cannabis

Biology researchers exposed lobsters to THC, the chemical in cannabis that gets users high – after a lobster shack owner claimed the drug could ease the crustaceans’ suffering when getting cooked.

A team at UC San Diego Health is conducting the first known randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial looking at cannabis as a potentially effective treatment for acute migraines, and researchers put out a call today for participants.

Many states that are legalizing marijuana have plans to help communities hurt by the war on drugs and create a legal weed industry reflective of those communities. But there needs to be more than “magical thinking” from regulators to get those businesses started, says Smoke Wallin, a board member of the U.S. Hemp Roundtable.

While many municipalities around San Diego have approved medical marijuana dispensaries and retail sales locations, National City has become the first in the county to approve lounges for the consumption of the drug.

A Covina cannabis delivery company has been banned from selling marijuana-laced Medicated Nerds Rope, an edible packaged to resemble candymaker Ferrara’s popular Nerds Rope, court papers obtained Saturday show.

In states where marijuana is legal, dispensaries have to use cash or debit cards. They’re unable to accept credit cards or other forms of payment due to their product, cannabis, still being illegal under federal law. But the SAFE Banking Act, if it passes the Senate, would allow marijuana businesses to do more banking on the books and create a...

California Highway Patrol officers in southwest Riverside County and elsewhere are planning increased patrols Tuesday to snare cannabis users who celebrate the unofficial marijuana “holiday” of 4/20 by getting high and driving.

International Marijuana Day is a date in which many people usually celebrate by consuming this substance, for this reason, the police reminded California residents that although the use of this plant is legal in this state, driving under the influence is still a serious crime.

New York has become the 16th state in the U.S. to legalize marijuana after the state Senate and Assembly both voted to approve the bill on Tuesday — and Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed it into law the following day.

Under a bill signed Wednesday by Governor Andrew Cuomo, New Yorkers over age 21 can now possess up to three ounces of cannabis, and the state will automatically clear criminal records of certain past marijuana-related convictions.

State lawmakers agreed to legalize cannabis late Saturday night.

A mom and her two daughters took the cannabis industry by storm when they became the first women-owned marijuana business in New York. Their company, Etain, supplies medical marijuana but may branch out once recreational weed is approved in the state. Co-founder Hillary Peckham talked to NBCLX about the personal reason her mom got into the business and how they...

Actor and marijuana enthusiast Seth Rogen is bringing his cannabis and lifestyle brand, Houseplant, once available only north of the border in Canada, to the United States.

Allen is now an entrepreneur, with her very own store Sixty Four & Hope on La Cienega Boulevard and Gutherie Avenue in Central LA. It’s still a work in progress, but come June, it will look sleek and modern, and will provide a space offering luxury cannabis products in the Mid-City area. A social equity company called 4thMVMT is...

Starting a business isn’t easy but a local social equity company is trying to even the playing field for Black entrepreneurs specifically those affected by the war on drugs. Darsha Phillips reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021.

The Democratic-controlled House on Friday approved a bill to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level, reversing what supporters called a failed policy of criminalization of pot use and taking steps to address racial disparities in enforcement of federal drug laws. Opponents, mostly Republicans, called the bill a hollow political gesture and mocked Democrats for bringing it up at…

The House of Representatives is set to act this week on the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE) which would expunge convictions and conduct sentencing hearings related to federal cannabis offenses. Business Insider’s Jeremy Berke explains the prospects for the legislation and the future of cannabis legalization.

Seemingly contradictory findings show why more research into the effects of cannabis on the heart and the rest of the body is needed.

Grasshopper Delivery — the first commercial cannabis business since voters in Chula Vista approved Measure Q in 2018 — opened on Friday.

New Jersey, Arizona, Montana and South Dakota voted on Election Day to authorize the use of recreational marijuana, while Mississippi made medicinal use legal. Ryan Vandrey, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University, breaks down the ripple effect of this green wave.