Medical Marijuana

Harvard Study Say Cannabis May Help Fight Pancreatic Cancer

Flavonoids are shown to treat a type of cancer that has a very low survival rate.

dispensaries.com | 3 min read

Lifestyle

Explaining the Benefits of Cannabis to Your Grandma

Future studies are still needed, but here are some helpful insights.

Yoav Vilner | 4 min read

Athletes

Why Pro Athletes Are Entering the Cannabis Game

Pro athletes are routinely retiring from the field and then entering the cannabis industry. It's a winning move in more ways than one.

Jessie Gill | 4 min read

Cannabiz Countdown

Cannabiz Countdown: Cannabis Banking Reform Makes Headway (60-Second Video)

Your weekly rundown of the biggest news in the cannabis business.

Patrick Carone | 1 min read

Medical Marijuana

Pennsylvania Green Lights Medical Marijuana For Anxiety

The measure brings the number of conditions that can be treated by medical marijuana in Pennsylvania to 23.

dispensaries.com | 3 min read

Medical Marijuana

NFL's Calvin Johnson and Rob Sims Talk Cannabis: It's 'A God-Given Gift'

Two battered former players who never had an alternative to opioids for pain have launched an cannabis business so others will.

Javier Hasse | 5 min read

Legal Marijuana

New Findings Raise Doubts Whether Legal Weed Reduces Opioid Deaths

Fluctuations in total overdose deaths appear unrelated to legal cannabis access.

Andrew Ward | 3 min read

Legal Marijuana

Researchers Find 'Recreational' Cannabis Customers Buy Weed to Sleep Better and Treat Pain

The law distinguishes between medical and recreational marijuana but most legal customers don't.

Peter Page | 4 min read

Legal Marijuana

Illinois Has Legalized but What's Going on In New York and New Jersey?

So much for the coastal elites thinking they can show Middle America how to get things done.

Jeffrey L. Smith | 7 min read

Tax Deductions

SCOTUS Declines to Hear Challenge to Anti-Cannabis Tax Provision

Section 280E was written with to preclude drug dealers from taking business deductions but has used mostly against the legal marijuana industry.

Jeffrey L. Smith | 2 min read

Baby Boomers

Boomers Embrace Medical Cannabis but Even in Colorado the Stigma Remains

Boomers have never gotten over the fear their parents would find out they smoked pot.

dispensaries.com | 3 min read

Medical Marijuana

The Cannabis Industry Must Keep Alive the Legacy of LGBT Activists

Caring for the neediest AIDS patients during the worst years of the epidemic began the struggle for legal cannabis but legalization has put those programs in jeopardy.

Peter Gigante | 4 min read

Medical Marijuana

FDA Begins Evaluating Cannabis Scientifically

DEA has refused to do that for nearly 50 years.

Dave Royse | 3 min read

Older Workers

There's Growing Evidence Cannabis Helps Older Adults Keep Their Jobs for Years Longer

Adults 65 and older are embracing cannabis as an alternative medicine faster than any other age group.

5 min read

Marketing

Helping Dads Discover Medical Cannabis This Father's Day

Many seniors, maybe including your own father, could benefit from cannabis. Cultivate the empathy and understanding to reach them on their own terms.

Maryam Mirnateghi | 6 min read