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Insta-gram: Teen accused of using platform to advertise weed

DURHAM, N.C. — A North Carolina teen who went by "itslilhotgirl" on Instagram is accused of using the social media platform to sell marijuana. Citing a Durham County Sheriff's Office warrant, The Herald-Sun reports 18-year-old Hannah Lyne Peters posed online with what appeared to be a pound of marijuana and a pink-and-black semi-automatic rifle and...

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March 19, 2019 at 4:32 pm

Smoking strong pot daily raises psychosis risk, study finds

LONDON (AP) — Smoking high-potency marijuana every day could increase the chances of developing psychosis by nearly five times, according to the biggest-ever study to...

Shown are colorful jelly beans Thursday, April 20, 2000, in Philadelphia. Through the use of an MRI scan, a Penn State graduate student and professor discovered that in the drying stage of making jelly beans, some of the moisture migrates into the inner core rather than just evaporating from the outer shell. This discovery may be used some day in shortening the lengthy seven days it takes to make a batch of jelly beans. (AP Photo/Dan Loh) PX101

March 19, 2019 at 6:50 am

No, CBD-infused jelly beans won’t get you high. Here’s why.

CBD jelly beans in flavors such as toasted marshmallow, piña colada and strawberry cheesecake have been an early hot seller. CBD is not the chemical...

Nelson Peltz, chief executive officer of Trian Fund Management, speaks during the WSJDLive Global Technology Conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Oct. 25, 2016. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Patrick T. Fallon.

March 13, 2019 at 8:00 am

High-profile billionaire Nelson Peltz joins Aurora Cannabis as strategic adviser

While the cannabis industry has attracted plenty of high-profile names, Peltz is arguably the highest-profile investor to take a job with a pot firm.

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FILE – In this Dec. 17, 2018 file photo, TV personality Martha Stewart attends a special screening of Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns”, in New York. Stewart said Thursday she is partnering with Canopy Growth Corp. to assist in developing new products that contain non-psychoactive CBD and other hemp-derived cannabinoids. First to come will be offerings for pets. Stewart didnâ€™t specify what those products might be. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, FIle) NYET402 NYET402

February 28, 2019 at 8:19 am

Martha Stewart partners with Canadian cannabis firm

The domestic diva is partnering with Canada's Canopy Growth Corp. to develop new products containing CBD, a compound derived from hemp and marijuana that doesn't...

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February 20, 2019 at 7:56 am

Tilray taps U.S. hemp-food market with Manitoba Harvest deal

The stock of cannabis company Tilray, a subsidiary of Seattle-based Privateer Holdings, climbed 5.3 percent Wednesday on news of the deal.

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Taneesa Dunham, who still smokes medical marijuana in her Walla Walla apartment after a recent surgery, is one of just 13 in Washington who have received pardons for prior pot convictions from Gov. Inslee. (With her is Joon, a pit bull puppy) Feb. 8, 2019

February 10, 2019 at 6:00 am

Inslee pardons pot convictions of 13 Washington residents. Now lawmakers may clear criminal records for 200,000 more.

Legislation that would allow erasure of more than 226,000 misdemeanor marijuana convictions is being considered by state lawmakers.

February 9, 2019 at 5:00 pm

Going green: States would get free hand under marijuana bill

Proposed legislation would give states a free hand to allow legal cannabis markets without the threat of federal criminal intervention, the latest push in Congress...

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January 30, 2019 at 11:52 am

Oregon's pot regulators fail to meet basic standards, audit finds

The audit, released by the secretary of state, examined Oregon's regulation of the legal cannabis market since voters said yes to legalization in 2014.

Fire investigators work at the scene of a fatal fire on Dec. 31 in Rainier Valley.
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January 23, 2019 at 4:54 pm

Fatal Rainier Valley house fire likely caused by marijuana grow light, investigators say

Fire investigators ruled the fire an accident and determined it was most likely caused by a marijuana grow light located too close to combustibles.

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Ceres is a high-tech, aquaponic, vertical marijuana farm in Bellevue. The soil-free plants thrive on nutrient rich water continually monitored for their PH and nutrient levels.

January 18, 2019 at 6:00 am

New Yorker article about marijuana strikes nerve with pot researchers

In the article, Malcolm Gladwell drew connections between Washington's legal pot and its rates of violent crime. Gladwell was also criticized for implying pot use...

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