A bill to legalize marijuana in Delaware has cleared its first legislative hurdle.

In a sign of the shift in opinion, corporate Japan is now wrestling with the consequences of the country’s stringent narcotics laws as cannabis-related products threaten to disrupt the alcohol and tobacco industries.

The organizers of Hempfest, Seattle’s annual giant celebration of all things marijuana, and a pair of the state’s largest cannabis retailers have filed a lawsuit and are seeking an injunction to prevent the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) from enforcing a ban on advertising at the festival.

In a small desert town near the borders of Nevada and Arizona, locals hope marijuana will revitalize its economy.

Everyone knows that legal cannabis is big business these days, but you might be surprised to find out just how much people spend on legal weed.

“No pharmaceutical medication has ever helped me like cannabis and extracts do. Without it I’d likely be unable to do much as it’s replaced literally dozens of pills taken daily."

Customers must hold a medicinal cannabis card to enter and to purchase any food, which is not intended to be eaten on site.

The new research is expected to have national implications as cannabis legalization continues to expand across the nation.

More than 300 farms across the commonwealth have been approved to grow industrial hemp this year, a ten-fold increase from last year.