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In the span of less than a week, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia has signed on to two separate bills to expand marijuana research.

Next year could see a huge shift in favor of green, and we’re not talking about the environment.

From cultivation to managing shops to keeping them secure, veterans find a calling in all levels of the cannabis industry.

Voters in two states chose new governors on Tuesday.

Cannabis legalization is an issue appearing on a variety of state, city and gubernatorial elections around the country on Tuesday.

Monday, November 6, 2017, marks the five-year anniversary of the glorious back day in 2012 when Colorado and Washington voted to become the first two US states to legalize recreational cannabis.

Marijuana use among adults by state can provide a rough approximation of a state’s cultural attitude toward pot.

“I know in casual conversations in the Congress, many legislators who’ve done pot themselves. This pejorative pot smoker label doesn’t fly."

The letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is the latest effort by some lawmakers and veterans groups to encourage cannabis research to proceed.

All of a sudden, a Mormon Republican senator from Utah is one of Congress’s leading champions for medical marijuana.

So far, all the states that have legalized marijuana have done so through grassroots petitions and ballot initiatives meant to bypass risk-averse lawmakers in state houses.

Could the US ever legalize cannabis federally? The simple answer is yes, but the reality is far more complex.

The U.S. Hemp Roundtable, an alliance of national trade groups and businesses, seeks to hammer home message that industrial hemp should be an agricultural commodity, not a controlled substance.

Two of these states haven't even legalized medical cannabis.

The Oregon Democrat also called on Congress to end its “stranglehold” on research by passing the Medical Marijuana Research Act.

A federal lawsuit claims the ban on bringing medical marijuana across state lines violates an epileptic girl's constitutional rights.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Smoking and vaping will still be allowed at California state parks and beaches, despite lawmakers’ attempts to ban it.

There are currently 29 states in America with some form of legalized medical marijuana.

In the so-called “District of Cannabis” it’s legal to grow and consume marijuana, but illegal to buy or sell it. The result of this unique legal grey area has spawned a thriving cottage industry of businesses in Washington, D.C. using the “gifting” loophole.

The state-of-affairs concerning medical and recreational marijuana is constantly receiving media attention in relations to both economics and politics. Business leaders from the cannabis space are taking notice, and beginning to utilize this attention by transferring into politics.