Sagely Naturals' story is like so many in the CBD category: The founders, Kaley Nichol and Kerrigan Hanna, who are both mothers, were complaining about aching muscles, tight joints, and overall discomfort. Instead of turning to over the counter drugs, they opted to give CBD a chance—once they knew what it was through their children. Kaley and Kerrigan knew there...

Oakland, Calif.—Harborside Health Center (now known simply as “Harborside”), the nation’s model cannabis company, celebrates its 10-year anniversary on October 3 with an innovative design rebrand that will reinvent the original industry standard Harborside pioneered a decade ago, and has since been adopted nationwide. As a new era looms in light of California’s adult-use legalization measure, along with nine...

The family-run Midwest Compassion Center is succeeding with a mantra of compassion, community, and compliance. When Illinois officials drafted the state’s medical marijuana laws, they elected to award dispensary applications based on merit. The standards were high. It took Midwest Compassion Center a year to fulfill all the requirements. Applications were scored on a variety of criteria including a thorough...

Emma Chasen, 23, graduated from Brown University in 2014 with a biology degree focused on medicinal plant research. She then coordinated clinical trials for the Brown University Oncology Research Group, but quickly became disillusioned with cancer research’s financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry. “When my supervisor rejected a cannabis trial in favor of another billion-dollar pharmaceutical trial, I quit,” Chasen...

In one month, a record number of Americans will vote to accept or reject cannabis advancement in their state. Never before have so many states included ballot measures on medical and adult use cannabis. Five states will consider adult use measures, and four will consider medical cannabis, but all represent profound expressions of popular sentiment by a growing percentage...

A merry time was had by all at Merry Jane's "homegrown" party. Merry Jane founder Snoop Dogg was in the house, natch, and Jaleel White as well. The night included musical performances and plenty of merriment. Check out the photos, by Chris Cordova, below.

DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. – Under a mercifully mild sun, a group of people gathered yesterday afternoon at a pair of nondescript new buildings located on the outskirts of Desert Hot Springs, California, to celebrate the grand opening of a state-of-the-art, 9,600 sq. ft. cannabis cultivation facility built by Santa Barbara-based Canndescent. Numbering a few hundred at most, the...

Packaging for marijuana edibles in Colorado will include additional details. A symbol that includes an exclamation point and the term "THC" will be required to appear on marijuana-infused edible packaging starting Saturday, October 1. Terms such as "candy" and "candies" will no longer be permitted, and recommended dosage and serving sizes will be highly visible on the new packages. Contaminants,...

Task Force Thanks Governor Brown For Allowing Local Prop D Reform Process Sacramento – The Los Angeles Cannabis Task Force issued the following statement on Governor Jerry Brown's veto of AB 2385. Sponsored by Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer, Sr., the legislation would have carved out an exemption for a limited number of commercial cannabis applicants and allowed them to operate without a...