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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has released a proposal to “legalize and create a comprehensive system to oversee and regulate cannabis in New York.”

During a press conference on Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) defended including cannabis in the House’s coronavirus legislation and argued cannabis “is a therapy that has proven successful” and is related to coronavirus. Pelosi was asked, “Republicans and the

Actor Clint Eastwood is suing CBD retailers for deceptively using his name to sell their products online. Eastwood says the companies have placed metatags with his name in them to boost online searches of their products.

TEL AVIV – Israeli researchers have discovered residue on a Biblical-era altar containing cannabis, likely used by the ancient Israelites to “stimulate ecstasy” during rituals.

San Francisco officials confirmed on Wednesday that the city is providing homeless addicts being lodged in hotels with pot, booze, and tabacco.

Three French youths arrested with a large number of illegal drugs told investigators they were stocking up before the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

TEL AVIV – An Israeli hospital will begin testing COVID-19 patients with medicinal cannabis, which is known to have anti-viral properties, as part of a new experimental treatment.

Hundreds of users queued outside “coffee shops” to stock up on marijuana after the govt announced stores would close for three weeks.

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to erase the criminal records of tens of thousands of Israelis caught in possession or using cannabis.

TEL AVIV – Israeli-American backpacker Naama Issachar was released Thursday and flew home from Moscow together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara following a pardon from Russian President Vladimir Putin.   

A data breach in THSuite, a point-of-sale system for the cannabis industry, has exposed the personal data of over 30,000 individuals.

Hundreds of people in Michigan lined up to be the first to buy recreational marijuana after it officially became legal Sunday.

Sadiq Khan has signalled that he is open to decriminalising cannabis possession, calling for an “evidence-based conversation” about the drug.

Billed as the nation’s first cannabis lounge, the Lowell Cafe opened on Monday in West Hollywood promising to bring a bit of Amsterdam to America courtesy of a group of investors that includes singer Miley Cyrus.

Surgeon General Jerome Adams warns marijuana use is particularly dangerous for the developing brain in young people and pregnant women.

An Arizona man has been accused of committing a food stamp fraud scheme at his convenience store where he traded illegal drugs for food stamp benefits.

Five men have been indicted after French police in the city of Angers made a record seizure of cannabis in the city from a drugs network operating out of local shisha bars. The arrests of the five men occurred in

TEL AVIV – An American-Israeli woman has been in a Russian jail for four months after airport authorities found nine grams of cannabis in her checked luggage while she was in Moscow for a stopover on her way home to Israel. 

British prime minister Boris Johnson has hired a policy adviser from the Centre for Medicinal Cannabis who wants to legalise the drug for recreational use.

A Christian book company with the initials “CBD” has decided to drop the name after being inundated with requests for cannabis-related products.

According to estimates, the marijuana industry could out-earn the National Football League as early as next year.

Will NFL owners allow players to smoke pot in exchange for an 18-game season?

TEL AVIV – The pro-cannabis, right-wing leader of the Zehut party, Moshe Feiglin, said he met with New Right leader Naftali Bennett to discuss possibly joining forces in the upcoming elections. Despite promising campaigns, both parties failed to make it

Contrary to the image of potheads as peaceful stoners, “cannabis-dependent psychotic patients were four times as likely to be violent,” Alex Berenson writes.

A new study by a Spanish pharmacologist has revealed traces of human faeces in the vast majority of the cannabis sold on the streets of Madrid, Spain, and that it presents a very real health danger.

The evidence that pot, and pot alone, triples your chances of developing a psychosis is overwhelming. Berenson cites hundreds of studies showing a direct link between cannabis use and psychoses like schizophrenia. 

The founder of the Jelly Belly candy brand is expanding his portfolio of confections by launching a line of jelly beans containing a substance found in cannabis plants called cannabidiol (CBD).

Jan. 25 (UPI) — Cannabis company Caliva closed its first round of funding at $75 million, with Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana among its investors.

Stocks in companies dealing in cannabis- and marijuana-related products have risen since former Attorney General Jeff Sessions left the Trump administration, the Los Angeles Times reports.

The legal marijuana industry is celebrating the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday afternoon.

The Associated Press reported Monday that 18 percent of recreational marijuana products in California have failed potency and health risk testing since July 1.

The California Police Chiefs Association and its allies are circulating a petition to stop the state’s Bureau of Cannabis Control from allowing unlimited pot delivery services across the state.

California’s legal marijuana industry is about to see big business move in to buy up small players in expectation of continued high growth in the markets for medical and recreation pot.

An Oxford college has apologised for causing “distress” to students after attempting to organise a cannabis-themed party, which was accused of “cultural appropriation”.

California marijuana farmers that obtained legal cultivation licenses under Proposition 64 are already complaining to the Humboldt County Supervisors that taxes could bankrupt them.

Israel will forego its plans to become a pioneer medical marijuana exporter for fear of upsetting US President Donald Trump, Channel 2 News reported Wednesday evening.