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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) just released its 2017 World Drug Report, which collates drug statistics from 2015. Cannabis tops the list as the world’s most consumed, most widely grown, and most confiscated drug. Yet, despite …

More than a year after Pennsylvania lawmakers passed legislation to legalize the possession and sale of medical marijuana, licenses have been awarded and prospective dispensaries are beginning to get their affairs in order for a January 2018 rollout. According to the Philadelphia …

Nevada’s early recreational marijuana sales kicked off at the stroke of midnight on July 1st, and now, after five days of holiday buzz, reports from the front lines of Las Vegas’ new green rush are saying that sales have gone even …

It’s been almost a year since the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced that it would allow more groups other than the University of Mississippi to cultivate marijuana for the United States government. But so far, no progress has been made. …

Last week, the Arkansas Department of Health started accepting applications for medical marijuana registry identification cards. These cards will be issued to qualifying patients and caregivers 30 days before the state allows dispensaries to open, which will likely occur early …

In the future, when all 50 states have finally legalized marijuana, we’ll all look back at Colorado for being the alpha with the biggest nugs for helping to make it happen. Colorado’s success has given other states the blueprint for …

Last month, New Zealand joined the rising ranks of medical cannabis-friendly countries by permitting doctors to prescribe CBD oil to patients with certain medical conditions. The decision was a small, yet pivotal step towards full-scale legalization for pot-loving Kiwis, and could …

Despite the excitement surrounding Denver becoming home to the nation’s first–ever cannabis cafes, most folks will be utterly disappointed when this concept is finally launched later this year. It was recently announced that city regulators had finally put the finishing …

  State lawmakers in Delaware have been pushing to legalize, tax and sell recreational use cannabis for months, and on the path to that eventual outcome, legislators passed a resolution late last week to create an Adult Use Cannabis Task …

Although federal officials like to blame marijuana legalization for interstate drug trafficking rings, these types of operations actually prove that prohibition is, and always has been, a misguided policy. Over the weekend, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, along with the …