Growing

Last week, the Senate unanimously passed a resolution to designate the week of June 5th-11th as “Hemp History Week.” The resolution was introduced last Wednesday by Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, alongside Republican Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand …

Colorado’s legal weed green rush has brought in millions of dollars to state coffers and created thousands of jobs in the three years since voters approved recreational adult use marijuana. With the local industry growing steadily, Colorado’s cannabis jobs aren’t …

Spurred on by 4/20 celebrations, Colorado retailers sold $125.2 million of medical and recreational pot this April. The state’s cannabis industry has been constantly growing since recreational cannabis use was legalized in 2014, and this April marked the 11th straight …

Legal cannabis is coming to Pennsylvania, but it won’t all be sold in a dispensary. In addition to the state’s upcoming medical marijuana program, late this week, farmers in Kutztown, PA sowed a three acre plot with the state’s first …

The Florida Legislature will vote to decide the fate of an embattled medical marijuana bill during a special session later today. The bill was proposed earlier this year during the regular legislative session, but the two chambers were unable to …

Although the federal prohibition of cannabis legally prevents banks from opening accounts for marijuana-related businesses, a small but slowly increasing number of banks are still taking the chance to support the growing cannabis industry. Despite Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ promises …

After California voters decided to legalize recreational marijuana in November, the award for capital of cannabis was almost immediately polished and placed upon that state’s mantel. As Governor Jerry Brown and other state lawmakers try to usher in this new era in …

Salinas, California, the largest city in Monterey County, is known across the world as the “Salad Bowl of America.” A cultivation powerhouse for lettuce, spinach, broccoli, and tomatoes, this fertile valley grows the majority of salad greens for the country. …

HAYFORK, Calif. — The red and purple opium poppies that his family grew on a mountainside half a world away were filled with an intoxicating, sticky sap that his mother traded for silver coins to feed her children and pay for their escape.Adam Lee smiles at the memory of a childhood in war-torn Laos and voyage to America, where he spent decades adapting to life in big cities.Now 47 years old, Mr.

The Secret Service is set to loosen its policy on prior drug use by potential agents, according to new Director Randolph Alles.