medical marijuana advocates would make Michigan the eighth state to provide relief for those suffering from the effects of traumatic...
If House Bill 1362 and Senate Bill 517 are approved, as is widely expected, Puerto Rico will become the first U.S. territory to reform their marijuana laws....
