Marijuana is currently legal in four states and Washington D.C.. It’s my hope that by the end of the 2016 Election, there will be double digit states that have legalized marijuana. More and more Americans are expressing support for the end of marijuana prohibition. The times are changing, and people ar...

 My buddy Kaliko has been going to cannabis events lately, and he always comes back with fantastic things. I always like to see what ideas and products people are coming out with these days. One of the things...

 On September 11th, 2015 the California State Legislature passed a series of bills that would establish comprehensive regulation and licensing of medical cannabis. Assembly Bills 243 and 266 a...

Illinois legalized medical marijuana in 2013. However, even though 2015 is drawing to a close, not one medical marijuana patient has been able to purchase any legal medical marijuana. Patients in Illinois are not allowed to grow their own medical marijuana, and can only buy it from a licensed dispensary, which have yet to open for business. The last statistic that I heard was that there are roughly 3,000 medical marijuana patients in Illinois, which is a very low number considerin...

n the early Spring of 2015, a historic federal medical marijuana bill was introduced into Congress. The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act of 2015 or the CARERS Act of 2015, was introduced in March of 2015. The bill was introduced by Senator Cory Booker, and as of today, carries 15 co-sponsors. Below is the summary of the bill, via Congress’ website:

Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to provide that control and enforcement pr...

In response to a public petition demanding that the United Kingdom repeal prohibition, Parliament has announced that it will put the issue of marijuana legalization up for debate at the beginning of next month.

Reports indicate the House of Commons is scheduled to..................http://www.hightimes.com/read/uk-parliament-debate-ma...

Most veteran marijuana activists refused to support the ResponsibleOhio marijuana legalization campaign when it started. A handful of us reserved judgement so that some constructive conversations could take place. I think most of us were pushed over the edge recently when the ResponsibleOhio campaign unveiled a ‘marijuana mascot’ named Buddi...

I have met Steve DeAngelo on several occasions. The first was at the 2012 Students for Sensible Drug Policy in Denver, Colorado. Steve had just walked off stage from giving a keynote speech, and since The Weed Blog booth was right by the auditorium, he walked right past Jay Smoker and I. We flagged him down, told him how big of fans we were of his work,...

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) will deliver a noon keynote address on the first day of the National Cannabis Industry Association’s Fall Cannabis Business Summit, taking place in New York City, Sept. 21-23. The Summit is expected to draw hundreds of cannabis industry professionals from around the country to take part in discussions and wor...

 Heliospectra, known for it’s best-of-breed Light Recipe software, is positioned to accept pre-orders for the E60, a full spectrum, horticulture top-light designed for commercial growers. Built from the LX60 platform, the E60 offers the same superior engineering that Heliospectra has built its reputation upon, at a lower price point, minus th...

If you have ever gone to college, or at least looked into attending college, you learn very fast that it’s not cheap. If you come from a wealthy family and you don’t have to worry about the price tag, congratulations! But for the average American like you and me, you do have to worry about the price of college. I know a lot of very, very sma...

Investment potential in the cannabis industry is seemingly endless right now, with new products consistently hitting the market, and ancillary businesses being created to meet the needs of this new industry. In a time when women have more access to capital and business training than ever before, it’s essential that we supp...