Article by Kate Martin, The News Tribune Marijuana sales passed a quiet milestone in Washington state in the first three months of 2016. For the first time, residents and visitors as a whole spent more on cannabis products than on hard alcohol, based on an analysis of purchase and tax records from two state agencies. In the first quarter of ...

Article by TG Branfalt Jr, Ganjapreneur High-CBD cannabis product sales in Washington State have increased by 200 percent, according to a report by canna-business intelligence firm Headset. The analysis of 40,000 individual customers was conducted with information directly from integrated retail point-of-sale systems from Sept. 2015 through Sept. 2016. According to the report, CBD products accounted for 2.8 percent of ...

Article by Kyle Whitmire, AL.com Sen. Jeff Sessions has made it clear, he’s against marijuana legalization. When Jeff Sessions sits before his colleagues in the United States Senate for his confirmation early next year, you’re certain to hear again about a joke he told decades ago. It came up in his last confirmation hearing in 1986, when the Senate rejected ...

Article by Chloe Sommers, Ganjapreneur On the heels of legalization measures passing from the East Coast to the West, it was a perfect environment for Tommy Chong to debut his brand of cannabis in Colorado. The name of his company, Chong’s Choice, is exactly that — the most natural, organic, locally sourced bud the professional stoner could find in the Mile ...

Article by Indo-Asian News Service via India.com Using marijuana could help some alcoholics and people addicted to opioids kick the habit and may also help people suffering from depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and social anxiety, says a study. “Research suggests that people may be using cannabis as an exit drug to reduce the use of substances that are potentially ...

Article by TG Branfalt Jr, Ganjapreneur Officials in Arkansas have taken the first steps in the implementation of the state’s newly minted medical cannabis program, according to a Free Weekly report. Gov. Ava Hutchinson is asking for $3 million to fund the program’s rollout and over the course of the next month the governor, along with legislative leaders, will start ...

Article by Entrepreneur In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in the Nov. 8 election, marijuana legalization advocates are left with a big unanswered question: How will the Trump Administration change federal policies on cannabis? At this point, no one knows for certain. While some voice optimism about Trump’s past statements on legalized marijuana, others have concerns about the opinions of potential cabinet ...

Article by Keith Humphreys, Washington Post Benjamin Franklin said that taxes, like death, are one of life’s few certainties. But due to a glitch in the technical language of California’s successful marijuana legalization initiative, the state’s pot smokers may prove him wrong. California’s marijuana legalization initiative is designed to raise significant tax revenue for the state. When legal recreational marijuana ...

Article by Jon Hiltz, Marijuana.com 2015 was a big year for cannabis on the island of Jamaica due to the amendment of the Dangerous Drugs Act. The legal modification permitted the production of medical marijuana and allowed those interested, to apply for licenses and become part of the world’s fastest growing industry. Jamaica’s official regulatory agency, the Cannabis Licensing Authority, has received ...

Article by Debra Borchardt, Forbes You can buy pot legally in several states now, but using a debit card to pay has been a dicey proposition. Now CanPay says that it has created the first debit payment solution for cannabis shoppers in Washington, Oregon and Colorado. MasterCard and Visahave made it clear they have no interest in working with marijuana retail businesses ...