Article by Mike Okada, Cannabis Life Network President Trump has indicated his support for a bill that would respect state’s rights to legalize cannabis without intervention from the federal government, saying, “We’re looking at it. But I probably will end up supporting that, yes.” Pres. Trump made the comment to reporters on Jun. 8 before leaving for the G7 Summit in ...

Article by Matt Laslo, Rolling Stone A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced new legislation today that highlights the growing divisions within the Republican Party on the nation’s current patchwork of marijuana laws. The effort to allow states to decide their own marijuana policy potentially pits President Trump, who has voiced support for the state’s right to choose their own policy, against ...

Article by Zach Kotzer, Herb It’s not well publicized, but Japan is tough on cannabis. First-time offenders can receive five-year jail time sentences and busts of as little as 11 grams make the evening news. But despite all of this, CBD products are currently legal to sell in the country and should be especially helpful for the aging population. Locals may have never ...

Article by Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times President Trump said he likely will support a congressional effort to end the federal ban on marijuana, a major step that would reshape the pot industry and end the threat of a Justice Department crackdown. Trump’s remarks put him sharply at odds with Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions on the issue. The bill in question, pushed by a ...

Article by Janet Burns, Forbes After many months of threatening stances from U.S. Attorney General and noted weed-hater Jeff Sessions, a group of bipartisan lawmakers have introduced a bill aimed to guard states’ legal cannabis industries for good. On Thursday, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) announced the introduction of the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) Act, ...

Article by Selena Ross, The Guardian When Canopy Growth opened its first cannabis factory in an old chocolate plant near Ottawa four years ago, it did so predicting a bright future. Canada had already legalized medical marijuana, and Canopy predicted full legalization for recreational use to be next. What the company hadn’t predicted, however, was the sudden flood of foreign visitors. Politicians ...

Article by Juan Carlos Guerrero, ABC 7 News Felicity Chen had a problem. Actually, she had a solution for her mother’s asthma symptoms — cannabis. Her problem is that her mother had a bias against cannabis. She saw smoking marijuana as a vice. So Chen looked back at her childhood for a solution. “Growing up, we used a lot of ...

Article by Dion Jones, Daily Post Should drugs like cannabis be sold in off-licenses? North Wales’ Police and Crime Commissioner thinks so. Arfon Jones recently came out and called for steps to be taken to control the sale of certain illegal substances. He said: “I want to see drugs controlled and sold by responsible retailers similar to off-licences that sell alcohol. “I don’t ...

Article by André Picard, The Globe and Mail In 2012, Washington State voted to legalize marijuana. By 2014, the world’s first system for legally growing, processing and retailing cannabis was operating. As Canada prepares to go live with pot sales in a few months, what can we learn from four years of practical, hands-on experience in the western United States? ...

Article by Briar Stewart, CBC News When recreational marijuana went on sale in Colorado in 2014, the government’s goal was to regulate and tax a drug that was already widely used and to squeeze out dealers and traffickers in the process. But law enforcement authorities in the state say legalization has done the exact opposite. Even though there are more than 500 ...