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Hemp initiatives in states from tiny Rhode Island in the east to expansive Washington state in the USA’s northwest are seeing advances as proponents of the crop see its potential to revive the farm sector and boost state tax coffers — sooner or later.

To investigate the real-world effects of marijuana researchers need a product that looks and feels like the real thing. And they're increasingly frustrated with government weed that is something else entirely.

In 2016, we saw four states successfully legalize recreational cannabis and eight states approve new medical policies.

A handful of federal bills can protect the marijuana industry and patients.

County will decide the fate of some dispensaries soon.

Huntington has become a hot destination, even if most visitors only stay long enough to buy marijuana products from the dispensaries in town.

Hemp industry representatives set out on Capitol Hill to press their case to ease federal restrictions on the cash crop, one they say has lucrative future in the U.S.

5th District Congressman Tom Garrett has introduced legislation aimed at federally decriminalizing marijuana.

The experiences of Colorado and Washington state — the first two states to legalize the drug still considered illegal under federal law — drive the trend.

Adult-use cannabis legalization is sweeping across the nation, and globe.

Most state legislatures reconvene in early January, and by February they’re in full swing, moving some bills forward and killing others in committee.

Lawmakers looking to draw attention to pet issues have formed groups in favor of everything from auto care to zoos. Now, there’s a caucus for cannabis.

Republican Congressman Introduces Bill That Would Resolve the Conflict Between State and Federal Marijuana Laws, Allow States to Determine Their Own Policies.

The first participant in a clinical trial designed to evaluate the effectiveness of smoking marijuana to treat PTSD in veterans was given cannabis on Monday, according to the organization conducting the study.

The Colorado Department of Agriculture is working on the world's first government-produced manual on how to grow marijuana.

But does the proposal go far enough?

State regulators and government officials involved in crafting rules for the budding legal and medical marijuana industry are going to pot.

It would also prevent employers from not hiring someone for marijuana use.

A Texas high school teacher can use marijuana in Colorado, where it is legal, and should not get into trouble for it in her home state, where it is illegal, an administrative law judge ruled.

Despite support for legalization, many 20- to 36-year-olds still worry about 'going public' regarding use.