Article by TG Branfalt Jr, Ganjapreneur Irish Health Minister Simon Harris has requested a report on medicinal cannabis from the Health Products Regulatory Agency, promising to consider introducing legislation based on the findings, according to an Irish Times report. He has asked the agency to provide recommendations on recent developments in the use of medical cannabis and an overview of ...

Article by Aaron Smith, CNN Money The marijuana market is about to boom. Voters in three states, and perhaps a fourth, approved legal recreational pot on Tuesday. Four more states expanded access to medical marijuana. All told, it could expand the national market to $21 billion by 2020, according to New Frontier Data, part of the marijuana industry organization Arcview ...

Article by Keelan Balderson, Wideshut 4 out of 5 US states have voted to legalise the sale and use of marijuana for recreational purposes amidst the presidential election. Massachusetts, Maine, Nevada, and California voters all supported new pro-pot legislation, while Arizonians voted against legalisation with 52.1 percent. They will still keep their medical marijuana laws. With a total of 1,941,354 ...

Article by Danielle Keane, NORML Political Director According to polling information, voters in Maine will approve Question 1, the Marijuana Legalization Act. Politico currently has the measure leading 50.2 to 49.8 percent with 93.9 percent of the vote being counted. “In 2013, over 70% of voters in the city of Portland decided it was time to reject the failed policy of marijuana ...

Article by Julie Weed, The New York Times Almost all small-business owners dream of the day when they can expand nationally. This has proved to be a unique challenge for those in the marijuana industry because the products they create are illegal under federal law, and the checkerboard of states that permit marijuana sales have complex and constantly changing regulations. ...

Article by James McClure, Civilized There is a bright side to the election of Donald Trump for progressive voters. The Republican President-Elect is backward on issues like immigration, racial equality and women’s rights, but he is relatively progressive on the marijuana issue. In fact, his position is quite similar to Hillary Clinton’s stance on cannabis. Trump doesn’t endorse recreational use, but he does ...

Article by Emma Kelly, Daily Star So when in doubt, get the nipple pasties out. Swedish popstar Tove Lo accessorised toplessness with glittering marijuana leaves as she performed a racy show in East London. The 29-year-old promoted her new album Lady Wood at the Laundry Building alongside drag troupe Sink The Pink, and initially hit the stage in dark jeans, ...

Article by Alec Nathan, Bleacher Report The National Football League Players Association announced Wednesday it will study the effects of marijuana as a pain-management tool with players in search of league-approved alternatives to opioid-based painkillers. According to the Washington Post‘s Mark Maske, “The union is forming an NFL players pain-management committee that will study players’ use of marijuana as a pain-management ...

Article by Vincent Bevins, Los Angeles Times Diego Prandini is bent over in a small, brightly lit room, watering marijuana plants of all shapes and sizes. He crawls into a corner to reach some smaller specimens, labeled with names like “Ushua” and “RGB1,” all of which will be part of the next two-kilogram harvest. “I’ve been at this for seven ...

Article by Merry Jane With cannabis a hot topic in the polls today, we want to give you a refresher of what initiatives are on the ballots as well as the results of the ballots once they are in. Check back regularly for the results as they come in. Let’s hope they all pass! Arizona | Prop 205 | Recreational ...