By Tom Schuba  After a year of turmoil, Illinois is finally on the verge of dishing out precious new pot shop permits — and hundreds of groups are now in the running. The first of three lotteries for 185 total dispensary licenses is set for Thursday, with the others scheduled next month. Toi Hutchinson, Gov. J.B.... more →

By MADISON STATEN  The Las Cruces City Council is working to shape cannabis policy on the local level—reviewing time, place and manner recommendations during a recent work session.  Policy considerations include limiting consumption areas to indoors and establishing buffer zones between businesses. That buffer... more →

By ROBERT MCCOPPIN In a warehouse outside Chicago, a crop of hemp grows to produce a controversial substance that some people call “weed light.” The plants fall under the same Cannabis sativa species that produce marijuana. But like all legal hemp, they have been bred to contain less than .3% delta-9-THC, the main ingredient... more →

ByJoe Gramigna The proportion of schizophrenia cases linked to cannabis use disorder increased three- to fourfold in the past 2 decades, according to results of a nationwide prospective cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry. “Several studies have previously shown that cannabis use is associated with an increased... more →

By MARK FORSTENHAUSLER After several months of careful deliberation, the Randolph Cannabis Subcommittee in June recommended that the Randolph Township Council “opt-out” of permitting cannabis-related business licenses at this time.  Based on this recommendation, the Randolph Township Council introduced an ordinance... more →