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Eager to get in on what’s expected to be a booming industry, cannabis companies and investors are beginning to flock to New York state.

California is on the verge of creating a legal market for marijuana worth more than $5 billion that will help make the state a destination for pot-loving tourists, according to a new state-sponsored economic study.

Being your own boss is a dream for a lot of people, and some risk-taking entrepreneurs are turning that dream into reality in the rapidly-evolving legal cannabis space.

Among those at the job fair who are looking to stake a claim in the industry were some businesses that you might not associate with cannabis.

QUINCY - Got a prescription for pizza? At Quincy’s medical marijuana dispensary, they’ve got just the thing.

In a move that could have major implications for the medical marijuana industry, a Seminole-owned company is taking the first step toward setting up marijuana-growing operations on Native American land.

Since co-founding the Green Organic Dutchman, a medical cannabis producer based in Ancaster, Ont., Jeannette VanderMarel says she has often found herself the only woman in a room full of men.

Much like how big banks have kept their distance from cannabis, large insurance carriers have generally stayed away from the industry even as states across the US continue to launch legal, regulated markets for patients and consumers.

The youngest son of reggae star Bob Marley as well as wealthy legal pot sellers from Colorado have taken control of High Times magazine, the storied counterculture media brand known around the world.

Inspired partly by their own use of the drug for pain relief, or by caring for others who use it for their own aches, these women see viable business opportunities and view their work as therapeutic for their customers.

Owner says agency is first in Canada to connect employers, workers in new market.

In California, seniors are getting together to sample weed-laced lip balms, topical ointments, and tinctures in Mary Kay-style parties at their retirement communities.

Aloha Green Holdings is the first medical marijuana dispensary in Hawaii to harvest its first crop.

The marijuana industry is growing so fast that if the government legalized it nationally it would outsell ice cream.

For some vets, cannabis can serve not only as a medical treatment, but as a professional endeavor to get them back on their feet.

The stereotype of the cannabis consumer is a young guy with long hair and for extra points a tie-dye shirt. The reality is that a majority of cannabis consumers are professionals and steady customers for the dispensaries.