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Majoring in marijuana? That soon could be common as universities adapt to a growth industry.
Business & Finance
As the first city in Southern California to legalize large-scale medical marijuana cultivation, Desert Hot Springs has been inundated by marijuana growers and developers.
Facebook users falsely claim 'marijuana preserved with honey cures 40 health conditions'
Medical News
Walgreens, the largest drug retailing chain in the U.S. with more than 8,000 stores in all 50 states, is now tackling the subject of medical marijuana.
High and Mighty Report: U.S. Cannabis Retail Sales Exceeded $37.5 Million on 4/20 – Marijuana News
Business & Finance
Total U.S. cannabis retail sales on the festive occasion exceeded $37.5 million, marking an almost 30 percent spike in retail transactions since last year’s 4/20 bonanza.
Indoor cannabis grow centers responsible for 10% of industrial electricity consumption in Massachusetts
Business & Finance
DENVER — Normally, when a company based in one state wants to sell products in another state, it starts calling truckers. For Strainz, a Las Vegas marijuana company, it was more complicated.
What happens if you try to sneak edibles onto a plane?
Cannabis News
Emphasizing the need to honor California’s farmers and their unique challenges, The California Way advertising blitz is supplemented by digital ad placements on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Rare disciplinary case against Pa. doctor offers glimpse into the big business of Medical Marijuana cards
Medical News
Is cannabis the next Internet? That's the bold claim made by Canada-based Tokyo Smoke CEO Alan Gertner.
New Poll: Seventy-Percent Of Americans Support Marijuana Legalization
Cannabis News
To hear Troy Dayton tell it, California is on the brink of a gold rush — or, more specifically, a green rush. While insiders are working behind the scenes to put the question of recreational marijuana to voters on the November ballot, investors and business owners throughout the Golden State are getting ready to jump into the recreational pot business.
Alcohol use rises in states where Marijuana is legalized
Cannabis News
Comparing legal marijuana sales to the annual revenue of nine popular food and beverages brands proves to be no comparison at all.
Don’t Assume You Have The Complicated Cannabis Industry Figured Out
Business & Finance
With 4/20 now its own legitimate holiday, U.S. marijuana shops will set new sales records this month, analysts predict.
Pot's practical cousin: Hemp ready to put down roots in Nebraska, but DEA stands in the way – Marijuana News
Business & Finance
KEARNEY — Two years after Nebraska legalized the growing of industrial hemp for research purposes, not a single seed has been planted. The delay, some advocates say, is an economic mistake, leaving the state out of the rush to capitalize on the potential of what some call a “magical plant.”
Man Busted With Cocaine, Marijuana in Jenks Township
Politics
Heightened competition in the market for legal recreational weed is pushing prices down and firing up border wars across state lines.
Day or night: Which promotes a better high?
Cannabis News
There are ways to get in the marijuana industry and James is here to help you find them.
They smell opportunity in Texas marijuana 'green rush' – Cannabis News
Activism
If other products can be rebranded, why not marijuana? After all, it's an industry that's expected to reach $44 billion in sales by 2020.
3rd marijuana measure meets deadline in Arkansas – Cannabis News
Arkansas
Marijuana sales could surpass $1 billion in the state of Massachusetts by the year 2020 — if the state chooses to legalize weed for recreational purposes in the fall, that is.
Most Texans want cannabis fully legalized, but it’s not that simple
Politics
A new law legalizes cannabis oil to help some Texans who have intractable epilepsy. If plans move forward, cannabis oil could be available for some epileptic Texans by late 2017.
Arkansas medical marijuana sales hit $2.2 million - Cannabis News
Cannabis News
After a year of debate, the country's top justices decide not to hear a case claiming Colorado's pot legalization has negatively impacted law and order in neighboring states.

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