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Northern Michigan University is the first known university in the U.S. to offer a four-year degree in the study of marijuana. Students enrolled in the Medicinal Plant Chemistry program will take classes in science, finance and marketing.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK - In states where use of marijuana for recreational or medicinal purposes is legal, some consumers prefer eating their marijuana as opposed to smoking or vaporizing the drug.

While lawmakers in Montpelier argue over marijuana legalization, Middlebury dairy farmers Joel Pomainville and Sam Berthiaume are readying a harvest of a cousin of marijuana — hemp — that promoters hope could be a new cash crop for Vermont farmers.

The U.S. Hemp Roundtable, an alliance of national trade groups and businesses, seeks to hammer home message that industrial hemp should be an agricultural commodity, not a controlled substance.

An entrepreneur at the forefront of establishing hemp in Washington state says that he has harvested his first crop but doesn’t know what he’ll do with it, underlining the unpredictable future for sober cannabis in the state.

Minnesota banned hemp production when it was swept up with marijuana in the federal drug ban six decades ago. But the passage of a federal farm bill and state legislation paved the way for growth.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A legislative committee is set to consider a bill that would allow farmers to grow industrial hemp in Wisconsin.

Hemp is an industrial form of cannabis that produces seeds and stalks that can then be used to make a long list of products.

Industrial hemp is one step closer to becoming a legal crop in the country, thanks to legislation that has made it into two House committees.

The Trichome Institute invites aspiring cannabis connoisseurs from around the world to come and learn the intricacies of quality cannabis. 

As we sprinkle the seeds on top of our salads, we can’t help but wonder: what’s the deal with hemp seeds and THC?

This year, farms around the state are expected to harvest up to 9,000 acres of hemp, compared with just 200 acres in 2014.

“The cannabis industry is so welcoming and inviting, because it really is a bunch of rebels.”

COLUMBUS - Without a public college or university to test medical marijuana, no one would be purchasing the drug anytime soon.

Use ingredients from reputable suppliers, know your grower, and be certain to use clean cannabis cultivated with care.

OMAHA, Neb. — Cannabidiol, also known as CBD, is for sale in Omaha.

More than 50 million Americans suffer from this painful, debilitating condition.

There's a lot of expectation invested in a few acres of hemp growing on a hill overlooking the small town of Callaway on the edge of the White Earth Reservation.

The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 was drafted by infamous anti-cannabis prohibitionist Harry Anslinger, and signed into law on August 2, 1937.

If you’re one of the nearly 200,000 people in New Jersey who suffer from chronic pain, migraines, anxiety, opiate-use disorder, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease, autism, Tourette syndrome and a few other ailments, you should be allowed to obtain medicinal marijuana, with the consent of your doctor.