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Like the industry, the NoCo Hemp Expo has grown like a weed since the event began five years ago.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell came to Frankfort Monday to announce a major push to legalize hemp, hoping to boost Kentucky's economy.

Rising acceptance for hemp and CBD – combined with easing regulations at the state level – caused U.S. hemp production to surge in 2017.

Tuesday marked a milestone for proponents of growing industrial hemp in Kansas.

Hemp could be in play as a new crop option for farmers in Illinois if a bill expanding its production passes the General Assembly.

While tightly controlled, Wisconsin farmers will soon be allowed to explore a cash crop in which Wisconsin led the nation in production decades ago.

An industrial hemp pilot program has unanimously passed through the Oklahoma House.

A California company has announced it will break ground next week on a planned $30 million hemp processing plant in Carlisle County, potentially creating 100 jobs.

Attorneys for a hemp industry trade association and hemp businesses argue that the DEA conflated the terms “marijuana” and “cannabis,” ultimately creating a rule that can be interpreted as scheduling cannabis and cannabinoids as illegal substances.

Marijuana legalization has taken the country by storm and opened up a new world for entrepreneurs. With sales projecting in the billions in the next few years, there are endless opportunities to both get rich and help improve the lives of millions of people.

From goat yoga to laughing yoga, there seems to be a type of yoga for everyone's tastes. Now, some yogis are adding pot to their practice.

"Would you rather make a dollar an acre or $50,000 an acre? Any place that corn will grow, hemp will prosper.”

As restaurants wrestle with regulations and how to reach the cannabis crowd, chefs experiment with infusions and edibles.

The world’s most expensive gram of cannabis can be yours for $32.66 on the illicit market in Tokyo.

Former supermodel Kathy Ireland, who created a multibillion-dollar lifestyle empire after soaring to fame in Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit editions in the 1980s, is dipping a professional toe into new waters: hemp-based products for the masses.

“The market (for hemp) is basically every human and every animal on the planet,” said Matt Cyrus, president of the Deschutes County Farm Bureau.

Marijuana culture has a language all its own.

The new year is bringing a green opportunity for local cannabis dispensaries.