Consumers have the opportunity to customize their shoes, lap-tops, cell phones, and just about anything else. So why exactly are we forced to use boring and generic vape pens? We're not, anymore. O.penVape now allows us to choose the pattern, color, and text on our pens. Simply submit your request and voilà, two weeks later you'll be the envy...

As the first fully solar-powered medical marijuana dispensary, Northern California's Emerald Pharms reinforces the ecological responsibility of the cannabis industry. John Schaeffer's 12-acre Solar Living Center in Hopland, California, is a bucolic Shangri-La to all things solar: educational exhibits, the Real Goods eco-store and the first solar-powered medical marijuana dispensary, Emerald Pharms. With the intention of marrying the medical marijuana...

"At Yerba Buena Farms, we believe that plants feel the energy of the people around them. Yerba Buena strives to provide a positive, nurturing environment for its people as well as its plants. The two go hand in hand, and the responsibility to set standards for this emerging industry (and beyond) is taken very seriously. We hire talented people...

In successfully bringing the city and the industry together to finally fix the cannabis industry in Los Angeles, Virgil Grant has been able to do what no one before him could accomplish. At 49, Compton-born Virgil Grant looks like he still could run the 400-meter dash and the 300-meter hurdle, and win, just like he did as a star athlete...

Cannaisseur is for the connoisseur. Cannaisseur was designed specifically for those in need of relief. Founder Aryn Sieber was a first responder on 9/11 and endured Stage 4 throat and neck cancer after the attack. While enduring a rigorous chemotherapy treatment, Sieber decided to turn to medical cannabis for relief. That makes relief more than just a buzzword for Cannaisseur. Its...

Five states (plus about 50 Oregon local jurisdictions) are voting in November to legalize recreational marijuana use. If all five say yes, it will mean a quarter of the U.S. population will live in states where recreational cannabis is de facto legal despite continuing federal regulations. It could prove to be a pivotal moment in the country’s tortured relationship with...

The New West Summit is the first conference to focus specifically on technology and media within the cannabis industry. This year's event was held at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco. There was an impressive lineup of guest speakers including Sir Richard Branson who addressed the crowd through a satellite feed. Check out our photo gallery from the event,...

The Colorado cannabis industry added 18,000 full-time jobs in 2015. Marijuana Policy Group (MPG) has conducted a study that analyzed two years worth of legal cannabis sales figures from Colorado. This is considered the most comprehensive study to date on the cannabis industry in The Centennial State. The study found that $2.4 billion in economic activity was generated by the industry...

LOS ANGELES - The recently-formed Southern California Coalition made an impressive public showing Monday during an 8:30 a.m. meeting of the Los Angeles City Council's Rules, Elections, Intergovernmental Relations and Neighborhoods Committee, which has been leading a coordinated effort between the city and the industry to create post-Prop D cannabis regulations that unify and protect both the industry and...